Document information

Physical location:

No. 1537, unit 4, VPRS 963 correspondence register, VA 669 Public Works Department, Public Record Office, Victoria. 58.03.23a

Preferred Citation:

Ferdinand von Mueller to Charles Gavan Duffy, 1858-03-23 [58.03.23a]. 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/1850-9/1858/58-03-23a-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

1
Letter not found; item is a register entry only, of a letter dated 23 March 1858.
[requests Heating Aparatus for Conservatory]
2
Heating apparatus was installed at the conservatory in the Botanic Gardens between August and November 1858 by the contractor William Savage for £480. Savage did some additional work on the apparatus in November for £22, and in January 1859 for £1.6.4 (Unit 8, pp. 198-9; Unit 9, p. 163, VPRS 69, Public Record Office, Victoria).
See also T. Balmain to M, 30 March 1858.