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Physical location:

S80/3797, unit 1142, VPRS 3991/P inward registered correspondence, VA 475 Chief Secretary's Department, Public Record Office, Victoria. 80.04.12b

Preferred Citation:

Ferdinand von Mueller to Robert Ramsay, 1880-04-12 [80.04.12b]. 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/1880-9/1880/80-04-12b-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 Quarter ending 30th June 1880.
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.
14/1
Salaries
1200
-
-
892
-
-
308
-
-
14/2
Museum Material & Plants
2
130 struck through, 80 inserted in another hand that made all alterations recorded below . M to G. Berry, 24 January 1880 asked for the transfers recorded below in notes to the 'Remarks' column.
130
-
-
76
3
13 4 struck through, 16 8 inserted .
13
4
3
4
6 8 struck through, 3 4 inserted.
6
8
5
£50,—. transferred to "Books &c inserted .
"
Books --Incidental Expenses
6
Books … Expenses struck through .
7
300 struck through, 400 inserted.
300
-
-
8
399 8 4 struck through, 400 inserted.
399
8
4
-
9
11 8 struck through.
11
8
10
£50. transferred from Museum Mat
£50 " from Paper for Lithogr inserted and two lines bracketed
"
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
"
Publication of Works
200
-
-
150
-
-
11
6 8 inserted above - -.
12
50 - - struck through, 49 13 4 inserted .
50
-
-
"
Paper for Lithograms
13
Paper … Lithograms struck through.
14
75 struck through, 25 inserted above.
75
-
-
15
25 struck through .
25
-
-
-
-
-
16
£50. transferred to Books inserted.
Towards Flora Australiensis
17
In the two previous estimates no provision for expenditure in the relevant quarter had been made; see M to G. Berry, 7 September 1878 and notes thereto, and M to G. Berry, 28 January 1880. Although no approval of requests to use this budget line for support of a collector in preparation of an updated supplement has been found, the first estimate for the next financial year, M to R. Ramsay, 29 July 1880, includes £125 for the line 'Towards Flora Australiensis' in the 'Particulars of Vote'. When Parliament approved the votes for 1880-81 on 21 December 1880, the sum was retained, desscribed as 'Collector of Plants for a new edition of the Flora Australiensis' (Victoria, Votes and Proceedings of the Legislative Assembly, session 1880 - 81, vol. 1, p. 162).
125
-
-
20
16
8
104
3
4
18
A line has been ruled under the enries against 'Towards Flora Australiensis'; the following line shows the total for each column.
2030
-
-
1563
18
4
Total — Four hundred and sixty six pounds one shilling
19
s deleted.
and eight pence
£
20
466 1 8 struck through, 465 0 0 inserted .
466
1
8
Approved:
Signature
R R
Signature of the Officer authorized to certify to accounts
Ferd. von Mueller
Date
15th April 1880
Date
12/4/80