The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: Botanic Garden, Melbourne, ¶ 24. April 1854. ¶ Sir ¶ ¶ I have the honor to inform you, that I have been requested in the Audit office to apply to you for the formal sanction of my attendants ¶ emplo...

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E54/4617, unit 203, VPRS 1189 inward registered correspondence, VA 856 Colonial Secretary's Office, Public Record Office, Victoria. 54.04.24

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Ferdinand von Mueller to John Foster, 1854-04-24. 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//letters/1850-9/1854/54-04-24-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

Botanic Garden, Melbourne,

24. April 1854.

Sir

I have the honor to inform you, that I have been requested in the Audit office to apply to you for the formal sanction of my attendants

Carl Wilhelmi.

employment during the last four month of 1853, which his Excellency previously has been pleased to grant for the purpose of accelerating my researches.

Circumstances, stated in my report from Albury (Jan. 1854)

M to J. Foster, 15 January 1854.

obliged me to travel for several months without an attendant, so that the sum, for which I beg to apply, has been partially already saved out of this years estimates.

I have the honor, to be

Sir,

your most obedient and humblest servant

Ferd. Mueller.

Gov. Botanist.

The honorable, the Colonial Secretary.

On 29 April 1854 the Assistant Colonial Secretary, J. Moore, referred M's letter to the Auditor General, E. Grimes, for report. Grimes reported on 9 May: 'Provision has been made for this expenditure & there is no objection to the request'. M was duly informed of the decision. See J. Moore to M, 12 May 1854.