Melbourne botan. & zoolog. Garden,
13. Jan. 1859.
Sir
Some time since I had the honor of adressing you, asking permission of the Municipality to remove the landing-place at the new Yarra-footbridge to within the precints of the botanic Garden, in order to suppress effectually bathing at so frequented a spot. I made this application to the City Council as I was informed, that the locality for the platform alluded to, was chosen after a mutual understanding between your office and that of the Commissioner of public works —
I beg also, that effect may be given to the regulations adopted by the Municipality in regard to bathing, by supplying the requisite Caution-boards & instructing a constable to see after the due observance of the bathing rules.
I have the honor to be,
Sir,
your most obedient servant
Ferd. Mueller, M.D.,
Gov Botanist
E. F. Fitzgibbon Esq.
Town Clerk &c &c &c1
Please cite as “FVM-59-01-13,” 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 16 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/59-01-13