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L59/8146, unit 747, VPRS 1189 inward registered correspondence, VA 475 Chief Secretary's Department, Public Record Office, Victoria. 59.08.10Preferred Citation:
Ferdinand von Mueller to John O'Shanassy, 1859-08-10. 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/1850-9/1859/59-08-10-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026
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MS written by Carl Wilhelmi and signed by M.
10 Aug. 1859.
Sir
I have the honor to solicit, that you will be pleased to permit me to defray out of
the wages fund placed under my control for the current quarter the sum of £78, being
payment to Mr Oldfield, our botanical collector in Western Australia from January
1st til June 30th 1859 at the rate of 10/— for every work day, including both renumeration
for his services and travelling expenses.
The reason for my delaying to apply for this sum arose from the circumstance that
Mr Oldfield was meditating of entering into the services of the survey-department
of Western Australia at the beginning of the year and it is only now after his return
from the botanical exploration of the interior of Western Australia towards Sharks
bay that he intimated the acceptance of my offer.
I may add that the payment of 10/— a day will barely defray the outlay of the journey
and that his collections from a botanically new field will be as well of great interest
to Science as of value to our herbarium, whilst the seeds will be most acceptable
to us for our garden and for interchange.
I have the honor to be
sir
your most obedient & humble servant
Ferd. Mueller
The Honorable the Chief Secretary
&c&c&c
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The Under Secretary, J. Moore, minuted his approval of M's request on 16 August 1859.