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Physical location:

M65/4572, unit 101, VPRS 3991/P inward registered correspondence, VA 475 Chief Secretary's Department, Public Record Office, Victoria. 65.05.15a

Preferred Citation:

Ferdinand von Mueller to James McCulloch, 1865-05-15 [65.05.15a]. 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/1860-9/1865/65-05-15a-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

Melbourne bot. Garden
15/5/65.
Sir
I have the honor to recommend, that permission be granted to Coleman Jacobs Esq. to hold a concert at the botanic Garden on Saturday next in aid of the Leichhardt's search-fund under conditions similar to those of kindred occasions.
I have the honor to be, Sir,
your most obedient servant
Ferd. Mueller.
The honorable the Chief Secretary
&c &c &c
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On 22 May 1865 McCulloch minuted: 'I cannot comply with the request — but before the application is finally refused I wish to have an interview with Dr Mueller — I hear that the Concert is fixed for the 20th — and the paper has now only come to hand'.
No reports have been found in Melbourne newspapers of the concert being advertised for or held on 20 May 1865.