To James McCulloch1    11 May 1870

 

List of the employese2 in the Melbourne Botanical Gardens Department that have been discharged and those that are retained with there respective length of service.

 

Discharged



Retained



William Smith 1

13 years

8/

John Waters3

17 years

8/

Henry Peterson4 2

12

9/

Thomas Morrison

14

8/

Robert Morrison 5

12

8/

Hugh Hendrick

13

8/

William Lumsden 6

12

8/

Emanuel Soues

13

8/

David O'Leary 3

11

7/

Ambrose Neat5

13


Robert Kimpton

8

8/

David Coller

13

8/

Thomas Goliver6 Jun 4

7

6/

James Sulivan

13

8/

David Manzies

5

7/

Guthrige Scheider7

10

7/

Joseph Davies

4


Thomas Golliver8

10

7/

William Chisholm

4


Charles Schlepalus9 6

8

8/

Thomas Bates

3


John Hinze

6

8/

Thomas Rutherford

2


Henry Moran 1

5½

5/

Edward Bourk10

2


Charles French

5

7/

George Robertson

1½


Samuel Coteral11 2

4

6/

Gilbert Smith

¼


Mr Hoffman 5

4

11/

Mr Smith

¼


Thomas Meehan 3

3

4/




Mr Luhmann12 4

1½

8/




Boy in the Office

1½


 
 

1 7 yrs since last engagement ?reasons

1 Advanced to higher position


2 Carpenter not required at present

2 Mechanic


3 Carter (his place to be taken by junior) one cart only required

3 Advanced to higher position


4 Laborer

4 Engine driver not reqd

{


5 Understood he was about to leave

5 Chemical operator (evening duties)

6 purposes to tack his duties on to another man who is 5 yrs his senior

6 Professl. knowledge Seeds.

13 can be retained yet if C.S.14 desires

MS written by a clerk, with the annotations in a different hand. The file includes another sheet with a less complete list of names, and without the salaries and annotations. List originally registered as V70/4978 on 11 May 1870.
sic
i.e. Watters.
i.e. Petersen; see M to W. Odgers, 3 October 1870.
i.e. Neate.
i.e. Gulliver.
i.e. Schneider.
i.e. Gulliver.
i.e. Schlipalius.
i.e. Bourke.
i.e. Cottrell.
i.e. Luehmann.
The followiing text is linked to the bracketed notes by a line at the side of the page.
Chief Secretary.

Please cite as “FVM-70-05-11f,” 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 25 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/70-05-11f