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A345 Royal ParkTrusteesletter & minute book, p.40-1, Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney. 70.07.20aPreferred Citation:
Ferdinand von Mueller to Frederick Standish, 1870-07-20 [70.07.20a]. 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/1870-9/1870/70-07-20a-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026
Melbourne Botanic Garden
20/7/70
Sir
I have the honor to inform you, that at a meeting of the Trustees of the Royal Park,
held on the 18th inst., the attention of my colleagues was directed by Mr Alb. Le
Souef, the agent of the Trustees, to the inadequate police protection of the Park;
and I was directed by the Trustees to solicit, that a constable may be sent to the
Park on Sundays and on holidays and at any other time when multitudes assemble at
the Park, as the employees have found it impossible to secure respect for the Parks
regulations without being upheld in their authority by the presence of some member
of the public force.
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Standish's response not found.
I have the honor to be
Sir
Your obedient servant
(signed) F. von Mueller
Hon. Sec. Trustees Royal Park
Capt Standish
Chief Commissioner of Police.