Botan. Gardens Melbourne
23/3/64
Sir
In reply to your letter of the 21 of March,1 I have the honor to inform you, that the Trustees of the Royal Park have granted to the Trades Committee the permission to occupy certain grounds at the Park during the contemplated fete on 21 April next,2 provided that due care be taken to prevent fire and damage to trees and property. To effect satisfactory arrangements for this purpose it will be necessary that the gentlemen of the Trades Committee communicate early with Mr. George Sprigg the Secretary of the Acclim. Society for the selection of the sites and for the protection of the property vested in the Trustees.
I have the honor to be
Sir
your obedient
Sign. F. Mueller Hon. Secr. of the Trustees
Mr Dav. Bennet
Mauve Cottage
Palmerston Street
Carlton.
Letter not found.
The Trades Council fete was not held at Royal Park but after the procession that finished at 'the Zoological Gardens on the banks of the Yarra' (Age (Melbourne), 25 April 1864, p. 5), i.e. the North Grounds of the Botanic Garden where animals had been held before they were moved to Royal Park earlier in the 1860s.
Please cite as “FVM-64-03-23a,” 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