Melbourne, 23rd September 1884
Sir
I have the honor to solicit that you will be good enough to sanction the payment of the increase to the salaries of the two officers in my department, as provided in this years Estimates and passed by Parliament, viz.
| Clerk,1 | increase per annum |
£50 |
| Assistant,2 |
do |
25 |
I have the honor to be
Sir
Your most obedient servant
Ferd. von Mueller,
Govt. Botanist.3
The Honorable
the Chief Secretary
J. G. Luehmann.
Charles French Snr.
Berry approved M's request on 25 September and two days later the Under Secretary, T. Wilson, informed the Commissioners of Audit of this. At the same time he forwarded the file to M who returned it 'with best thanks' on 29 September.
MS written by Georg Luehmann and signed by M.
Please cite as “FVM-84-09-23,” 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