Document information

Physical location:

No. 59/2402, unit 3, p. 435, VPRS 975/P2 outward registered correspondence, VA 669 Department of Public Works, Public Record Office, Victoria. 59.07.18

Preferred Citation:

Thomas Balmain to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1859-07-18. 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/1850-9/1859/59-07-18-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

18 July [1859]
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editorial addition.
Sir
In reply to the enquiry made in yr letter of the 16th ulto
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Letter not found.
I have the hr
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honour.
to inform you that the plans for the lecture room in the Botanic Gardens shall be put in train immediately.
Sd for S.G.
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Surveyor General.
T C Balmain
Dr Mueller
Director of the Botanic Gdns
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A museum and lecture room were erected in the Domain adjacent to the Melbourne Botanic Garden between December 1859 and March 1860 by Henry Jacobs at a cost of £975.8.7 (Unit 9, p. 220, VPRS 69).