Circular
Chief Secretary's Office
Melbourne 8th Octr. 1885
Sir,
With reference to the 5th Clause of the Regulations relating to Temporary Employment under Section 33 of the Public Service Act 1883,1 I have the honor to request you will be good enough to advise me of the date upon which any person under you shall cease to be employed under the provisions of that Section and I am further to request that you will at the same time notify whether the services of such person have been satisfactorily rendered
I have the honor to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient servant,
H. Moors
For the Under Secretary
Section 33 of the Act limited the duration of temporary employment to three months and prohibited re-employment within three months. The related regulations were published in the Third Supplement to the Victorian Government Gazette, 31 December 1884, an issue containing the Proclamation bringing the Act into effect and the various necessary regulations concerned with the generality of employment conditions and with the operation of specific sections of the Act. Section 5 of the 'Regulations. Temporary Employment' made under the Act reiterated the duration of employment 'which shall in no case extend beyond three months from the date of such employment' (p. 3640).
Document is a circular (p. 305) to the heads of 15 departments within the Chief Secretary's Department (listed p. 304).
Please cite as “FVM-85-10-08a,” 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