Melbourne botanic & zoologic Garden
22 Jan. 62.
Sir
I have the honor to report to you, that the man Gulliver (in charge of the reserve between the botanic Garden & the City bridge) detected last night various mobs of cows in the reserve and was prevented by the owners to impound them. Gulliver however according to my previous orders followed the men & cows to their dwellings & yards, so that he will be able to identify them.
May I ask then now your aid to prosecute the perpetrators of these repeated breaches of public order to be prosecuted by the Crown lands ranger, as it will be impossible to keep fences & plantations preserved unless energetic measures are adopted to prevent these not accidental but well-prepared invasions.1
I have the honor to be,
Sir,
your most obedient servant
Ferd. Mueller
Cl. Hodgkinson Esq.
Deputy Surveyor General
&c &c &c
In a minute of 22 January 1862, Hodgkinson instructed the Crown Lands Bailiff, N. M. Bickford to 'immediately see Dr Mueller in order that steps may be at once taken to effectually check the practices complained of'. Bickford replied on 3 February: 'Instructions attended to. The persons have been summoned before the Bench and fined'.
Please cite as “FVM-62-01-22a,” 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