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No. 252/5/68, unit 14, p. 154, VPRS 4025/P Town Clerk's letter press copy books, VA 511 Melbourne, Public Record Office, Victoria. 68.05.07Preferred Citation:
Edmund FitzGibbon to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1868-05-07. 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/1860-9/1868/68-05-07-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026
Temporary Town Hall
7th May [186]8
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editorial addition.
I am directed by the Public Works Committee of the City Council to thank you for your
suggestion and offer, to point out that there are no gas pipes in the vicinity of
the bridge — and to enquire how you would effect the lighting of one or more lamps
if erected.
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M's suggestion for a gas lamp to be placed at the Botanic Gardens footbridge has not been found, but was made in letters dated 3 May
1868 and 6 May 1868, cited in E. FitzGibbon to M, 22 May 1868 (in this edition as 68-05-22b), which reported that two lamps, suitable for use with kerosene oil, would be erected. No response by M to the present letter, saying how he envisaged the lamps would be lit, has has been found.
E. G. FitzGibbon
Dr F. Mueller
&c &c &c