Ferdinand von Mueller

When the decision was made to abolish the post of Government Botanist from 31 March 1892, M was required to serve written notice on all his staff that their employment would cease on that date (T. Wilson to M, 15 January 1892). There was much opposition to the decision to retire M (see, for example, notes to M to T. Wilson, 23 January 1892), and the decision was rescinded but with a reduced vote meaning that M would need to reduce staff. His decision to retain the highest paid staff member, G. Luehmann, meant that he had to lose some junior staff (M to T. Wilson, 31 January 1892). Various positions were proposed for Renner and he was eventually transferred to the Forest Branch of the Mines Department (M to T. Wilson, 31 March 1892 (in this edition as 92-03-31b), but he was returned to M's department the following year (M to G. Bell, 24 June 1893 (in this edition as 93-06-24b)) though without the quarters he had previously had (M to T. Wilson, 23 September 1893 (in this edition as 93-09-23b)). He was transferred again to the Government Statist (T. Wilson to M, 27 February 1894 (in this edition as 94-02-27a)).