Botanic Gardens
April 19th 1866
Sir
I have the honor to request that you will be pleased to sanction the expenditure of the sum of four hundred and thirty seven pounds thirteen shillings and two pence for Salaries and Wages for the month of February. And I further beg that you will be good enough to grant me an advance of a sum of five hundred and twenty five pounds Sterl. for defraying the expenses for Salaries and Wages for the next ensuing month.1
I have the honor to be Sir
Your most obedient servant
Ferd. Mueller
The honorable the Chief Secretary
Parliament did not approve the budget for 1866 until 27 April (Victoria, Votes and proceedings of the Legislative Assembly, second session 1866, vol. 1, p, 36), hence the requirement to gain authority for advance spending. A similar request was made for approval to pay salaries and wages for January in M to J. McCulloch, 21 January 1866 (in this edition as 66-01-21a), and for operating expenses in M to J. McCulloch, 21 January 1866. The file does not indicate the response to M's letter.
MS written by E. Heyne and signed by M.
Please cite as “FVM-66-04-19,” 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