Town Clerk's Office
Town Hall, Melbourne
6th August 1863
Sir
I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of this day's date apprising me that a tree near the bathing house on the bank of the Yarra has been destroyed by the stripping of its bark.
I have to thank you for this communication and to inform you that I shall take immediate steps for discovering if possible the perpetrator of the mischief and for the prevention of future damage of the same kind.
I have the honor to be
Sir
Your most obedient servant
E. G. FitzGibbon
Town Clerk
Dr F. Mueller F.R.S.
&c &c &c
The Botanical Gardens
Please cite as “FVM-63-08-06a,” 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