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From Clement Hodgkinson to Ferdinand von Mueller   26 June 1860

Department of Lands & Survey,

Melbourne, 26th. June, 1860.

Sir,

By direction of the Honorable The Commissioner of Lands and Survey, I have the honor to inform you that complaints have been made that persons are in the habit of smoking in the Botanical Gardens, and I am desired to call your attention to the circumstance.

I have the honor to be,

Sir,

Your most obedt. Servant,

John Logsdon Lewis

in absence of D. S. General1 & Secretary2

F. Mueller Esquire

&c. &c. &c.

Melbourne.

1

Deputy Surveyor General.

2

M issued instructions to the employees of the Botanic Garden to prohibit smoking in the grounds (VPRS 226/P1, PROV), and then wrote on 27 June 1860 to inform the Minister that he had done so (letter registered but not found).

Please cite as “FVM-60-06-26d,” 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 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/60-06-26d