Melbourne,
22 Dec. 1891.
T. R. Wilson Esqr
Under Secretary.
Sir.
I have the honor to solicit, that authority may be granted for the payment of £21.12/.-, by which amount I now find the authority S. 2772 is exceeded for the printing-payment of the new edition of the "Select plants". By some oversight, which I hope will be excused, I thought the payment would simply be by the sheets; but I see now, that in my letter of the 4th April 18911 I estimated the work to comprise about 35 sheets, whereas it really became extended to 38 sheets, so that yet payment for these three sheets at £7.4/- each has to be rendered, by £21.12/- Fund for this is available under the item "publication of work" in the Gov. Botanists establishment. I may add, that nearly the whole cost of the work will be regained for the revenue, as the book sells well.2
I have the honor to be,
Sir, your obedient servant
Ferd. von Mueller,
Gov. Botanist.
The estimate in M to T. Wilson, 4 April 1891 was for '1000 copies of about 560 pages', 16 pages to a sheet; the published version has 594 pages plus a one-page postscript.
The Chief Secretary, A. McLean, minuted his approval on 24 December. On 8 January 1892, G. Bell, for the Under Secretary, forwarded the news to M who returned the file 'with best thanks' on 12 January. The file was then forwarded to the Commissioners of Audit.
Please cite as “FVM-91-12-22,” 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