Melbourne bot. & zool. Garden
14. Dec 1860.
Sir
I have the honor to inform you, that at a meeting of the zoological committee held this day, I was instructed to express to you the full concurrence of the Committee in the reasons given in my letter dated 12. inst,1 why the permanent standing of the booth of the Caledonian Society at the northern reserve of this establishment could not be approved of by the Committee.2
I have the honor to be,
Sir,
your most obedient servant
Ferd. Mueller.
Mr Undersecretary Moore
&c &c &c
M to J. Moore, 12 December 1860 (in this edition as 60-12-12b).
The minutes of the meeting of the Committee of Management of the Zoological Garden held on 14 December 1860 record: 'The meeting on being informed of an application having been made by the Caledonian Society for permission to leave the booth, erected for the games, permanently standing at the northern ground, instructed Dr Mueller to inform Undersectretary Moore, that they fully concurred in the reasons already explained, that such arrangement was highly undesirable' (VPRS 2223/P, Public Record Office, Victoria).
Please cite as “FVM-60-12-14b,” 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