Melbourne bot. Garden
29/8/71
Sir
This accompanying account I have the honor to return for further information.1 No provision is made on the estimates of my Department for the payment of the boys of the industrial Schools. I am not unfavorable to such an arrangement, if the necessary fund is placed at my disposal by a special order of Government or Vote of Parliament.
I have the honor to be,
Sir,
your obedient servant
Ferd. von Mueller,
Direct. botan. Garden
Geo. Duncan Esq.
Inspector of Industrial Schools.2
M's letter is accompanied by an account from the Department of Industrial and Reformatory Schools, invoicing the Botanic Garden for an amount of £77.5.- for labour of boys from the Industrial Schools in the Garden during July 1871.
Duncan was Inspector General of Penal Establishments from 1 January 1871. See also M to C. Duffy, 5 October 1871, and the notes thereto.
Please cite as “FVM-71-08-29a,” 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