Document information

Physical location:

J76/4138, unit 877, VPRS 3991/P inward registered correspondence, VA 475 Chief Secretary's Department, Public Record Office, Victoria. 76.02.28

Preferred Citation:

Ferdinand von Mueller to John MacPherson, 1876-02-28. 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/1870-9/1876/76-02-28-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

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MS written by G. Luehmann and signed by M.
QUARTERLY ESTIMATE.
To the Honorable the Chief Secretary
Sir,
I have the honor to submit for approval the following Estimate * of Expenditure during the two months
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two months deleted by Odgers and replaced by stet above the printed Quarter that Luehmann had earlier deleted.
ending 29th February
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29th February deleted by Odgers and r eplaced by 30th June.
1 876.
Particulars of Vote
Amount of Estimates previously approved .
Estimate * of Expenditure for Quarter
Remarks.
Division and Subdivision.
Item.
Amount.
£
s.
d.
£
s.
d.
£
s.
d.
14/2
Collecting specimens, clerical assistance etc
Publication of works
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The two items are bracketed together.
400
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400 deleted by W. Odgers, Under Secretary, and replaced with 350.
200
66
13
4
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66 13 4 deleted by Odgers and replaced with 150—0—0. In addition, Odgers has inserted an extra row above the total, showing the respective entries for the different columns as 14/1, Salaries, 800 — — , 600 — — , and 200 — — .
Total — sixty six pounds thirteen shillings and four pence
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Sixty six pounds thirteen shillings and four pence deleted by Odgers, and replaced with Three hundred and fifty pounds.
£
66
13
4
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66 13 4 deleted by Odgers, replaced with 350—0—0, and initialled WHO.
Approved:
Signature James McCulloch
For the Chief Secretary
Date 21 April 1876
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Signed and dated by Odgers on behalf of James McCulloch, the Premier, rather than MacPherson who was Chief Secretary but who went to in Tasmania on 10 April 1876 with his family and appears not to have returned to Melbourne until 28 April. It is not known why Odgers altered an old form in the ways indicated with newly-entered data.
Signature of the Officer authorized to certify to accounts Ferd. von Mueller
Date 28/2/76