Memorandum in reply to the Undersecretary's minute of 4/6/83.
| The printing of the "Census" of Australian plants1 cost |
£ |
236.7/6d |
| Binding " |
6. 5. - |
|
| Covers " |
5. -. - |
|
|
Total |
247.12/62 |
The present account of £35.6/6d closes the expenditure of part I. of the "Census"; the second part cannot appear before 1884.
Ferd. von Mueller
5/6/83.
B83.03.04.
MS annotation in a clerk's hand: 'Will the Government Botanist be good enough to inform me whether the sum of £247.12s.6d represents the whole expenditure for printing, binding &c, including the 2nd part. C.S.O. /6/83'. Before signing this, Wilson added 'or if not what the total cost is likely to be?'.
To this M replied with a minute on 14 June 1883: 'The sum of £247.12/6d represents the total expenditure of part I of the Census, as issued already. The second part will not be quite so large, nor will it appear during the next finance-year, and should it never be printed, the first one will remain complete in itself'. Part 2 was never printed although an extensive manuscript remains in the Library at MEL (RB MSS 772).
The file includes a note written by Luehmann and signed by M that probably constitutes the starting point of the exchange: 'Submitted for the favorable consideration of the Honorable the Chief Secretary. Melbourne, 22/5/83'. This is followed by a file note signed by Wilson, marked 'C.S.O' and dated '/6/83': 'Will the Government Botanist be good enough to inform me whether the accompanying account represents the total cost of printing the "Index of Plants indigenous to Australia" & if not what the total is.'
Please cite as “FVM-83-06-05,” 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