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From Henry Moors to Ferdinand von Mueller   7 Oct 1885

Chief Secretary's Office

Melbourne 7th Oct 1885.

Sir,

I have the honor to request that you will be so good as to forward to this office, as soon as possible an Estimate (additional for 1885/6) showing the sums required to pay officers, whose classification has been raised by the Public Service Board, the increased salary corresponding to the class to which they have been promoted, from 1st February to 30th June 1885.

I have also to request that a similar Estimate may be furnished as regards those officers who, previously unclassified, have been appointed to a class, the minimum salary of which is greater than that of which they were previously in receipt.

I beg to add that should no further sum be required for the purposes specified you will be good enough nevertheless to furnish a "Nil" Estimate.1

I have the honor to be,

Sir,

Your most obedient servant,

H. Moors

For the Under Secretary

The Government Botanist

1

See M to G. Berry, 8 October 1885.

2

Document is a circular (p. 290) to the heads of 15 departments (listed p. 289) within the Chief Secretary’s Department, the addressee being inserted in each case as appropriate.

Please cite as “FVM-85-10-07a,” 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/85-10-07a