The honorary treasurer is requested to comply with the request of Mr Samson
Ferd. Mueller
13/3/62
On 12 March 1862 H. M. Sampson, who had been engaged by Alfred Howitt during his relief expedition to Cooper’s Creek, wrote to the Exploration Committee submitting his expenses of £27.3.6 for bringing the surviving camels from the Burke and Wills expedition from Menindie to Melbourne. Sampson also requested that his pay be increased from 8 January to the rate of that of a third officer viz £200 a year. M's minute is an annotation on Sampson's letter.
Please cite as “FVM-62-03-13c,” 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