Document information

Physical location:

Unit 4, p. 415, VPRS 4025 Town Clerk's letter press copy books, VA 511 Melbourne, Public Record Office, Victoria. 58.09.25

Preferred Citation:

Edmund FitzGibbon to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1858-09-25. 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/1850-9/1858/58-09-25-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

Town Clerk's Office
Town Hall Melbourne
September 25 1858
Sir
In reference to your letter of the 11 instant
1
M to E. FitzGibbon, 11 September 1858. See also 'A water drinker', Argus, 11 September 1858, p 1 S.
relating to the [practice] of certain persons to bathe in the River Yarra Yarra in the vicinity of the Botanical Gardens I have the honor to inform you that several communications upon the subject have been received and upon submission to the City Council have been referred to the Health Committee who have resolved to report in favor of permitting [the practice provided] [...]
2
two illegible words.
before the hour of [six]
3
uncertain reading — based on M to E. Fitzgibbon, 29 September 1858. Square brackets following in the paragraph also have this meaning.
o'clock [am] in summer [seven] o'clock [in winter] and that the spot selected for the purpose be as secluded as possible
I have the honor to be
Sir
Your most obed Servant
E. G. Fitzgibbon
Town Clerk
Dr Mueller
Director of the Botanical Gardens.
4
See also M to E. FitzGibbon, 29 September 1858.