Melbourne, 3rd May 1895
Sir,
I have the honor to inform you that Messrs Minchin and C. French Jr.,1 Herbarium Assistants in my Branch, who were employed for about three months in the Agricultural Department, returned to my Office this morning and resumed their former duties.2
I have the honor to be
Sir
Your obedient servant
Ferd. von Mueller
Govt. Botanist.
The Under Secretary
Charles H. French.
On 2 May 1895 the Secretary for Agriculture, David Martin, wrote to Topp: 'In compliance with your request of 1st inst I have instructed Mr French Jr to report himself to the Government Botanist tomorrow, and Mr Minchin has also been instructed that, as the work for which he was obtained has been completed, he should report himself to the Govt Botanist'. Topp forwarded this letter to M 'for his information' on 6 May and M replied the same day: 'I am grateful to the Undersecretary for arranging the return of the two Herbarium Assistants, who — as reported already, reported themselves back on Friday-morning, the 3th [sic] inst, and resumed their work here'.
MS written by G. Luehmann and signed by M.
Please cite as “FVM-95-05-03,” 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