Decided by the Exploration Committee that no additional pay for clerical assistance will on any future occasion be entertained unless specially authorized before, but that the payment of Mr Dicksons assistant should be granted in this instance from the 1. January til the 15 March.
Ferd Mueller
13/3/62
On 10 March 1862 Robert Dickson wrote to Macadam itemizing the extra demands on his time that led him to engage an assistant, J. Edward Freeman, from 1 January. Dickson requested that the committee confirm this appointment and to allow its continuance until the extra demands cease. M's minute is annotated to this letter.
Please cite as “FVM-62-03-13b,” in Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller, edited by R.W. Home, Thomas A. Darragh, A.M. Lucas, Sara Maroske, D.M. Sinkora†, J.H. Voigt† and Monika Wells accessed on