Document information
Physical location:
62/3034, unit 200, VPRS 1207/P inward registered correspondence, VA 865 Department of the Treasury, Public Record Office, Victoria. 62.05.07aPreferred Citation:
Ferdinand von Mueller to William Haines, 1862-05-07 [62.05.07a]. 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/1860-9/1862/62-05-07a-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026
1
This letter accompanied others written in support of a pay rise for the Readers at
the Government Printing Office.
7/5/62
I have great pleasure in bearing testimony to the exactness, superior knowledge and
efficiency, evinced by the readers at the Governments Printing Office in the revision
of the proof printing of the three scientific volumes published at the Government
Printing Office for my department and I can speak in the same highly favorable terms
in reference to other documents which emanated out of my own office or from that of
my scientific colleagues in the service.
For the masterly manner in which this service is carried out, it requires not only
longer professional training, but also a course of superior education.
Ferd. Mueller,
M.D., FRS.,
Gov. Botanist