Melbourne botanic & zoologic Garden,
5 Nov. 1860
Sir
I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter, dated 5 Nov., requesting the supply of some fallow deer of this establishment to the Municipality of St. Kilda for the purpose of being placed in the South Park. In reply I beg to inform you, that I have been instructed to deliver to you two pair of deer whenever your arrangements of protecting them at the new locality will be completed and when you will send for them.1
I have the honor to be,
Sir,
your most obedient
Ferd. Mueller
To the Town Clerk,
St. Kilda.
In M to E. Bradshaw, 27 March 1861 M sought confirmation that the necessary fencing would be undertaken.
Please cite as “FVM-60-11-05f,” 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