The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: Office of Lands & Surv. ¶ Melbourne, 18th May, 1868. ¶ Sir, ¶ ¶ I have the honor to acknowledge receipt of your letter of the 1st instant, ¶ and to state in reference thereto that the license fee pa...

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No 68/366, Unit 5, p. 189, VPRS 7934/P1 outward letter press copy books to other departments and district land offices, VA 538 Department of Crown Lands and Survey, Public Record Office, Victoria. 68.05.18

Preferred Citation:

Clement Hodgkinson to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1868-05-18. 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/1860-9/1868/68-05-18-final.odt>, accessed June 9, 2026

Office of Lands & Surv.

Melbourne, 18th May, 1868.

Sir,

I have the honor to acknowledge receipt of your letter of the 1st instant,

See M to J. Grant, 1 May 1868 (in this edition as 68-05-01a).

and to state in reference thereto that the license fee payable by Mr Brandon, the ferry keeper, near the Botanic Garden, having been paid to the 30th proximo it is not possible to enforce his compliance with any new conditions, or to increase the rent of the ferry until after that date.

In the meantime, however, the attention of the ferry-keeper will be called to your representation of the dangerous state of the approach to the ferry, and he will be warned that, unless the approach to the ferry be put by him into and maintained in a safe state, the license to work the ferry will not be renewed.

I have the honor to be,

Sir

Your most obedient servant,

Signature illegible, but Hodgkinson was the Assistant Commissioner.

Assist. Commr. of Lands and

Survey.

The Government Botanist

&c. &c. &c.