From Edmund FitzGibbon to Ferdinand von Mueller   21 Sep 1863

Town Clerk's Office

Town Hall, Melbourne

21st September 1863.

Sir

I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 19th instant enclosing a letter from your assistant1 respecting the indecency of persons bathing in the Yarra at the lower end of Anderson Street in close vicinity to the foot bridge leading to the Botanic Gardens, and to inform you that the same shall be laid before the Council of the City of Melbourne at the meeting to be held this day.

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

Botanical Gardens

E. Heyne to M, 19 September 1863.

Please cite as “FVM-63-09-21,” 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/63-09-21