29/7/62
My dear Captain Kay,
It appears, that a 3" pipe of the Yan Yean Aquaeduct is to be forthwith extended to the New Military Barracks. I would solicit your kind interest & that of the other members of the Observatory Board for the purpose of obtaining an extension of the pipe to your observatory ground, where I presume water for safety's sake will be required and whence it would by the influence of the Board 1easily obtained. If you could bring the pipes thus far, I could find this year means already in my department to extend the waterwork to the botanic Garden.
With sentiments of highest regard
Ferd. Mueller
Capt Kay RN., F.R.S.
&c &c &c
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Kay passed M's letter on to Professor William Wilson, also of the Board of Visitors, with the recommendation: 'This is worth considering. If the pipes are to be brought as far as the Military Barracks I think we might put in a claim for extension to the Observy as a necessity of the observatory & as aiding in bringing the supply to the Botanical Gardens. Qu'en pensez vous?' [What do you think?].
See also M to W. Wilson, 20 August 1862.
Please cite as “FVM-62-07-29a,” 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