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No. 58/1562, unit 1, p. 234, VPRS 975/P2 outward registered correspondence, VA 669 Department of Public Works, Public Record Office, Victoria. 58.05.28Preferred 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,
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
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M to C. Duffy, 22 May 1858.
Sd for CPW
T. C. Balmain
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Commissioner of Public Works.
The Director of the Botanic Gardens