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From Ferdinand von Mueller to James McCulloch   15 Oct 1866

Botanic Gardens

State of authorities for the year 1865

Item

No of auth-ority

Amount of authority

Already Cancelled

Balance

Used

Remains for Cancellation
Salaries

28

£4,885

-

-

-

-

-

4,885

-

-

4885

-

-

-

-

-
Do

423

-

13

9

-

-

-

-

13

9

13

9

-

-

-
Plants & Seeds

109

100

-

-

-

-

-

100

-

-

1001

-

-

-2
Do

224

40

-

-

-

-

-

40

-

-

40

-

-

-

-

-
Do

312

10

-

-

-

-

-

10

-

-

10

-

-

-

-

-
Do

436

3

10

-

-

-

-

3

10

-

3

23

-

-

84

-
Publishing Work

110

200

-

-

-

-

-

200

-

-

200

-

-

-

-

-
Do

177

100

-

-

-

-

-

100

-

-

100

-

-

-

-

-
Do

313

30

-

-

-

-

-

30

-

-

29

1

6

-

18

6
Stores & Stationery

111

150

-

-

-

-

-

150

-

-

150

-

-

-

-

-
Do

186

150

-

-

-

-

-

150

-

-

150

-

-

-

-

-
Do

236

120

-

-

-

-

-

120

-

-

120

-

-

-

-

-
Do

290

20

-

-

-

-

-

20

-

-

19

19

10

-

-

2
Forage etc

112

100

-

-

-

-

-

100

-

-

100

-

-

-

-

-
Do

187

120

-

-

3

10

-

116

10

-

116

6

15

-

3

116
Transit Exps & Incidentals

113

100

-

-

-

-

-

100

-

-

100

-

-

-

-

-
Do

314

20

-

-

-

-

-

20

-

-

20

-

-

-

-

-
Do

348

35

-

-

-

-

-

35

-

-

33

19

87

1

-

48
[Travg]9 Expenses

114

25

-

-

20

-

-

5

-

-

5

-

-

-

-

-
Water Supply

115

150

-

-

-

-

-

150

-

-

150

-

-

-

-

-
Do

404

150

-

-

-

-

-

150

-

-

87

10

510

62

9

711
Purchase of Books

393

600

-

-

-

-

-

600

-

-

600

-

-

-

-

-
1

100 above 99 19 6 deleted.

2

- over 6 deleted.

3

2 above 5 deleted.

4

8 above 5 deleted.

5

½ after 1 deleted.

6

11 above 10½ deleted.

7

33 19 8 above 34 19 8 deleted.

8

1 - 4 above 4 deleted.

9

Travelling.

10

5 above 4 deleted.

11

7 above 8 deleted.

12

File notes indicate that on 12 October 1866, the Under Secretary, J. Moore, sent M the form, requesting him 'to fill up the blanks in the prefixed state; which he will then return to this office'. M replied on 15 October, 'Request complied with'. On 3 January 1867, Moore sent the document to the Commissioners of Audit with the request that they check it. On 10 January, the Commissioners returned it, commenting 'The Return is correct with the exception of the following items out of Contingent Votes in which our Books differ with it’, and indicating discrepancies in authority numbers 109, 436, 187, 348 and 404. On 15 January, M was asked to 'point out in what respect the Balances on his Books differ from those on the Books of the Commissioners of Audit', and he replied on 21 January: 'The discrepancies between the balances contained in the books of the Audit Commissioners & those of my department arose through the Commissioners having counted halfpennies which had been struck out by the Treasury Department (Auth. 187 & 104 [i.e. 404]) An account charged to Auth. 348 has as yet not been paid, which causes another difference, and a clerical error in my Department gave rise to a discrepancy of 3/ in the authority for purchase of plants.'

The amounts have been amended on the document as indicated in footnotes to these items, bringing them into line with the Commissioners' records.

Please cite as “FVM-66-10-15b,” 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 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/66-10-15b