11 March [18]91.1
Memo.
Will the Government Botanist be good enough to inform me whether the brick building (one room) requisitioned for by him on the 17th November last2 is indispensably necessary.3
The cost of erection of this building has been estimated by the Public Works Department to be £180 which is precisely the amount on the votes of the Public Works Department for repairs to the Botanic Museum during 1890-91.
An account for the sum of £33.0.6 has already been charged to the vote referred to, consequently the balance will not be sufficient to meet the contemplated expenditure.
T. R. Wilson
The Government Botanist
Please cite as “FVM-91-03-11,” 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