Melbourne bot. Garden
3/10/71.
The byefollowing is the rest of the correspondence, dear Mr Odgers, concerning the Gardener W. Smith. As these papers seemed to me, not to come under those of the date, desired by you, I kept them here; nor do I like that they should injure this man in any new engagement of his services, more particularly as he has a wife and child to support.
I have reason to believe, that this man could obtain some small engagement in the new forest department, and I shall gladly wait a few weeks with the arrangements for a new collector, if the transfer of the man Smith to an other place could be effected meanwhile. Mr Grant knows him and possibly may take some interest in him.1
With kind regards
Ferd. von Mueller
Presumably James Grant, former President of the Board of Land and Works and Commissioner of Crown Lands and Survey, who M reported had once suggested that Smith might be compensated under the Civil Service regulations (M to J. McCulloch, 23 April 1870). See also M to C. Duffy, 8 July 1871 (in this edition as 71-07-08b), and M to C. Duffy, 6 December 1871.
See M to J. McCulloch, 23 April 1870 (in this edition as 70-04-23c); W. Smith to J. McCulloch, 9 May 1870 (in this edition as M70-05-09); and M to J. McCulloch, 7 May 1870 (in this edition as 70-05-07b).
Please cite as “FVM-71-10-03a,” 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