The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: ¶ [Requisition for Earth work at the Lake Botanical Gardens] ¶ M's requisition was approvedandreturned.A contract for 'Excavating earth from bed of lagoon, and forming embankment therewith, at the Bo...

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No. 4732, vol. 1866 N, VPRS 1168/P inward correspondence registers, VA 475 Chief Secretary's Department, Public Record Office, Victoria. 66.05.15c

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Ferdinand von Mueller to James McCulloch, 1866-05-15 [66.05.15c]. 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/1860-9/1866/66-05-15c-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

Letter not found; item is a register entry only, of a requisition dated 15 May 1866. For earlier related correspondence, see M to J. McCulloch, 7 May 1866 (in this edition as 66-05-07a), and notes thereto.

[Requisition for Earth work at the Lake Botanical Gardens]

M's requisition was approved and returned. A contract for 'Excavating earth from bed of lagoon, and forming embankment therewith, at the Botanic Gardens, Melbourne, at 8d per cubic yard' was let to Mathew Evans (Victoria Government gazette, 18 May 1866, p. 1075).