The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: ¶ Decided by the Exploration Committee that no additional pay for clerical assistance will on any future occasion be entertained unless specially authorized before, but that the payment of Mr Dickson...

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MS 13071 Royal Society of Victoria Exploration Committee records, box 2078/3, La Trobe Australian Manuscripts Collection, State Library of Victoria, Melbourne. 62.03.13b

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Ferdinand von Mueller to John Macadam, 1862-03-13 [62.03.13b]. 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/1860-9/1862/62-03-13b-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

On 10 March 1862 Robert Dickson wrote to Macadam itemizing the extra demands on his time that led him to engage an assistant, J. Edward Freeman, from 1 January. Dickson requested that the committee confirm this appointment and to allow its continuance until the extra demands cease. M's minute is annotated to this letter.

Decided by the Exploration Committee that no additional pay for clerical assistance will on any future occasion be entertained unless specially authorized before, but that the payment of Mr Dicksons assistant should be granted in this instance from the 1. January til the 15 March.

Ferd Mueller

13/3/62