Melbourne botanic Garden
29 Aug. 1870
Sir
In accordance with your instructions1 I have the honor of submitting herewith an estimate of expenditure in the botanic Garden during the first half of the year 1871. This estimate might still be further decreased, if it met with your pleasure, to restrict the duties of the Inspector of forests to the surveillance over the woods of the colony, a measure, which I beg to recommend to your favorable consideration, and which would need, that provision should be made for this officer by the Lands Department.
I have the honor to be,
Sir,
your obedient servant
Ferd. von Mueller, M.D.,
Direct. botan. Garden
The honorable Sir Jam. McCulloch, Kn
Chief Secretary.
Melbourne Botanic Garden2
Estimate of Expenditure for the first 6 months
1871
1, Salaries: Government Botanist and Director of the Botanic Garden |
305 |
- |
- |
|
Inspector of Forests* |
125 |
- |
- |
|
430 |
- |
- |
|
| 2, Contingencies: | |||
|
Wages of Gardeners, Botanical Collector, Carter, Artisan & Labourers |
1345 |
10 |
- |
|
Purchase of Plants and Seeds and Expense of publishing Work on Australian Plants |
653 |
- |
- |
|
Stores, Timber, Bricks & Stationery &c. |
1254 |
- |
- |
|
Forage for Cart Horse & Food for Birds |
42 |
105 |
- |
|
Transit & Incidental Expenses |
606 |
- | - |
|
Travelling Expenses |
20 |
- | - |
|
Contingencies |
16587 |
- | - |
|
Salaries |
430 |
- | - |
|
Total |
2088 |
- | - |
*The item of £125. as salary for the Inspector of Forests is again introduced on this estimate, simply in conformity with last year's schedule, although the director of the Bot. Garden respectfully submits that the support of this officer here entails since last year an expenditure on his department, which perfectly well can be saved to the Garden vote, and the Honorable the Chief Secretary will therefore perhaps be pleased to take into consideration, whether it would not be better to make provision for this officer in the Lands Department, where the increasing forest interests would be certain to absorb all his time and attention.8
See W. Odgers to M, 26 August 1870.
Estimate is on a separate sheet, in a different hand.
65 deleted, replaced by 40.
125 deleted, replaced by 100.
42 10 deleted, replaced by 40.
60 deleted, replaced by 50.
New total of 1595 10 written beside old figure.
Across this note, McCulloch has written: 'What is the use of Dr Mueller wasting Govt time in writing this minute - he well knows the intention of Govt and Parliament J McC'.
Please cite as “FVM-70-08-29,” 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