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61/3901, unit 681, VPRS 44/P inward registered and unregistered correspondence, VA 538 Department of Crown Lands and Survey, Public Record Office, Victoria. 61.05.05

Preferred Citation:

Ferdinand von Mueller to John Brooke, 1861-05-05. 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/1860-9/1861/61-05-05-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

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Letter marked: 'Dr Mueller has been verbally requested to address this application to the proper Dept. Put up 7th 5 61 [illegible initials]'. The Immigration Depot came under the umbrella of the Chief Secretary's Department, as one of the responsibilities of the Chief Medical Officer, who answered to the Chief Secretary.
Melbourne bot & zool. Garden
5. May 1861
Sir
I have the honor to solicit, that you will be pleased to grant permission, that a few labourers, which will be supplied gratuitously from the Immigration Depot, may pick the trodden ground on the rise in the Governments Reserve next to this garden, as it seems to me desirable that so unsightly a spot, which is moreover in so prominent a locality and so near the city should be improved in appearance by sowing grass and planting a few trees afording shelter.
I have the honor to be,
Sir
your most obedient and humble servant
Ferd. Mueller
The Honorable J.H. Brooke,
President of the Board of Land & Works.