The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: Melbourne bot. Garden, ¶ 22. Febr. 1858. ¶ Sir ¶ ¶ I have the honor of bringing under the notice of their Worships the members of the City Corporation the desirability of improvements on the road, le...

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Physical location:

Unit 10, VPRS 3622 inward miscellaneous correspondence, VA 511 Melbourne, Public Record Office, Victoria. 58.02.22

Preferred Citation:

Ferdinand von Mueller to Edmund FitzGibbon, 1858-02-22. 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/58-02-22>, accessed November 15, 2024

Melbourne bot. Garden,

22. Febr. 1858.

Sir

I have the honor of bringing under the notice of their Worships the members of the City Corporation the desirability of improvements on the road, leading along the eastern fence of the botanic garden to the Yarra.

Altho' this road at present is not much frequented, I beg to solicit for the improvements of it on account of the increased traffic, which will arise by the new Yarra bridge, now under work at the N. E. extremity of the bot Garden.

The lower portion of this road is during the rainy season on one place perfectly inundated, causing serious damage to the fence and the adjoining borders of the garden.

I have the honor to be,

Sir,

Your most obedient & humble

Ferd. Mueller,

Director of the bot. Garden.

The Chief Clerk of the City-Corporation

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This letter was read at a meeting of the Melbourne City Council Public Works Committee, 24 February 1858. The Committee referred the matter to the City Surveyor (Unit 3, p. 248, VPRS 4037, PROV).