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62/, unit 10, p. 515, VPRS 7935/P1, outward letterbooks to the general public, VA 538 Department of Crown Lands and Survey, Public Record Office, Victoria. 62.05.13

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Clement Hodgkinson to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1862-05-13. 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/1860-9/1862/62-05-13-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

Office of Lands & Survey,
Melbourne, 13th. May, 1862.
Sir,
Referring to your letters of the 27th March and 12th ultimo,
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See M to C. Hodkinson, 27 March 1862, and M to C. Duffy, 12 April 1862.
respectively, applying for authority to expend an additional sum of money for the purpose of completing the plantation of elms in the Reserve between the city bridge and the Botanic Gardens, I have the honor to inform you that, in consequence of the many claims on the vote for the current year for fencing and improving Public Parks and Gardens, the Board of Land and Works decline to authorize the appropriation of a larger sum than (£10) Ten Pounds, in addition to that already granted, for the purpose of trenching and planting the ground specified.
The Board approve of your proposal to plant Pines on the slopes of the reserve in question.
I have the honor to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient Servant
Clement Hodgkinson
Assist. Commr. of Lands & Survey.
The Government Botanist,
&c. &c. &c.