Botanic Garden Melbourne,
23/1/71
Sir
I have the honor to solicit that you will be pleased to issue authorities of expenditure for this Department for the following sums viz.
| Salaries |
£ |
430.- .- |
| Wages to Gardeners |
1345.10. - |
|
| Purchase of Plants &c |
40.- .- |
|
| Stores &c |
100.- .- |
|
| Forage |
40.- .- |
|
| Incidental Expenses |
70.- .- |
and place these amounts at my disposal for disbursement.1
I have the honor to be
Sir
Your obedient servant
Ferd. von Mueller M.D.
Director Botanic Garden
The Honorable the Chief Secretary
The file cover was initialled by McCulloch and what appear to be authority numbers added in another hand.
Please cite as “FVM-71-01-23,” 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