From Ferdinand von Mueller to Graham Berry   16 Sep 1884

QUARTERLY ESTIMATE.

To the Honorable the Chief Secretary

Sir,

I have the honor to submit for approval the following Estimate* of Expenditure during the Quarter ending 31st December 1884.

Particulars of Vote.

Amount of Estimates previously approved.1

Estimate* of Expenditure for Quarter.

Remarks.

Division and Subdivision.

Item.

Amount.

£.

s.

d.

£

s

d.

£

s.

d.

14/1

Salaries

1325

–

–

208

6

8

454

3

4

14/2

Museum Material &c

130

–

–

21

13

4

43

6

8

"

Books — Incidental Expenses

400

–

–

70

–

–

167

10

–

"

Collector of Plants

125

–

–

25

–

–

37

10

–

"

Publication of Works

370

–

–

25

–

–

160

–

–

"

Paper for Lithograms2

75

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

2425

–

–

350

–

–

Total —Eight hundred and sixty two pounds ten shillings and ——pen

£

862

10

–

Approved:

Signature3

Signature of the Officer authorized to certify to accounts Ferd. von Mueller.

Date

September 1884

Date

18/9/84

Each item in this column has been ticked.

A line has been added below this row, as shown, to separate off the totals in the amounts columns.

There is no signature; however, T. Wilson, Under Secretary, has initialled the form below the date under M's signature. M subsequently submitted a revised set of Estimates, for the period to 30 November 1884 only, and these were approved by Berry; see M to G. Berry, 22 September 1884.

MS written by G. Luehmann and signed by M.

Please cite as “FVM-84-09-16,” 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 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/84-09-16