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B84/2635, unit 21, VPRS 3992/P inward registered correspondence, VA 475 Chief Secretary's Department, Public Record Office, Victoria. 84.03.19

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Ferdinand von Mueller to Graham Berry, 1884-03-19. R.W. Home, Thomas A. Darragh, A.M. Lucas, Sara Maroske, D.M. Sinkora, J.H. Voigt and Monika Wells (eds), Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller, <https://vmcp.rbg.vic.gov.au/id/84-03-19>, accessed September 11, 2025

Melbourne,
19/3/84.
The honorable Graham Berry, M.L.A.,
Chief Secretary.
Sir,
I have the honor to solicit, that you will kindly authorize the payment of £2.15.6 to the widow of the late Mr. Ch. Groener,
1
Groener died on 6 February 1884; see M to G. Berry, 7 February 1884.
that being the amount due for his services in February last up to the day of his sudden death.
2
See also T. Wilson to M, 21 March 1884 (in this edition as 84-03-21a), and M to T. Wilson, 21 March 1884 (in this edition as 84-03-21d).
On 26 March the Chief Secretary, G. Berry. minuted: 'I recommend to His Excellency the Governor in Council that the sum of £2.17s.5d (two pounds, seventeen shillings and five pence) due to the estate of Charles A. Groener, deceased, late Assistant in the office of the Government Botanist, be paid to his widow Louisa Groener, without requiring her to take out letters of administration.' This was approved on the same day and on 2 April M was instructed to 'withdraw the certified copy of the Order in Council and also the account in favor of Mrs Groener, the amount of which has been altered.' On 17 April M replied that the instructions had been carried out and on 23 April Berry wrote: 'A/c in favor of Louisa Groener detached (£2.17.5) & forwarded this day to the Treasury'.
I have the honor to be,
Sir, your obedient servant
Ferd. von Mueller.