The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: Melbourne bot. & zool. Garden, ¶ 14 Nov. 1861. ¶ Sir ¶ ¶ I have the honor to report to you, that lately on several occasions at night time some of the young British trees planted in the reserve of th...

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S61/8965, unit 749, VPRS 1189/P inward registered correspondence, VA 475 Chief Secretary's Department, Public Record Office, Victoria. 61.11.14a

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Ferdinand von Mueller to Richard Heales, 1861-11-14 [61.11.14a]. 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/1860-9/1861/61-11-14a-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

Melbourne bot. & zool. Garden,

14 Nov. 1861.

Sir

I have the honor to report to you, that lately on several occasions at night time some of the young British trees planted in the reserve of the botanic Garden have been maliciously destroyed. Under these circumstances I would beg leave to suggest, that you would be pleased to offer a reward, in order to bring the perpetrators of this mischief to justice, it being not easy under the best vigilance to obviate entirely such occurrences.

I have the honor to be,

Sir,

your most obedient and humble servant

Ferd. Mueller.

The honorable the Chief Secretary

File annotated: ‘A permanent Reward of £5 for detection on linen posters & […] Gazette | Appd 21.11.61 J OSh’. 25 posters on canvas were prepared, and the reward was announced in the Victorian Government Gazette, no. 172, p. 2249, 22 November 1861.

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