From Edmund FitzGibbon   25 September 1858

Town Clerk's Office

Town Hall Melbourne

September 25 1858

Sir

In reference to your letter of the 11 instant1 relating to the [practice] of certain persons to bathe in the River Yarra Yarra in the vicinity of the Botanical Gardens I have the honor to inform you that several communications upon the subject have been received and upon submission to the City Council have been referred to the Health Committee who have resolved to report in favor of permitting [the practice provided] [...]2 before the hour of [six]3 o'clock [am] in summer [seven] o'clock [in winter] and that the spot selected for the purpose be as secluded as possible

I have the honor to be

Sir

Your most obed Servant

E. G. Fitzgibbon

Town Clerk

 

Dr Mueller

Director of the Botanical Gardens.4

1
M to E. FitzGibbon, 11 September 1858. See also 'A water drinker', Argus, 11 September 1858, p 1 S.
2
two illegible words.
3
uncertain reading —based on M to E. Fitzgibbon, 29 September 1858. Square brackets following in the paragraph also have this meaning.
4
See also M to E. FitzGibbon, 29 September 1858.

Please cite as “FVM-58-09-25,” 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 27 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/58-09-25