13 Feby. [18]94.
Memorandum,
Will the Government Botanist be good enough to inform me if there is in his Branch of this Department any Non-Clerical officer who would accept or could be spared for transfer to the position of Warder in the Hospitals for the Insane.
Wages £70 to £94 per annum. No charge will be made for rent of quarters but there will be a deduction of £16 a year for rations when supplied.
The age limit will be waived in case of transfers, but applicants under twenty five years of age should be well grown and of not too youthful an appearance.
This information is sought in accordance with a request made by the Secretary of the Public Service Board.1
T. R. Wilson
The Government Botanist.
Charles H. French was subsequently considered for the position in question; see C. Topp to M, 24 August 1894 (in this edition as 94-08-24c). He was not, however, appointed to it.
Please cite as “FVM-94-02-13,” 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