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Unit 50, VPRS 575 Borough of Castlemaine sundry records, Public Record Office, Victoria. 71.06.28

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Ferdinand von Mueller to the Borough of Castlemaine, 1871-06-28. 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/1870-9/1871/71-06-28-final.odt>, accessed June 19, 2026

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Letter written by G. Luehmann and signed by M.
Botanic Garden
Melbourne, 28th June 1871
Sir
Allow me to ask whether you have any means of obliging me by ascertaining the approximate quantity of wood, sold for fuel, in your township. It occurs to me, that probably you have some wood market where information may be obtained; also perhaps that tolls exist, where some sort of record is kept of the number of woodcarts passing. I am anxious to learn the approximate quantity used in 1870, to append statistic notes on fuel supply to a public document which I am about to issue.
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B71.13.03, pp. 24-5. Castlemaine is reported to have used 37,500 tons for fuel.
With obedience
yours
Ferd. von Mueller, M.D.