Melbourne bot. Gard.
26/4/65
Sir
I have the honor on behalf of the Trustees of the Royal Park to seek your kind interest, in their obtaining a small share of the vote for improvements of parks in order to effect some repairs to the roads & drives of the said locality.1
I have the honor to be
Sir
Your most obedient
signed, F. Mueller
[J.] Stevenson2 Esq
Commissioner of Roads & Bridges.
Votes for such public works were not specified in detail and were treated as a general expenditure for the Board of Land and Works. For 1865 the vote for 'Fencing and improving public parks and gardens' was £1,200 (Victoria Votes and proceedings pf the Legislative Assembly, session 1864-5, vol. 1, p. 234).
i.e. Steavenson.
Please cite as “FVM-65-04-26,” 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