Office of Lands and Survey
Melbourne, 16th January [1864]1
Sir,
I have the honor to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated the 31st ultimo,2 bringing under notice the case of Edward Brandon, and in reply, I beg to inform you that the Board of Land and Works having taken into consideration the very serious loss sustained by Mr Brandon in consequence of the late flood have decided on remitting the license fee in arrear for the quarter ending the 31st December, 1863, for the ferry worked by him at Richmond, and will allow him to continue to work the ferry at the reduced rate of (£20) Twenty Pounds per annum.
There will be no objection to the temporary occupation by Mr Brandon of the quarry near the ferry —
I have the honor to be, Sir,
your most obedt servant,
Asst Commr of Lands and Survey
Dr Mueller
Government Botanist,
&c, &c, &c
P.S. May I request you will be good enough to inform Mr Brandon of the Board's decision.3
Please cite as “FVM-64-01-16,” 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