Melbourne botan Garden
11/9/70.
Sir
In reference to my application for a transfer of several votes to the wages fund I have now the honor to solicit, that the following authorities of expenditure may be cancelled and as mentioned below be transferred.1
Purchase of plants
| Auth. C.S. 203 £40, to be transferred to the wages fund |
£30.- .- |
| C.S. 312, all to wages |
£20.- .- |
| Not yet under authority all to wages |
£70.- .- |
|
Total |
£120.- .- |
Travelling Expenses
| Auth. C.S. 206 £10, to be all transferred to the wages fund |
£10.- .- |
| C.S. 314 all to incidentals |
£10.- .- |
| Not yet under authority also to be transferred to incidentals |
£20.- .- |
|
Total |
£40.- .- |
Forage
| Auth. C.S. 204 £70 | |
| To be transferred to wages |
£25.- .- |
| Not yet under authority, also to be transferred to wages |
£15.- .- |
|
Total |
£40.- .- |
I have the honor to be,
Sir,
your obedient servant
Ferd. von Mueller,
Direct. botan. Garden
The honorable the Chief Secretary
M was dealing with a shortage in his wages fund because of a decrease in the relevant budget head compared to the previous year, from £3,680 to £2,691 (Victoria, Votes and proceedings of the Legislative Assembly, session 1869, vol. 1, p. 59 and session 1870, vol. 1, p. 86 respectively). In M to W. Odgers, 26 August 1870 and an accompanying memorandum addressed to the Chief Secretary, M proposed transfers between the subheads of expenditure. Odgers requested details of authorities that would have to be cancelled to effect the change. W. Odgers to M, 7 October 1870, confirmed that the changes had been made and provided new authority numbers.
Please cite as “FVM-70-09-11b,” 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