From Charles Topp to Ferdinand von Mueller   16 Oct 1894

The Treasury,

Melbourne,13th October, 1894.

(COPY)

No. 7744

Sir,

I am directed to request that the Treasurer may be furnished with the following information as to the Department of the Honorable the Chief Secretary.

1. Number of Employees on the 1st January 1893 —

Permanent

Temporary

2. Number of Employees on the 30th June 1894,

(a) Permanent

(b) Temporary

3. Particulars of any appointments made during that period —

1st January 1893 – 30th June 1894 – from outside the Service

Permanent

Temporary

Mr Turner would be glad to have this information as early as practicable

I have &c

H. F. Eaton

Under Treasurer

Under Secretary

Forwarded for the immediate attention of the [...]1 so far as it relates to his Branch of the Department.

Space left empty for title of the sub-department head to be entered. The covering note is unsigned but the document would have been sent by Topp as Under Secretary.

Copies of Eaton's letter to Topp were sent by the latter to the heads of the various sub-departments within the Chief Secretary's Department. The covering note is undated but the index of outward correspondence gives the date as 16 October.

Please cite as “FVM-94-10-16d,” 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/94-10-16d