Melbourne botan. Garden
9/5/66.
Sir
I have the honor to inform you, that the President of the Port Phillip farmers Society, T. Sumner Esqr, has kindly undertaken to communicate to the Society the conditions under which the trustees of the Royal Park are willing to concede permission of a ploughing match being held in the area of the Park.1
I have the honor to be Sir
Your very obedient
Ferd. Mueller M.D.
Hon. Secr.
A. Lincolne Esqr.
Secrety the Port Phillip farmers Society.
The ploughing match was held at Royal Park on 5 July 1866 ('Champion ploughing match', Herald (Melbourne), 6 July 1866, p. 2).
Please cite as “FVM-66-05-09,” 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