To Thomas Wilson    4 April 1885

Melbourne,

4 April 1885.

T. R. Wilson Esqr

Undersecretary.

 

Sir.

In reply to your Circular N.10361 I have the honor to inform you, that the only officer in the Gov. Botanists Department, who occupies Gov. Quarters, is Mr G. Renner; but the only room occupied by him, is not given him for private convenience, but is in the iron-annex to the Botanic Museum, of which he is the Custodian; and it is for this Custodianship, requiring him be early and late also Sundays and Holidays (except when temporarily released) to be in the bot Museum, that Mr Renner occupies the room, no extra pay being granted for the extra-duty of watching the Museum, which he does at all times, unless when occasionally relieved.

Under these circumstances not possibly any deductions could be made from Mr Renner's payment on account of his occupancy of a room in the Museum-annex of the bot. Department.

I have the honor to be,

Sir, your obedient servant

Ferd von Mueller,

Gov. Botanist.

Circular not found.

Please cite as “FVM-85-04-04,” 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 28 March 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/85-04-04