Document information

Physical location:

No. 11323, vol. 1860 Q, VPRS 1168/P inward correspondence registers, VA 475 Chief Secretary's Department, Public Record Office, Victoria. 60.12.14a

Preferred Citation:

Ferdinand von Mueller to Richard Heales, 1860-12-14 [60.12.14a]. 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/1860-9/1860/60-12-14a-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

1
Letter not found; item is a register entry only, of a letter dated 14 December 1860.
[Requesting authority for closing the gates of the Gardens on one of the last Saturdays in this year so as to raise funds for the Melbourne Hospital by means of entrance fees.]
2
The register records that M's letter was returned to him on 26 December 'for his information', without further details. No advertisement for or report of an event such as proposed has been found.