Melbourne, 14th March 1890
Sir
I have the honor to request, that you will please to permit me to retain the services of two youths,1 who have been engaged in my branch since the 1st of January with your consent, and whose term will expire on 31st March, for a further period of three months. They are employed 4 days a week, and receive a remuneration of respectively 4/ and 3/ a day, paid out of my vote for Contingencies.2
I have the honor to be
Sir
Your obedient servant
Ferd. von Mueller,
Govt. Botanist
The Honorable the Chief Secretary
George French and Arthur Luehmann.
Deakin approved M's request on 19 March 1890, and on 21 March M returned the file 'with best thanks'. The Under Secretary, T. Wilson, subsequently forwarded the file to the Commissioners of Audit 'for their information'.
The initial request in M to A. Deakin, 23 December 1889 had been approved, but when renewal was again requested in M to T. Wilson, 1 July 1890, only one of the youths was permitted to be retained. M opted to retain George French.
MS written by G. Luehmann and signed by M.
Please cite as “FVM-90-03-14,” 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