Melbourne botan. Gardens
October 21st 1864
Sir
I have the honor to inform you in reply to your letter No 5009,1 that at a Meeting of the Trustees of the Royal Park, held on the 21st of October when the following gentlemen were present, viz
T. Sumner Esq.
Dr Th. Black
Clem. Hodgkinson Esq.
R. Brough Smyth Esq.
Dr F. Mueller
The enclosed resolutions were passed.2
I have the honor to be
Sir
Your most obedient servant
signed F. Mueller
The honorable the Chief Secretary
Letter not found.
The file copy is annotated with a reference to the relevant page of the minute book: '(vid. page 139)'. At a meeting of the Trustees of the Royal Park on 21 October only one resolution was discussed: 'that the Trustees in accordance of the letter of the Chief Secretary of 20 October decide that they can not in the exercise of their functions as Trustees of the Royal Park assent to the application of the Powder Magazine as a temporary receptacle for Lunatics for transmission to the Lunatic Asylum'. The minutes continued: 'Nevertheless on the pressing necessity of the case and conditionally upon the assurance of the Government being given to them of their intention to arrange as speedily as possible for some other provision for the purpose, the Trustees feel as a matter of humanity, that they ought not to offer any opposition to the proposition, but content themselves with recording their protest against any other than a merely temporary use of any portion of the Royal Park for such purpose.' (A345 Royal Park Trustees minute book, pp. 139-40, Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney).
See M to G. Sprigg, 21 October 1864 (in this edition as 64-10-21c).
Please cite as “FVM-64-10-21a,” 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