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From Ferdinand von Mueller to James McCulloch   24 Jan 1871

24/1/71.

Memorandum

The Director of the bot. Garden in compliance with the Undersecretary's request1 begs to submit a statement of the present remuneration of the employees under his control. Some reduction in the scale of payment was contemplated by the Director at the time when the 8 hours system came into force, and again when subsequently the number of the employees was considerably reduced, but in consequence of the losses of the employees at the time of deferred payments and out of other considerations afterwards, the proposed reductions could not yet take place.

Ferd. von Mueller,

Director

Rate of Wages of the Employés in the Botanic Garden

£

s

d
J. Dallachy per diem

-

10/

-
J. G. Luehmann

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9

-
J. Watters

-

8

-
Thos. Morrison

-

8

-
H. Hendrick

-

9

-
E. Soues

-

8

-
A. Coller

-

8

-
J. Sullivan

-

8

-
R. Morrison

-

8

-
W. Lumsden

-

8

-
Thos. Bourke

-

8

-
G. Schneider

-

8

-
C. Schlipalius

-

8

-
W. Smith

-

8

-
Thos. Gulliver

-

7

-
A. Neale

-

7

-
Ch. French2

-

7

-
S. Cottrell

-

7

-
H. Moran

-

7

-
C. Richards

-

7

-
F. Pitcher

-

7

-
1

See W. Odgers to M, 23 January 1871 (in this edition as 71-10-23a).

2

Charles French Snr.

Please cite as “FVM-71-01-24b,” 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 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/71-01-24b