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N60/5517, unit 748, VPRS 1189/P inward registered correspondence, VA 475 Chief Secretary's Department, Public Record Office, Victoria. 60.06.26aPreferred Citation:
Ferdinand von Mueller to William Nicholson, 1860-06-26 [60.06.26a]. 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/1860-9/1860/60-06-26a-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026
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MS written by Carl Wilhelmi and signed by M.
26 June 1860.
Sir
I have the honor to solicit, that you will be pleased to place at my disposal the
undermentioned sums for defraying the expenditure in this department during the next
quarter of the year.
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Wages, according to the scale of the preceeding quarter with the sanction of payment
of an additional superior gardener at the rate of 12/ pr diem
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£1120
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Employment of labor by the job out of the wages fund
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80
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Publishing work on indigenous plants
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80
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Purchase of plants
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50
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Forage
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40
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Incidental expenses
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20
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I pray further to be permitted to charge to the incidental fund, applied for, such
accounts as remain unpaid from last quarter, the sum available having been quite inadequate
to meet the inavoidable casual expenditure during the last months.
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Approval for M's request was minuted to this letter.
I have the honor to be
Sir
your most obedient & humble servant
Ferd. Mueller.
The Honorable the Chief Secretary
&c&c&c