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No. 7293, vol. 1859 L, VPRS 1168 inward correspondence registers, VA 475 Chief Secretary's Department, Public Record Office, Victoria. 59.07.20a

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Ferdinand von Mueller to John O'Shanassy, 1859-07-20 [59.07.20a]. 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/1850-9/1859/59-07-20a-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

1
Letter not found; item is a register entry only.
[20 July 1859
Forwards his Estimates for 1860]
2
The sum of £6,000 was put on the estimates for 1860: M's salary, £600; Assistant, £300; Curator, £300; wages of gardeners, laborers, collectors etc., £4,800. See Victoria, Legislative Assembly (1859) Estimates of the revenue and expenditure of the Government of Victoria, for the year 1860, Melbourne. An additional sum of £1,740 was later put on the estimates for departmental contingencies at the Botanic and Zoological Gardens. See Victoria, Legislative Assembly (1859) Additional estimates of expenditure for 1860, Melbourne.