The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: 13 Feby. [18]94. ¶ Memorandum, ¶ ¶ Will the Government Botanist be good enough to inform me if there is in his Branch of this Department any Non-Clerical officer who would accept or could be spared f...

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No.385, p. 1042, unit 102, VPRS 1187/P, outward registered correspondence, VA 475 Chief Secretary's Department, Public Record Office of Victoria. 94.02.13

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Thomas Wilson to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1894-02-13. 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/1890-6/1894/94-02-13-final.odt>, accessed May 15, 2026

13 Feby. [18]94.

Memorandum,

Will the Government Botanist be good enough to inform me if there is in his Branch of this Department any Non-Clerical officer who would accept or could be spared for transfer to the position of Warder in the Hospitals for the Insane.

Wages £70 to £94 per annum. No charge will be made for rent of quarters but there will be a deduction of £16 a year for rations when supplied.

The age limit will be waived in case of transfers, but applicants under twenty five years of age should be well grown and of not too youthful an appearance.

This information is sought in accordance with a request made by the Secretary of the Public Service Board.

Charles H. French was subsequently considered for the position in question; see C. Topp to M, 24 August 1894 (in this edition as 94-08-24c). He was not, however, appointed to it.

T. R. Wilson

The Government Botanist.