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Unit 131, p. 255, VPRS 7935/P1, outward letterbooks to the general public, VA 538 Department of Crown Lands and Survey, Public Record Office, Victoria. 73.02.20a

Preferred Citation:

Clement Hodgkinson to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1873-02-20 [73.02.20a]. 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/1870-9/1873/73-02-20a-final.odt>, accessed June 15, 2026

20th. February
Sir,
I have the honor to forward the accompanying copy of an application by the Committee of the Hotham Cricket Club
1
A copy of the application is filed with this letter.
for a portion of land (shewn by pink tint on the enclosed tracing
2
Tracing not found.
) in the Royal Park, for cricketing purposes, and to request you will be good enough to favor this Department with the opinion of the Trustees of that Park relative to such application.
3
See M to C. Hodgkinson, 1 March 1873, which also provides the basis for dating this letter to 1873.
Sir,
4
The normal valediction is not included on the file copy of the letter.
Baron von Mueller
Secretary to the Trustees of the Royal Park,
Botanic Garden.