The Treasury
Melbourne 15th October 1894
Copy
No 7768
Sir,
I am directed to inform you that the officers to whom Advances have been made for the payment of Salaries and Wages, may after the passing of the next Supply Bill1 receive an advance to pay the difference between the amount payable under existing law, and the amount which has been paid during the past three months.
This Advance is to be adjusted as soon as practicable.
A further Advance, based on the requirements for one month only will also be made.
This Advance is to be considered as an addition to the ordinary annual salary Advance, with which it is to be adjusted at the end of the financial year.
I have &c
H. F. Eaton
Under Treasurer
The Under Secretary
Forwarded for the information and guidance of the [...]2
Charles Topp
16th October 1894
The next Supply bill, for funds to pay for additional expenses incurred in 1893-94 financial year ending 30 June 1894, was passed 31 October 1894. There was no provision in the Chief Secretary's budget in this bill for additional expenditure in the Government Botanist's department incurred in the 1893-94 financial year (Votes and Proceedings of the Legislative Assembly, Session 1894-5, vol. 1, pp. 15-17).
Space left empty for title of the sub-department head to be entered.
Eaton's letter was sent on 15 October to Topp as Undersecretary, Chief Secretary's Department, and copies were forwarded by him to heads of xub-departments the next day.
Please cite as “FVM-94-10-16c,” 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