Document information

Physical location:

No. 58/1562, unit 1, p. 234, VPRS 975/P2 outward registered correspondence, VA 669 Department of Public Works, Public Record Office, Victoria. 58.05.28

Preferred Citation:

Thomas Balmain to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1858-05-28. 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/1850-9/1858/58-05-28-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

28 May [1858]
Sir,
In reply to the enquiry made in your letter of the 22nd instant,
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M to C. Duffy, 22 May 1858.
I have the honor to inform you that the only holidays allowed to daily laborers of this Department are Christmas Day and Good Friday, for which days wages are not paid
Sd for CPW
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Commissioner of Public Works.
T. C. Balmain
The Director of the Botanic Gardens