Heating apparatus was installed at the conservatory in the Botanic Gardens between August and November 1858 by the contractor William Savage for £480. Savage did some additional work on the apparatus in November for £22, and in January 1859 for £1.6.4 (Unit 8, pp. 198-9; Unit 9, p. 163, VPRS 69, PROV).
See also T. Balmain to M, 30 March 1858.
Please cite as “FVM-58-03-23a,” 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 25 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/58-03-23a