11th May 1865
Referring to the correspondence which took place in September last upon an application from the Colonel Commt1 of Volunteers for permission to hold a Concert in the Botanic Gardens and to charge a fee for admission2 I am desired by the Chief Secretary to enquire why as has been stated to him a charge was made for admission to the Gardens on Saturday last3
Sd J Moore
Dr Mueller
&c &c &c
Commandant.
In M to J. McCulloch, 22 September 1864, responding to a request submitted to the Chief Secretary by Col. Anderson, Victorian Volunteer Regiment, M's recommendation to allow a 'free concert' was approved by McCulloch by minute on the letter.
The decision to allow an apparently voluntary charge of one shilling is explained in M to J. McCulloch, 11 May 1865 (in this edition as 65-05-11a). The preliminary advertisements made no suggestion of a charge, but the advertisement on the day with full program listed described it as 'In aid of the funds of the Head-Quarters Band' (Argus, 2 May 1865, p. 8, and Argus, 6 May 1865, p. 8).
Please cite as “FVM-65-05-11,” 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