Melbourne bot. Garden,
24/12/69.
Sir
In compliance with the request, conveyed in Mr Agg's letter of yesterday,1 received by me only this afternoon, I have the honor to transmit to you herewith a statement in reference to the anticipated expenditure in the botanic Garden and scientific institutions connected therewith during 1870.
| Salary of the Gov. Botanist and Director of the botanic Garden |
£610.- . |
| Salary to the Overseer |
£250.- . |
| Salary and Wages to Office Clerk, Operator in the Laboratory, travelling Collector, Carpenter, Gardeners, Engine driver, Painter, Messenger, Labourers, Gardenboys |
£3680.- |
|
Total of Salaries & Wages |
£4540.- |
| Purchase of such plants and seeds as are not available by interchanges |
£150.- . |
| Expense connected with the publication of works on Australian plants and on industrial objects |
£150.- . |
| Stores, Stationery for Office, Paper for Museum, Timber, Drainpipes, Waterpipes, Chemicals for the Laboratory, Canvass for roofs of Conservatories and nursery beds, Glass, Tiles, Fuel for greenhouses Conservatories, forcing pits, and Steamengine |
£350.- . |
| Forage for two carthorses, food for waterbirds & singingbirds and some other Garden animals |
£140.- . |
| Books and Journals for Library |
£160.- . |
| Transit and incidental expenses for minor repairs |
£120.- . |
| Travelling expenses |
£40.- . |
| Purchase of the large Sonderian Museum Collections, as explained for a series of years past |
£880.- . |
|
Contingencies Total |
£1990.- |
I have the honor to be,
Sir, your very obedient
Ferd. von Mueller.
Gov. Botanist & Director of the bot Garden.
The honorable the President of the Board of Land & Works
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Please cite as “FVM-69-12-24,” 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