Melbourne,
18/3/84.
To the honorable Graham Berry, M.L.A.,
Chief Secretary.
Sir.
I have the honor of submitting herewith the estimate of the Gov. Botanist's Department for the finance-year 1884-1885 in the form required by your instructions of the 13 March.1 No alterations have been made in last years estimates, except in the Salary of the Clerk and of the Assistant. The former, who is an able and trustworthy officer, and who has been in the Department for fifteen years, did not receive any addition to his salary for the last three years, and I have therefore ventured to increase his income on the present schedule by fifty pounds, trusting that you will take this well deserving proposition into your favorable consideration.
I would further recommend, that the Salary of the Assistant be augmented by £25, the position also having had no increment for the last three years.
I have the honor to be,
Sir, your obedient and humble servant
Ferd. von Mueller.
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Estimates of public works for the Gov. Botanists Department in the finance-year 1884-1885.
| Repositories and fittings in the bot. Museum for completing the location of the lately acquired Sonderian Collections.2 |
£280 |
| Repairs and improvements to the bot. Museum-Building |
£60 |
|
£340 |
Ferd. von Mueller,
Gov. Botanist.
18/3/84.3
Estimates of Expenditure 1884/54
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Numbers |
Class | Schedule |
Division No 13 Government Botanist Subdivision No 1 Salaries |
1884/5 | 1883/4 | ||
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1883/4 |
1884/5 |
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1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
Government Botanist |
800 |
800 |
|
|
1 |
1 |
Clerk |
300 |
250 |
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|
1 |
1 |
Assistant |
225 |
200 |
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|
3 |
3 |
1325 |
1250 |
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Subdivision No 2 Contingencies |
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| Museum Material, Stationery and Purchase of Plants |
130 |
130 |
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| Books, Instruments, Botanical Collections, Seeds, Freights, Travelling and Incidental Expenses, including wages for junior assistants in office and museum |
400 |
400 |
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| Collector of plants for a new edition of the Flora Australiensis and other works |
125 |
125 |
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| Publication of illustrated works on Australian plants, including draftsman's and lithographer's work for Eucalyptus-Atlas |
1705 |
170 |
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| Paper for Lithograms |
75 |
75 |
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|
9006 |
900 |
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|
22257 |
2150 |
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Ferd. von Mueller,
Gov. Botanist.
18/3/84.8
See T. Wilson to M, 13 March 1884 (in this edition as 84-03-13a).
See M to G. Berry, 20 October 1883. This item is marked with a line in the margin.
This page is marked: 'Seen by C S 30/4'.
One column on the form has been omitted from the transcription since it contained no entries. The column is headed 'Salary of Officers' and is subdivided into 'Minimum', 'Annual Increment' and 'Maximum'. It occurs before the final two columns. The form has been completed by G. Luehmann and signed and dated by M.
altered to 370, presumably in the Chief Secretary's office.
altered to 1100, presumably in the Chief Secretary's office; Berry has initialed the change.
altered to 2425, presumably in the Chief Secretary's office; Berry has initialed the change.
M's Estimates, as amended, were approved on 30 April 1884.
Please cite as “FVM-84-03-18d,” 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