From Ferdinand von Mueller to Graham Berry   16 Mar 1885

QUARTERLY ESTIMATE.

To the Honorable the Chief Secretary

Sir,

I have the honor to submit for approval the following Estimate* of Expenditure during the four months1 ending 30th June 1885.

Particulars of Vote.

Amount of Estimates previously approved.

Estimate* of Expenditure for four months2

Remarks.3

Division and Subdivision.

Item.

Amount.

£

s.

d.

£

s

d.

£

s.

d.

14/1

Salaries

1325

–

–

883

6

8

441

13

4

117

14/2

Museum Material &c

130

–

–

109

6

8

20

13

4

118

"

Books —Incidental Expenses

400

–

–

350

–

–

50

–

–

119

"

Collector of Plants

125

–

–

75

–

–

50

–

–

120

"

Publication of Works

370

–

–

174

–

–

196

–

–

121

"

Paper for Lithograms4

75

–

–

25

–

–

50

–

–

122

2425

–

–

1616

13

4

Total — Eight hundred and eight pounds six shillings and eight pence

£

808

6

8

Approved:

Signature

GB

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

Date

March [illegible] 1885

Date

16/3/85

four months above printed Quarter struck through.

4 months below printed Quarter. struck through.

The entries in this column have been added, presumably in the Chief Secretary's office, and are the authority numbers to be used when expending funds against the relevant budget line.

A line has been drawn under the amounts in this row.

MS written by G. Luehmann and signed by M. Annotation: 'Reg 16.3.85'.

Please cite as “FVM-85-03-16,” 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/85-03-16