The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: Melbourne bot. Gard. ¶ 28/7/65 ¶ Sir ¶ ¶ I have the honor to inform you, that at a Meeting of the Trustees of the Royal Park, held this day it was resolved to solicit the Board of Land & Works to pro...

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Physical location:

A345 Royal ParkTrusteesletter and minute book, p. 19, Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney. 65.07.28

Preferred Citation:

Ferdinand von Mueller to Clement Hodgkinson, 1865-07-28. 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/1860-9/1865/65-07-28-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

Melbourne bot. Gard.

28/7/65

Sir

I have the honor to inform you, that at a Meeting of the Trustees of the Royal Park, held this day it was resolved to solicit the Board of Land & Works to proclaim the Royal Park a Reserve under the Amending Land Act of 1865.

G. Sprigg to M, 20 July 1865 (In this edition as 65-07-20a), requested M to call a meeting of the Trustees to propose this action.

I have been instructed to request from you the favour of bringing the wish of the Trustees under the consideration of the honorable Board.

The Royal Park was not proclaimed a Reserve, but the purpose of the request, to regulate behaviour in the Park, was acted upon when regulations proposed in M to J. Grant, 24 January 1866 (in this edition as 66-01-24b), were agreed to, and were published in Victoria government gazette, 13 February 1866, p. 381.

I have the honor to be

Sir

Your most obedient servant

F. M.

Clem. Hodgkinson Esq

Assistant Commissioner of Lands & Survey

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