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Bundle 4, unit 7, VPRS 1199 Chief Commissioner's inward correspondence, VA 724 Victoria Police, Public Record Office, Victoria. 69.05.19bPreferred Citation:
Ferdinand von Mueller to Frederick Standish, 1869-05-19 [69.05.19b]. 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/1860-9/1869/69-05-19b-final.odt>, accessed June 15, 2026
19./5/69
It needs not my assurance, dear Capt Standish, that I will gladly supply again what
I can for the Police ground at Richmond, but the supply of many select plants is already
exhausted as the extensive distributions according to early Gazette notice
commenced on the 1 May. However I will do what I can.
1
B69.03.02.
Your kind arrangement of having two policemen in plain cloths watching the disorderly
people, when coming into my reserves, will doubtless drive them away gradually and
render the fine picknickgrounds accessible to decent people.
2
See M to F. Standish, 6 May 1869, and notes thereto.
your regardful
Ferd. von Mueller.
3
MS annotation by Standish: 'Seen'.