Melbourne botan. Garden,
22/1/67
Sir
I have the honor to solicit, that you will be pleased to sanction the undermentioned sums to be advanced for the services in the botanic Garden during the early part of this year.1 I may be allowed to state, that I have already been obliged to defray many of the current expenses out of my private means. The sums, which I would beg to recommend to be placed at my disposal would be the following.
| Payment of Salary and Wages |
£525.- .- |
| Transit and Incidental Expenses |
£30.- .- |
| Travelling Expenses |
£10.- .- |
| Purchase of plants & seeds |
£50.- .- |
| Food & forage for Cart Horses, Water & Singing Birds &c |
£50.- .- |
| Stores, Stationery &c2 |
£100.- .- |
I have the honor to be,
Sir,
your most obedient and humble servant
Ferd. Mueller.
The honorable the Chief Secretary
That is, before the Parliament had approved the estimates submitted. Approval was given on 10 April 1867 (Victoria. Votes and proceedings of the Legislative Assembly, 1867, p. 111).
The expenditures for travelling, purchase of plants and seeds, food and forage for cart horses, water and singing birds, and stores and stationery were approved by the Governor in Council on 26 February 1867. CS [Contingent Expenditure] numbers 131 to 134 [Q67/2041, unit 251, VPRS 3991/P, Public Record Office, Victoria].
Please cite as “FVM-67-01-22b,” 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