Chief Secretary's Office,
Melbourne 23rd October 1871.
Sir,
Referring to previous correspondence1 I have the honor to inform you that with a view to the Industrial Schools Department receiving credit for the work done by the inmates, an arrangement has been sanctioned by the Chief Secretary by which an account for the labor performed in the Botanic Gardens will be submitted to you periodically by the Inspector of Industrial Schools, which, when checked and found correct, you will be good enough to initial and return to that officer, as his voucher.2
I have the honor to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient servant,
W. H. Odgers
The Director
Botanic Gardens.
See M to C. Duffy, 5 October 1871.
The agreement seems to have been followed. In November three accounts 'for labor of boys in Botanical Gardens £61.1.0 £76.17.0 & £77.5.0' were submitted to the Government from the Industrial School (No. 14329, vol. 1871 Z, VPRS 1168/P inward correspondence registers, VA 475 Chief Secretary's Department, Public Record Office, Victoria).
Please cite as “FVM-71-10-23,” 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