Melbourne, 5th May 1887
Sir
In conformity with your circular No. 15861 I have the honor to submit herewith estimates of expenditure for my department during 1887/8.
I may be permitted to observe that, although no direct revenue is received through my department, yet a considerable amount is paid annually in to the consolidated revenue by the Govt. Printer for the sale of books published by me.
I have the honor to be
Sir
Your most obedient servant
Ferd von Mueller,
Govt. Botanist
No pensions and no gratutities under Acts 160 and 773 in Govt. Botanist's Department.2
The Honorable the Chief Secretary.3
ESTIMATES of Expenditure for the Year ending 30th June, 1888.
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1. — Chief Secretary. |
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Years and Numbers |
Classification under Act — |
Division No 16. Government Botanist. |
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1886-7. |
1887-8. |
160. |
773. |
1887-8. |
1886-7. |
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1 |
1 |
1 |
Sc |
Salaries. Subdivision No 1 Professional Division Government Botanist |
£ 800 |
£ 8004 |
Subdivision No 2 Clerical Division |
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1 |
1 |
4 |
Clerk |
300 |
300 |
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1 |
1 |
5 |
Clerk5 |
157 |
157 |
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2 |
2 |
457 |
457 |
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1 |
1 |
Subdivision No 3 Non-Clerical Division First Herbarium Assistant |
237 |
231 |
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1 |
1 |
Second Herbarium Assistant |
132 |
132 |
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1 |
1 |
Third Herbarium Assistant |
72 |
66 |
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3 |
3 |
441 |
429 |
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6 |
6 |
Total Salaries |
1698 |
1686 |
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Subdivision No 4 Contingencies Museum Material, Stationery, and Purchase of Plants |
130 |
130 |
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| Collector of Plants for a new edition of the Flora Australiensis and other works |
125 |
125 |
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| Publication of Works on Plants including Draftsman's and Lithographer's work |
5606 |
370 |
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| Paper for Lithograms |
75 |
75 |
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| Books, Instruments, Botanical Collections, Seeds, Freights, Travelling and Incidental Expenses |
160 |
160 |
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10507 |
860 |
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Total Division No 16 |
27488 |
2546 |
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Memorandum with Estimates
Composition of Salary
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Name |
Office |
Total amount provided on Estimates |
Estimated value of Quarters |
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G. Renner |
Clerk |
157 |
18 |
See T. Wilson to M, 4 May 1887 (in this edition as 87-05-04b).
MS annotation in an unknown hand: 'note to Mr Luehmann 6/5'. On 12 May 1887 Luehmann sent a telegram to James Killen, accountant in the Finance department of the Chief Secretary's office: 'No Revenue in the Dept of Govt Botanist for 1887'. He sent another telegram on 19 May: 'No Pensions nor Gratuities in Govt Botanists Dept. for 1887.8 [i.e.:1887/8] as stated in letter'.
The file contains a newspaper cutting from the Argus, 14 October 1887, reporting the parliamentary discussion of the 'vote of £2,748 for the Government botanist', which was passed. M's valuable contribution to the colony was extolled and the need for 'a proper botanical museum' was endorsed.
Each of these amounts are marked with a note by Luehmann: 'Salary above maximum'.
MS annotation by Luehmann: 'With quarters (one room) valued at £18 per annum.'
370 deleted, possibly by M.
860 deleted, possibly by M.
2558 deleted, possibly by M.
MS written by Georg Luehmann and signed by M.
Please cite as “FVM-87-05-05,” 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