Botanic Garden
13 August 1868
Sir
In order to carry out the reductions made by you in the Vote for Wages to Gardeners Laborers &c employed in this establishment I have been obliged to discharge several of the employees, who will leave next week. An Abstract of the wages due to them from July 1st to the date of their discharge is appended and I have now the honor to solicit, that you will be pleased to sanction the enclosed Application for an advance to cover that amount as the men so discharged will require the wages due to them prior to their leaving the establishment.
I have the honor to be
Sir,
your very obedient
Ferd. Mueller
The honorable
the President of the
Board of Land & Works
Letter written by E. B. Heyne and signed by M. Letter annotated: 'Appd JMG 14.8.68'; 'Appd JMcC'; and 'Will Dr Mueller make an application for an advance to pay the within E. Symonds […] 14/8/68'. The last of these is ruled through and marked: 'Cancelled', and there is a further annotation, ''ch 132[…] withdrawn J.[C].W 19/8/68'. See also M to E. Symonds, 14 August 1868 (in this edition as 68-08-14b).
Please cite as “FVM-68-08-13,” 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