To the Council, Philosophical Institute of Victoria   3 November 1858

[A letter from Dr Mueller1 suggesting that the Council should endeavour to obtain the services of not less than 10 men and an overseer for not less than one month from the immigration depot beyond Princes Bridge, with the view of preparing the ground of the Institute for ornamentation by shrubs &c. was received]2

 
1
M was Vice-President of the Institute at the time but did not attend this meeting.
2
The Secretary, J. Macadam, was 'instructed to communicate with Dr Eades’. The Institute had recently been granted the triangular block of land on the north edge of the town on which it was to erect its permanent home. Eades was both a member of the Institute and a City Councillor.

Please cite as “FVM-58-11-03a,” 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 24 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/58-11-03a