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Unit 2, p. 181, VPRS 7934/P1 outward letter press copy books to other departments and district land offices, VA 538 Department of Crown Lands and Survey, Public Record Office, Victoria. 64.09.23a

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Clement Hodgkinson to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1864-09-23 [64.09.23a]. 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/1860-9/1864/64-09-23a-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

Office of Lands & Survey,
Melbourne, 23rd Sept, 1864
Sir,
I have the honor to inform you that at a Meeting of the Board of Land and Works on the 20th instant, a resolution was arrived at by the Board to the effect that the Trustees of the Royal Park should be informed that it is the intention of the Board of Land and Works to remove from the Royal Park the iron hurdles at present near the lodge gate of that Park, those hurdles being now useless for the protection of plantation enclosures from Cattle which are now being depastured in the outer part of the Park.
The Board purpose using the hurdles in question in the Fitzroy and Flagstaff Gardens where they will be exceedingly useful in protecting plants from injury by the numerous troops of children who constantly frequent those reserves.
I have therefore to request that you will be good enough to make known to the Trustees of the Royal Park the decision herein announced.
1
M to C. Hodgkinson , 18 October 1864 (in this edition as 64-10-18a) , reported the Trustees' previous discussion of this matter .
I have the honor to be
Sir
Your most obedient Servant
Assistant Commissioner of Lands & Survey
2
The file copy of the letter has not been signed.
Ferdinand F. Mueller, Esq.
Government Botanist,
&c. &c. &c.