Office of Lands & Survey,
Melbourne, 30th. Aug., 1862.
Sir,
Referring to your minute of the 16th Instant,1 relative to the suggested application of the Trustees of the Royal Park for the issue of a Crown Grant to them for that Reserve, I have the honor to state for the information of the Trustees that the Board of Land and Works consider that prior to formally making the application alluded to, the Trustees should submit for the approval of the Board, the rules proposed to be adopted for the regulation and management of the reserve, and a statement of the manner in which it is intended to appropriate the funds derived from the sale of the grass not at present required for the Animals in charge of the Acclimatisation Society.
I have the honor to be,
Sir
Your most obedient Servant
John L Lewis
for the Assistant Commissioner of Lands & Survey.
Ferdinand Mueller Esqr,
&c &c &c,
Melbourne.
Letter not found.
Please cite as “FVM-62-08-30,” 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