From William Odgers   9 June 1875

Chief Secretary’s Office

Melbourne 9th June 1875

Sir,

I have the honor to inform you that a communication has been received from the Honorable the Treasurer desiring that the monthly expenditure of all Departments may be limited, whenever this is possible, to the twelfth part of the sum appropriated for the year. You will be good enough to take note accordingly.

I have the honor to be

Sir

Your most obedient servant

W. H. Odgers

 

The Government Botanist1

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Copies of the circular were sent to heads of 14 of the subsidiary departments within the Chief Secretary’s Department.

Please cite as “FVM-75-06-09,” 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 25 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/75-06-09