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From Clement Hodgkinson to Ferdinand von Mueller   14 Aug 1860

Department of Lands & Survey

Melbourne, 14th. Augt., 1860.

Sir,

I have the honor to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated the 9th instant,1 and in reply to your request I am directed to inform you that Captain Scratchley R.E. objects to the destruction of the scrub in the vicinity of Sandridge.2

I have the honor to be,

Sir,

Your most obedt. Servant

A. Morrah

for Dy. S. General3 & Secretary

F. Mueller Esqr.

Government Botanist,

&c. &c. &c.

1

See M to J. Service, 9 August 1860.

2

Now Port Melbourne, Vic.

3

Deputy Surveyor General. For further correspondence on this subject, see C. Hodgkinson to M, 23 August 1860.

Please cite as “FVM-60-08-14,” 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/60-08-14