From the Government of Victoria to Ferdinand von Mueller   28 Dec 1866

VICTORIA.

CONTINGENCIES. — L2.

(Clause 20 of Regulations.)

The Government of Victoria,

Dr. to Dr Mueller

Period of Service,

1866

Department—

Div. No. 22 Subdiv. No. 5 Year 1865

To meet preliminary Expenses of first Intercolonial Exhibition

Rate. Amount.

Full particulars.

Intercolonial Exhibition

Dec 22 To re-arranging and Embellishing Queensland Court1 5

Total, five pounds pound — shilling — pen

Signature of Claimant— Ferd. Mueller, M.D.

£

5 — —

I certify to the best of my knowledge and belief, after due enquiry, that the foregoing account is true and correct in every particular, and that this expenditure has been incurred under the authority of

Signature of the Head of the Department

Date—

Samuel H Bindon2

Signature of the Officer by whom the Expenditure was incurred

Date—

J Knight

Received on the 28th Decr. 1866, from The Exhibition Commissioners Esquire,

the sum of five pounds — shilling — pen , in full payment of the above account.

Ferd. Mueller, M.D.

Witness to the payment and signature

William Dugdale

Acct.

For the context of M's involvement in the Qld Court, see M to W. Hill, 25 October 1866.

S. H. Bindon was chair of the Commission's Finance Committee; there is no date with either signature.

MS annotated: 'No 369'.

Please cite as “FVM-66-12-28a,” 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/66-12-28a