Melbourne,
12./7./81.
To the Undersecretary
Sir
In reply to your telegraphic request1 I have the honor to inform you, that my estimate for public works was — as usual in former years — transmitted along with my other estimate, and a separate copy forwarded to the public-works Department.
The votes of my establishment are so limited, that I have not been able to save any portion of the means at my disposal, indeed I have supplemented the expenditure for scientific purposes out of my salary to a large extent throughout the year. As I have no public grounds under my control, I can raise no revenue, but I may fairly claim that my departmental researches and my official correspondence are always calculated to increase the vegetable resources of the country and therewith indirectly also the revenue.
I have the honor to be
Sir
Your obedient servant
Ferd. von Mueller,
Gov. Botanist.2
Estimates for Public Works in the Govt Botanist's establishment during the year 1881-1882
Additional buildings for Office and Museum accommodation (including a small cottage for the Custodian estimated at £180)
£900
(Sd) Ferd von Mueller
Govt Botanist
11/7/81
Telegram not found. This may have been the same telegram that that resulted in the general estimates submission, M to T. Wilson, 11 July 1881 (in this edition as 81-07-11a).
The Estimates that follow are written on a separate sheet, and are probably a copy made by someone in the Chief Secretary's Office.
Please cite as “FVM-81-07-12c,” 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