Melbourne, botanic Garden,
4/9/72
Sir
I have the honor to request, that the votes for the botanic Garden and Gov. House Domain may not be reported this evening, but be postponed, with a view of giving me time to send to you a reply to the recommendations of Mr Hodgkinson, regarding the intended ruinous disruption of my Department, as I never knew of his Report until I saw it to day in the Argus.2
My own estimate for Gov. House Reserve was only for one man and about half of the time of the carter and for a few orphans, altogether not more than £200 whereas now £1,315 have been withdrawn besides the salary of £160 for my only clerk.
I can provide the Government with my counter report in a day or two.
I have the honor to be,
Sir, your obedient servant
Ferd. von Mueller3
Please cite as “FVM-72-09-04,” 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 24 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/72-09-04