Melbourne botanic Garden,
25 Oct. 1863.
Sir
I have the honor to solicit, that you will be pleased to sanction a transfer of fifteen pounds Sterling (£15.- .-) from the store-vote and the sum of fifteen pounds Sterling (£15.- .-) from the forage vote of this establishment to the vote for incidental expenses.
I have the honor to be,
Sir,
your most obedient servant
Ferd. Mueller.
The honorable the Chief Secretary
&c & &1
On 31 October the Under Secretary, J. Moore, referred M's letter to the Government Storekeeper. The Storekeeper replied on 6 November: 'The vote for Stores will not bear a transfer at present of £15. The Expenditure incurred for Forage being about £100. I would suggest that the whole amount of £30 applied for by Dr Mueller be transferred from that Vote.' The Storekeeper's suggestion was forwarded to M on 10 November. M responded to it on 19 November with a note on the file: 'By the accompanying schedule from the Governments Stores-Office I was led to believe, that £15.- .- would be left available from the Store-vote for transfer, but as I am now informed, that the rest of this vote will be absorbed in the liquidation of outstanding accounts, I beg now to solicit, that only £15.- .- may be transferred from the forage vote to the item of incidental expenses, a greater transfer not being admissable.'
See also M to J. McCulloch, 2 December 1863.
See also J. Spence to M, 23 October 1863.
Please cite as “FVM-63-10-25b,” 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