Melbourne,
16/4/77.
The honorable the Chief Secretary.
Sir
In compliance with your letter 14261 I have the honor to submit the estimates of the expenditure for the Gov. Botanists Department during the coming financial year.
| Gov. Botanist |
£800 |
| Museum Assistant and Clerk |
£150 |
| Assistant for outdoor work |
£130 |
| Museum-Material and plants |
£130 |
| Books, instruments collections, seeds, travelling and incidental expenses |
£300 |
| Publication of works on Australian plants |
£200 |
|
£1710 |
The last mentioned item is increased by £100,2 to defray out of it £54.10/ still due for payment of the printing of the "select plants"3 and £45.10/- for woodengravings for the school-book.4
I have the honor to be,
Sir, your obedient
Ferd. von Mueller.
Please cite as “FVM-77-04-16b,” 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