9th May 1865
I am instructed by the Honorable the Chief Secretary to inform you that it is necessary for all Departmental Bank accounts to be kept in future whenever practicable either at the National or at the English Scottish and Australian Chartered Bank an arrangement having been agreed upon between the Government and these two Institutions according to the terms of which the latter will allow interest on the weekly minimum balance standing to the departments credit in their books.
I enclose for your information a statement shewing the branches and agencies which the two Banks have established within Victoria and request you will have the goodness to report the name and the address of any Officer in your Department who in virtue of his Office is in receipt of money for which it is desirable he shd keep an account at one of these - and the Bank selected
I am also to request that you will report the date on which you have commenced to carry into effect the instructions contained in this Circular with your own office account if it has not already been kept at either of the two Banks in question1
Sd J Moore
Branches and Agencies of the National Bank of Australasia and of the English Scottish and Australian Chartered Bank
Victoria
The National Bank of Australasia
| Bacchus Marsh |
Branch |
| Ballarat |
" |
| Colac |
" |
| Clunes |
" |
| Daylesford |
" |
| Geelong |
" |
| Hamilton |
" |
| Sale |
" |
| Taradale |
" |
| Bunninyong |
Agency |
| Carngham |
" |
| Scarsdale |
" |
The English Scottish and Australian Chartered Bank
| Collingwood |
Branch |
| Williamstown |
" |
| Castlemaine |
" |
| Ballarat |
Agency |
Please cite as “FVM-65-05-10a,” 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