From Ferdinand von Mueller to Graham Berry   18 Dec 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 4 months1 ending 31st March 18862.

Particulars of Vote.

Amount of Estimates previously approved.3

Estimate* of Expenditure for Quarter.4

Remarks.5

Division and Subdivision.

Item.

Amount.

£

s.

d.

£

s

d.

£

s.

d.

16/1

Salaries Professional

800

–

–

333

6

8

266

13

4

104

16/2

do Clerical

435

–

–

181

5

–

145

–

–

104

16/3

do Non Clerical

411

–

–

171

5

–

137

–

–

105

16/4

Museum Material &c

150

–

–

69

3

4

60

16

8

106

"

Collector of Plants

125

–

–

45

–

–

40

–

–

107

"

Publication of Works

370

–

–

170

–

–

120

–

–

108

"

Paper for Lithograms

75

–

–

–

–

–

30

10

–

109

"

Books —Incidental Expenses6

160

–

–

60

–

–

100

–

–

110

2506

–

–

1030

–

–

Total —Nine hundred pounds ——shillings and ——pen

£

900

–

–

Approved:

Signature

GB

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

Date

21st December 1887

Date7

4 months above printed Quarter struck through.

Written 5 deleted and 6 inserted.

Each item in this column has a ✔️.

Each item in this column has a ✔️.

The numbers in this column have been inserted, 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.

No date supplied.

MS written by G. Luehmann and signed by M. Dated on basis of annotation: 'R / 18 Dec'. that is, the date received.

Please cite as “FVM-85-12-18a,” 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/85-12-18a