From Ferdinand von Mueller to Thomas Wilson   25 Mar 1893

Estimates of Expenditure for 1893/4

Division No 17

Government Botanist

1892/3 1893/4 Act 160 Act 773

(Without percentage reductions)

Salaries

Subdivision No 1

Professional Division

1893/4 1892/3

1

1

1

Sc.

Government Botanist1

Maximum £750

800

800

Subdivision No 2

Clerical Division

1

1

4

Clerk

325

325

Subdivision No 3

Non-Clerical Division

1

1

1st Herbarium Assistant2

Maximum 252

2393

233

1

1

2nd Herbarium Assistant4

132

132

129

1

1

3rd Herbarium Assistant5

96

76 70

5

5

1572 1557

Ferd. von Mueller,

Govt. Botanist

25/3/93

This is marked with an asterisk referring to a note by Luehmann lower on the page: 'Provides office-rooms and pays for all Contingencies'. At the time of the financial crisis began in 1892 M reported, in M to A. McLean, 7 June 1892, that he had made 'arrangements to devote the difference between my Salary and the sum, which would be a pension, to the payment of all contingencies beyond the allowed £400'.

This is marked with two asterisks referring to a note by Luehmann lower on the page: 'Awaiting transfer to an other Department'.

This is marked with a cross and annotated in an unknown hand: 'Since reduced by £30 by P. S. Board [Public Service Board]'.

This is marked with two asterisks referring to a note by Luehmann lower on the page: 'Awaiting transfer to an other Department'.

MS annotation in an unknown hand: 'Increments in non Clerical Division amount to £15.'

MS written by Georg Luehmann and signed by M. MS stamped 'C.S.O. [Chief Secretary's Office] 27 MAR 1893'. See also M to T. Wilson, 26 April 1893.

Please cite as “FVM-93-03-25b,” 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/93-03-25b