Melbourne botan. Garden
27/1/64
Sir
I have the honor to inform you, that at a Meeting of the Trustees of the Royal Park held yesterday the following Resolution was carried.
"That it will be notified to Government, that the Trustees offer no objection to the erection of the Powder Magazine at the South West corner of the Royal Park as suggested by the Board appointed by the Government to select the site, but would leave the final decision on this point to the Government. In the event of the Government deciding to erect it there, the Trustees would suggest, that the approach to the Magazine be enclosed by fencing and the site be planted out."1
I have the honor to be
Sir
Your most obedient & humble
signed F. Mueller
Hon. Secr. to the Trustees of the Royal Park
The honorable the Minister of public works
G. Sprigg to M, 19 January 1864 (in this edition as 64-01-19b), had drawn M's attention to workmen acting under the authority of the Board of Lands and Works had commenced to remove fences in preparation for a building that 'will encroach considerably on the Park'.
Letter not found; MS is a copy in the Trustees' letter-book.
Please cite as “FVM-64-01-27i,” 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