From [Charles Topp]   28 June 1895

28 June [18]951

Sir,

I beg to inform you2 that the Government has decided that from the 1st proximo your branch of this Department is to be amalgamated with this office and placed under one Division Administration and [benefit] in the Estimates for 1895/6 and that consequently the Salaries of yourself and your officers will be paid by this Office from the date above mentioned.

I have the honor to be,

Sir,

Your obedient servant

[Charles Topp]3

 

Sir Ferd. Von Mueller K.C.M.G.

1
editorial addition. MS is a letterpress copy.
2
A minute from the Chief Secretary's Office, dated 25 June 1895, that prompted this letter is attached to it: 'It will be best to inform Baron Von Mueller of the change to be made from 1st July in regard to payment of the salaries in his branch'.
3
editorial addition. The letter-copy is unsigned. Topp, at this time Under-Secretary to the Chief Secretary's Department, is the most likely signatory.

Please cite as “FVM-95-06-28,” 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 27 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/95-06-28