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No. 2197, unit 733, VPRS 3181/P Town Clerk's Files series 1, VA 511 Melbourne, Public Record Office, Victoria. 66.09.18Preferred Citation:
Ferdinand von Mueller to the Public Works Committee, Melbourne City Council, 1866-09-18. 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/1860-9/1866/66-09-18-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026
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MS written by E. B. Heyne and signed by M.
18 September 1866
Gentlemen
Allow me to draw your attention to the desirability or rather necessity of forming
a footpath through the Reserve (formerly known as the "Police Paddock) between Swan
Street Richmond and the approach to the Botanic Garden bridge. Nothing has ever been
done to improve this path which in its present state, especially after a shower of
rain, is scarcely passable at least for Ladies and children. A small expenditure of
money would be sufficient to effect improvements in this locality so as to put the
path, which is also frequently used by inhabitants of Melbourne in a good and permanent
condition, and I beg therefore respectfully, to suggest the Reserve through which
it passes being under the Control of the Melbourne Corporation, that your honorable
Council may cause the above improvements to be carried out.
I have the honor to be
Gentlemen
your obedient
Ferd. Mueller.
The Public Works Committee of the City Council, Melbourne
If it should be deemed preferable to vote a small sum of money sufficient to carry
out the work suggested (£15-20.0.0 ought I believe go far towards it) and place it
at my command, I would gladly undertake the superintendence.
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M's letter was read at a meeting of the Melbourne City Council's Public Works Committee
on 25 September 1866, and was referred to the Health Committee (Unit 6, p. 138, VPRS
4037, Public Record Office, Victoria).