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No. 59/3418, unit 4, p. 183, VPRS 975/P2 outward registered correspondence, VA 669 Department of Public Works, Public Record Office, Victoria. 59.10.15b

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Thomas Balmain to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1859-10-15 [59.10.15b]. 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/1850-9/1859/59-10-15b-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

15 Oct [1859]
Sir,
In reply to your suggestion contained in a letter of the 7 instant
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M to G. Horne, 7 October 1859.
I have the honor to inform you that the votes you refer to No 86/84, 83/84 for fencing Zoological Gardens and Botanic Gardens being separate divisions of the "Appropriation Act" cannot legally be applied to the same work
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See also another letter from Balmain to M, 15 October 1859 (in this edition as 59-10-15c).
I have therefore to request that you will state what course you consider should under the circumstances be adopted.
Sd for S.G.
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Surveyor General.
T C Balmain
Dr Mueller
Botanic Gardens