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M59/9600, unit 747, VPRS 1189 inward registered correspondence, VA 475 Chief Secretary's Department, Public Record Office, Victoria. 59.09.16aPreferred Citation:
Ferdinand von Mueller to John O'Shanassy, 1859-09-16 [59.09.16a]. 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/1850-9/1859/59-09-16a-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026
Melbourne bot. & zool. Garden,
16. Sept. 59.
Sir
I have the honor to solicit, that you will be pleased to sanction the following expenditure
in my establishment during the last quarter of the year.
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Salaries and wages (according to former scale)
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£1420
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Purchase of plants
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£50
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Expense of publishing works on indigenous plants of Victoria
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£140
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Fencing paddock, stabling and other incidental expenses
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£195
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Transfer of £150 from the vote of "forage & food for animals," to be expended in the
construction of tanks & the requisite pipes for providing water to several parts of
the garden and particularly also for the animals of the menagerie
1See also M to J. Were, 16 September 1859 (in this edition as 59.09.16c).
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£150
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I have the honor to be,
Sir,
your most obedient & humble servant
Ferd Mueller.
The honorable the Chief Secretary
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M's request was approved.