Office of Lands and Survey
Melbourne, 27th July, 1863
Sir,
In acknowledgement of your letter of the 9th instant,1 I beg to inform you that the Board of Land and Works approve of the arrangement therein proposed relative to the sale of the green weeds in the reserve between the City Bridge and the Botanic Gardens, and authorize you to expend the proceed thereof for labor in sinking holes for the reception of pines in the reserve.
I have the honor to be,
Sir,
Your obedt Servant,
C. Hodgkinson
Asst Commr of Lands & Survey
The Government Botanist,
Melbourne.
M to R. Heales, 9 July 1863 (in this edition as 63-07-09a).
Please cite as “FVM-63-07-27,” 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