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From Clement Hodgkinson to Ferdinand von Mueller   23 Sep 1864

Office of Lands & Survey,

Melbourne, 23rd Sept, 1864

Sir,

I have the honor to inform you that at a Meeting of the Board of Land and Works on the 20th instant, a resolution was arrived at by the Board to the effect that the Trustees of the Royal Park should be informed that it is the intention of the Board of Land and Works to remove from the Royal Park the iron hurdles at present near the lodge gate of that Park, those hurdles being now useless for the protection of plantation enclosures from Cattle which are now being depastured in the outer part of the Park.

The Board purpose using the hurdles in question in the Fitzroy and Flagstaff Gardens where they will be exceedingly useful in protecting plants from injury by the numerous troops of children who constantly frequent those reserves.

I have therefore to request that you will be good enough to make known to the Trustees of the Royal Park the decision herein announced.1

I have the honor to be

Sir

Your most obedient Servant

Assistant Commissioner of Lands & Survey2

Ferdinand F. Mueller, Esq.

Government Botanist,

&c. &c. &c.

1

M to C. Hodgkinson, 18 October 1864 (in this edition as 64-10-18a), reported the Trustees' previous discussion of this matter.

2

The file copy of the letter has not been signed.

Please cite as “FVM-64-09-23a,” 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 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/64-09-23a