29/6/83
I thought it best, dear Mr Wilson, to send the letter, concerning the £60.9/-1 before the end of the finance-year, and gave it to my Assistant, as he had to go to your Accountant about the settlement of the £51.- .- for the iron-cases got from the penal department last year,2 the Treasury having a day or two ago sent back the papers.3
Altho' you kindly said that there was time for some months for sundry additions to the Estimates, I have thought that perhaps, to simplify matters, the £60.9 might be recovered by adding the words "including arrears" after the item of £330.- miscellaneous votes of Gov Botanist on the ordinary estimates for the coming year. Perhaps however that can not be done; but then at all events you have my letter, should a favorable opportunity arise to use it.
Regardfully your
Ferd. von Mueller.
Please cite as “FVM-83-06-29a,” 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