From George Sprigg to Ferdinand von Mueller   16 Nov 1864

November 16 [186]41

Sir

I have the honor by direction of the Council of the Acclimatisation Society to acknowledge the receipt of your letter dated the 8th Inst concerning letters from the Board of Land & Works relating to iron palisades at the Royal Park, and in reply I am instructed to state that the matters being strictly within the preserve of the Trustees of the Park the Council cannot take upon themselves to offer any objections to the proposed removal.2 Measures will be speedily adopted to replace the […]3 and as soon as these can be removed the fact will immediately be brought under your notice.

I have the honor to be

Sir

Your most Obedt Servant

Geo Sprigg

Secy

To Dr Mueller F.R.S.

Hony Secretary to the Trustees of Royal Park

&c &c &c

editorial addition.

The removal of the pallisades was reported in G. Sprigg to M, 9 December 1864.

illegible word.

Please cite as “FVM-64-11-16,” 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 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/64-11-16