The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: Melbourne botanic & zoologic Garden, ¶ 26 January 1860. ¶ Sir ¶ ¶ I have the honor to solicit, that you will be pleased to sanction the following expenditure during the current quarter of the year: v...

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O60/813, unit 748, VPRS 1189/P inward registered correspondence, VA 475 Chief Secretary's Department, Public Record Office, Victoria. 60.01.26b

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Ferdinand von Mueller to William Nicholson, 1860-01-26 [60.01.26b]. 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/1860-9/1860/60-01-26b-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

MS written by Carl Wilhelmi and signed by M.

Melbourne botanic & zoologic Garden,

26 January 1860.

Sir

I have the honor to solicit, that you will be pleased to sanction the following expenditure during the current quarter of the year: viz.

Salaries and wages (according to the scale of payment sanctioned in the previous quarter)	£1500. - . - .
Expense of publishing in Melbourne a work on the indigenous plants of Victoria	£80. - . - .
Purchase of plants	£38. - . - .
Purchase of animals	£72. - . - .
Forage	£42. - . - .
Incidental expenses	£32. - . - .

I have the honor to be

Sir

your most obedient servant

Ferd. Mueller.

The Honorable the Chief Secretary

&c&c&c

Approval for M's request was minuted on the file.