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From Ferdinand von Mueller to John O'Shanassy   9 Mar 1863

Melbourne botanic Garden,

9. March 1863.

Sir

I have the honor to solicit, that you will be pleased to sanction the expenditure of seventy pound Sterling1 out of the wages fund of this establishment for ordinary and incidental labour in the botanic Garden in addition to the sums, which under the existing arrangement are available for monthly payments.

I have the honor to be,

Sir,

your most obedient and humble servant

Ferd. Mueller.

The honorable the Chief Secretary

&c & &2

1

Marginal annotation: £70.- .-.

2

Approval of M's request was minuted to this letter.

Please cite as “FVM-63-03-09,” 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 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/63-03-09