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No. 2586, unit 26, pp. 284-5, VPRS 1187/P outward registered correspondence, VA 475 Chief Secretary's, Public Record Office, Victoria. 71.08.07Preferred Citation:
William Odgers to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1871-08-07. 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/1870-9/1871/71-08-07-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026
7th August [1871].
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In 1871 the Victorian Government's financial year changed from the calendar year to
one ending on 30 June. The Duffy administration succeeded McCulloch's on 19 June 1871,
and Parliament did not debate until August the estimates for 1871-2, prepared by the
new Government and ordered to be printed 1 August, replacing the previous estimates
prepared in May. The vote for the botanic gardens was approved on 23 August, after
an extensive debate (Victoria, Hansard, vol. 13, pp. 980-2). Until the budget for 1871-2 was approved, amounts included
in the budgets for the half-year January-June were continued. The present document
sets out the approved amounts M could spend on these items for one month; however,
the amount for wages is £41/13/4 greater than the pro rata amount included in Estimates of revenue and expenditure … for the half-year ending 30th June 1871 (Victoria, Parliamentary Paper B 3 (1870)).
1871-2 Botanic Gardens
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60
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12/1
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Salaries
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For
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salaries
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71
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13
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4
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61
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12/2
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"
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wages
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250
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W. H. Odgers
The Director
Botanic Gardens.