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Unit 733, VPRS 3181/P Town Clerk's file series 1, VA 511 Melbourne, Public Record Office, Victoria. 68.07.10

Preferred Citation:

Ferdinand von Mueller to Edmund FitzGibbon, 1868-07-10. 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/1860-9/1868/68-07-10-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

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MS written by Ernst Heyne and signed by M.
Botan. Garden 10/7/68
Dear Sir
When planting the willow cuttings on the Melbourne side of the Yarra
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See M to E. FitzGibbon, 20 June 1868 (in this edition as 68-06-20a) and M to E. FitzGibbon, 4 July 1868 (in this edition as (68-07-04b).
I had to employ a boatman from time to time to bring the cuttings across; for his services I have paid £1.5.0. for which a/c I hold a receipt. Have you not got some Incidental Vote available to which this sum could be charged. When planting the bank above the bathing house (which is being done now) the same service ought I should think be performed gratuitously by the keeper of the establishment.
I remain
Dear Sir
Yours obediently
Ferd. v. Mueller.
E. G. Fitzgibbon Esq
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M's letter was read at a meeting of the Melbourne City Council's Health Committee on 15 July 1868, when it was 'Ordered that the amount be paid by the City Treasurer out of petty cash' (Unit 1, VPRS 4039, Public Record Office, Victoria).