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From Edmund FitzGibbon to Ferdinand von Mueller   24 Mar 1866

Town Clerk's Office

Town Hall, Melbourne

24th March 1866

My dear Dr Mueller

I am much obliged for your letter of to day1 [acquainting]2 me that persons are in the habit of [shooting in] the Yarra Park and destroying the [ducks on the] lagoons. I have at once written to the Chief Commissioner of Police asking that persons so offending may be arrested.3 I have also given directions for the [...] best possible enforcement of the provisions of the Dog Act.

In respect to the planting of willows along the river bank I believe that instructions upon the subject are to be given to Mr Hyndman the gardener employed under the Corporation.

I am my dear Dr Mueller

Yours very faithfully

E. G. FitzGibbon

Town Clerk.

Dr F Mueller

&c &c &c

1

That is, M to E. FitzGibbon, 23 March 1866.

2

Here and below, the quality of the letter-press copy is poor. Missing words have been supplied by reference to M's letter to which this is the reply.

3

See notes to M to E. FitzGibbon, 23 March 1866.

Please cite as “FVM-66-03-24,” 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/66-03-24