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From Thomas Balmain to Ferdinand von Mueller   7 Aug 1860

7 August 1860

Sir,

Yr letter of the 17th Ulto1 requesting that when the present lease of the toll on the St Kilda road expires permission may be granted for the passage of the vehicles of Visitors to the Botanic Gardens through the Govt reserve near Princes Bridge, having been submitted for the consideration of the Bd of L & Works,2 I am desired to inform you that the Bd cannot provide funds or in any way encourage the idea of forming a road through the reserve in question.

Sd T C Balmain [secy]

The Director of the Botanic Gardens

1

M to J. Francis, 17 July 1860.

2

Board of Land and Works.

3

Item is a file copy.

Please cite as “FVM-60-08-07,” 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/60-08-07