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From Alexander Wallis to Ferdinand von Mueller   18 Jan 1873

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Department of Lands & Agriculture

Agricultural Branch

Melbourne, 18th January 1873

Sir

I have to draw your attention to the fact that only £507.12/9d are available for wages in the Botanical Garden for the remaining six months of the financial year, and to request that you will take immediate steps so to control your monthly expenditure, the amount paid away for wages in the month of December last having been £104.9/—, as to bring the total outlay for the above mentioned period within the sum named.

I have the honor to be

Sir

Your most obedient servant

(signed) A. R. Wallis

Secretary for Agriculture.2

Baron F. von Mueller

Director Botanical Garden

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MS is a file copy.

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See also M to D. Gillies, 25 January 1873 (in this edition as 73-01-25a).

Please cite as “FVM-73-01-18,” 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/73-01-18