Melbourne botanic Garden,
3. July 1863
Sir
I have the honor to solicit, that you will be pleased to sanction the following expenditure from the votes of this establishment during the remainder of the year.
| Transit and incidental expenses |
£30.- .- |
| Expenses of publishing work on Australian plants |
£50.- .- |
| Travelling expenses |
£20.- .- |
I have the honor to be,
Sir
your most obedient and humble servant
Ferd. Mueller.1
The honorable the Chief Secretary
&c &c &
On 4 July 1863 the Under Secretary, J. Moore reported to M that: 'The Hon the Treasurer has requested that no further expenditure may be incurred for the present that can be avoided'. M replied in a minute on the file: 'The two first items are necessarily required for proceeding with work and liquidating current accounts, the third sum is not immediately needed, but will after a few months be required for work of the season. I would therefore solicit that at least the two first items may be granted, especially as the sums are but small and voted.' Approval for M's request was minuted to this letter.
Please cite as “FVM-63-07-03,” 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