Department of Lands & Survey
Melbourne, 16th. Augt., 1860.
Sir,
In reply to your letter of the 10th instant, (addressed to Mr Hodgkinson)1 I am directed to suggest that you apply officially to the Honorable The Commissioner of Lands & Survey for the land you require and to the Honorable The Commissioner of Public Works for authority for any expenditure you may consider necessary.
I have the honor to be,
Sir,
Your most obedt. Servant
A. Morrah
for Dy. S. General2 & Secretary
F. Mueller Esqr.
Government Botanist,
&c. &c. &c.
M’s letter has not been found, but it is recorded in the registers of the Department of Lands and Survey; see no. 4860, roll 5, VPRS 227/P1 inward correspondence register, VA 538 Department of Crown Lands and Survey, Public Record Office, Victoria, where its receipt is registered, and B337, roll 1, VPRS 226/P1 index to inward correspondence, VA 538 Department of Crown Lands and Survey, Public Record Office, Victoria, where the content is summarized: ‘Requests permission to retain certain land on the northern banks of the Yarra’.
Deputy Surveyor General.
Please cite as “FVM-60-08-16,” 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