From Ferdinand von Mueller to Graham Berry   22 Sep 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 two months1 ending 30th November 1885.

Particulars of Vote.

Amount of Estimates previously approved.

Estimate* of Expenditure for Quarter.2

Remarks.3

Division and Subdivision.

Item.

Amount.

£.

s.

d.

£

s

d.

£

s.

d.

16/1

Salaries Professional

800

–

–

200

–

–

133

6

8

104

16/2

do Clerical

435

–

–

108

15

–

72

10

–

104

16/3

do Non Clerical

411

–

–

102

15

–

68

10

–

105

16/4

Contingencies:

"

Museum Material &c

130

–

–

53

10

–

15

13

4

106

"

Collector of Plants

125

–

–

25

–

–

20

–

–

107

"

Publication of Works

370

–

–

100

–

–

70

–

–

108

"

Paper for Lithograms

75

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

"

Books — Incidental Exp.

160

–

–

40

–

–

20

–

–

110

2506

630

–

–

Total —Four Hundred pounds ——shillings and ——pen

£

400

– –

Approved:

Signature

GB

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

Date

27 October 1885

Date

22/9/85

two months above Quarter struck through.

2 months below Quarter struck through.

All entries except that for 'Paper for Lithograms' in this column have a ✔️.

The numbers in this column have been inserted, presumably in the Chief Secretary's office; the are probably authority numbers to use for approval of expenditure under the respective heads.

MS written by G. Luehmann and signed by M.

Estimates for three periods during the Quarter ending December 1885 were requested in H. Moors to M, 21 September 1885 (in this edition as 85-09-21d). The other estimates are for the whole quarter, M to G. Berry, 23 September1885 and October, M to G. Berry, 22 September 1885.

Please cite as “FVM-85-09-22a,” 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/85-09-22a