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F58/1976, unit 745, VPRS 1189 inward registered correspondence, VA 475 Chief Secretary's Department, Public Record Office, Victoria. 58.03.08a

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Ferdinand von Mueller to John Moore, 1858-03-08 [58.03.08a]. 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/1850-9/1858/58-03-08a-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

Melbourne bot Garden
8. March 1858
My dear Mr Moore
I am sorry to trouble you now particularly at the interregnum,
1
On 10 March the ministry of William Haines was replaced by that of John O'Shanassy.
when you will be already so much harrazed, and to enquire, whether I could get some of the Iron spalier, which I am informed is [supervacaneous] at the Government Offices.
I am extremly anxious to save the beautiful Orchestra pavillon now completed by a spalier against intruders, which already commenced demolishing the building. 100 feet would be sufficient
Humbly yours
Ferd Mueller.
2
On 9 March 1858 Moore asked the Inspector General of Public Works, C. Pasley, if he could supply the wire to which M alluded. The Chief Clerk, T. Balmain, replied for Pasley on 23 March: 'The wire fencing asked for herein has been supplied'.