17th November [1870]1
Sir
I have the honor by direction of the above Committee to inform you that the Committee are prepared to engage Mr Hoffmann as Phytological Chemist to work under your direction and control, at a salary of £14.6 a month, such engagement to date from the 7th of November 1870, but that the Committee cannot pay Mr Hoffmann's salary for the months of September and October as requested by you, as they consider that the work performed by Mr Hoffmann during those periods was departmental2
I have the honor to be
Sir
Your obedient Servant
Marcus Clarke
Secretary
To Dr Von Mueller
Govt Botanist
Please cite as “FVM-70-11-17b,” 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