Document information

Physical location:

V93/4429, unit 818, VPRS 3992 inward registered correspondence, VA 475 Chief Secretary's Department, Public Record Office, Victoria. 93.06.16a

Preferred Citation:

Thomas Wilson to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1893-06-16 [93.06.16a]. 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/1890-6/1893/93-06-16a-final.odt>, accessed May 15, 2026

1
MS is a letterpress copy without Wilson's signature. However, see M to T. Wilson, 17 June 1893.
16 June [18]93
2
editorial addition.
Sir,
I have the honor to inform you that His Excellency the Governor in Council has been pleased to order that your services as Government Botanist be retained until the 31st December 1893.
3
The file also contains a 'List of Officers in the Chief Secretary's Department who have attained the age of sixty years'. There are ten names on the list with another name that has been crossed out. Under the public service regulations, Officers who had reached retirement age could be retained only if the Government could persuade the Public Service Board that it was in the public interest to do so. James Patterson, the Chief Secretary, marked the names of four officers whom he wished to see retained, namely M, R. Ellery (Government Astronomer), H. Hayter (Government Statist) and E. Owen (Actuary, Friendly Societies). However, the letterpress book contains only letters to M, Ellery and Hayter communicating the continuation of their appointments.
I have the honor to be
Sir,
Your obedient servant
Baron F. von Mueller K.C.M.G.
Government Botanist.