To Frederick Powlett   8 March 1858

Melbourne bot. Garden

8. March 1858.

Sir

I have the honor to solicit your permission, to remove from the crownlands at Prahran between Chapel street and Mount Erica Hotel some load of soil for the use of this establishment.

I have the honor to be,

Sir,

your most obedient and humble servant

Ferd. Mueller.

 

Mr Commissioner Powlett

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N. Bickford, Head Ranger, was asked on 18 March to report on the matter. On 19 March he minuted: 'there is not any Crown Lands in the part mentioned in the above application'.

Please cite as “FVM-58-03-08c,” 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 8 May 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/58-03-08c