Document information

Physical location:

No. 8886, vol. 1888 K, VPRS 1168/P inward correspondence registers, VA 475 Chief Secretary's Department, Public Record Office, Victoria. 88.09.00

Preferred Citation:

Ferdinand von Mueller to Alfred Deakin, 1888-09. 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/1880-9/1888/88-09-00-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

1
Letter not found; item is a register entry only, of an item dated 11 September 1888.
[French C In event of position becoming vacant,
2
Charles French had applied for the position of Government Entomologist; see A. Morrah to M, 12 June 1888. In the event, the position was not filled immediately, but French was appointed to it a year later.
recomds
3
recommends.
his salary be paid Messrs Renner & Minchin that 2 youths be employed as manual aids & that C. French's jr
4
Charles H. French.
salary be increased.]
5
M's letter was forwarded to the Public Service Board on 13 September 1888. It was returned to the Chief Secretary's Department on 15 September and to M on 18 September minuted: ' Vide Mr Gomms memo of 14th' [Gomm was secretary of the Public Service Board]. Renner, Minchin and French Jr all received pay raises in 1888.