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No. 749/3/66, unit 11, p. 626, VPRS 4025/P Town Clerk's letter press copy books, VA 511 Melbourne, Public Record Office, Victoria. 66.03.24Preferred Citation:
Edmund FitzGibbon to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1866-03-24. 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/1860-9/1866/66-03-24-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026
Town Clerk's Office
Town Hall, Melbourne
24th March 1866
My dear Dr Mueller
I am much obliged for your letter of to day
[acquainting]
me that persons are in the habit of [shooting in] the Yarra Park and destroying the [ducks
on the] lagoons. I have at once written to the Chief Commissioner of Police asking
that persons so offending may be arrested.
I have also given directions for the [...] best possible enforcement of the provisions of the Dog Act.
1
That is, M to E. FitzGibbon, 23 March 1866.
2
Here and below, the quality of the letter-press copy is poor. Missing words have been
supplied by reference to M's letter to which this is the reply.
3
See notes to M to E. FitzGibbon, 23 March 1866.
In respect to the planting of willows along the river bank I believe that instructions
upon the subject are to be given to Mr Hyndman the gardener employed under the Corporation.
I am my dear Dr Mueller
Yours very faithfully
E. G. FitzGibbon
Town Clerk.
Dr F Mueller
&c &c &c