From Thomas Balmain1    6 February 1858

6th February 1858

Sir,

Referring to the accident which occurred on the 15th Ultimo resulting in the death of a Horse belonging to the Botanic Gardens2 I have the honor to inform you that the Board of Land and Works having had under their consideration the representations contained in a letter from Mr Wilhelmi dated 25th Ultimo,3 are of opinion that you should not be held responsible for the value of such horse.

Signed T. C. Balmain

Secretary

 

Dr F. Mueller

Curator of the Botanic Gardens

1
At a meeting of the Board of Land and Works on 20 January 1858 M reported that one of the horses in the Melbourne Botanic Gardens had been killed by an accident. It was resolved that no final decision be arrived at until the opinion of the Commissioner of Public Works was obtained (Unit 1, p. 36, VPRS 974, PROV).
2
M to D. Moore, 15 January 1858 and January 1858.
3

C. Wilhelmi wrote to the Commissioner of Public Works on 21 January 1858 in reply to queries of the Board relative to the horse (No. 467, unit 4, VPRS 963, PROV).

At a meeting of the Board of Land and Works on 2 February the Board having considered the correspondence about the loss of the horse resolved that M should not be held liable for its value (Unit 1, p. 39, VPRS 974, PROV).

Please cite as “FVM-58-02-06,” in Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller, edited by R.W. Home, Thomas A. Darragh, A.M. Lucas, Sara Maroske, D.M. Sinkora†, J.H. Voigt† and Monika Wells accessed on 19 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/58-02-06