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From Ferdinand von Mueller to James McCulloch   16 July 1863

Melbourne botanic Gardens

July 16th 1863

Sir

I have the honor to inform you that at a meeting of the Trustees of the Royal Park held this day T. Sumner Esq. in the Chair, a letter of the honorable the Chief Secretary, dated April 30 1863 and numbered 16[7]01 was submitted by the Acting President of the Acclimation Society expressing the acquiescence of the Government in the sale of the Dromedaries as proposed by the Council of the Acclim. Society. As no previous official intimation of the proposed sale of these animals was made by the Acclimation Council to the Trustees, my colleagues deemed it their duty to direct me to solicit your information, wether they can regard themselves as entirely relieved of any responsibility in reference to the sale of the Camels2

I have the honor to be

Sir

Your most obedient & humble servt

F. M.

Hon. Secret to the Trustees of the

Royal Park

The honorable the Chief Secretary

1

Letter not found.

2

The trustees also wrote to the Acclimatisation Society disputing the principles in the Society's letters to the Trustees (M to W. Archer, 17 July 1863 (in this edition as 63-07-17a). See notes thereto.

3

Item is a file copy in the Trustees' letter-copy book.

Please cite as “FVM-63-07-16a,” 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 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/63-07-16a