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No. 9096, vol. 1874 E, VPRS 1168/P inward correspondence registers, VA 475 Chief Secretary's Department, Public Record Office, Victoria. 74.07.10dPreferred Citation:
Ferdinand von Mueller to James Francis, 1874-07-10 [74.07.10d]. 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/1870-9/1874/74-07-10d-final.odt>, accessed June 15, 2026
1
Letter not found. It was written on 10 July 1874 (see note below) and registered on 13 July 1874.
2
The return for all departments was printed as
Supernumeraries & non-classified clerks in the Government service, Victoria, Parliamentary paper 1874 no. A 3 (LC). M's return is in a table on p. 4, dated as 10 July 1874, and reports J. G. Luemann, paid 9s. per diem, appointed 21 February 1869, holding
the office 'Clerical assistant and Custodian of the Botanic museum'. The text below
the table reads 'Note.—This is the only clerk who can be paid out of the vote granted
for the Government Botanist's department, although another officer has been regularly
and necessarily employed during the whole financial year.'