20th September 1865
I am directed by the Honorable the chief Secretary to request your attention to the following condition which is, with trifling modifications, attached to all policies of guarantee issued on behalf of Government Officials:-
"That subject to a discretionary power exercisable in certain cases by the said local directors of remitting the forfeiture a policy of guarantee becomes void as to future claims upon its becoming known to the said directors that the party whose honesty is guaranteed has committed any act which gives the right to make a claim under the policy.
And that the employers are bound immediately upon discovery, or having notice of the commission of any such act to forward a written intimation of the same, and, so far as circumstances will permit of all particulars attending the commission thereof to the said directors and that by wilfully and knowingly omitting or neglecting to do so for twentyone days after discovery or notice the policy becomes absolutely void both as to existing and future claims"
Sd J Moore
The Director of the botanic Gardens1
For M's reply, see M to J. Moore, 21 September 1865 (in this edition as 65-09-21a).
Text from 'Circular 3054' addressed to the Clerk of the Legislative Assembly, followed by 'Similar Circular to Heads of Departments as shown below and on the following page', and a list of 17 such Heads of Department, including M.
Please cite as “FVM-65-09-20,” 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