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From Ferdinand von Mueller to Edmund FitzGibbon   21 Jan 1867

Melbourne bot. Garden

21/1/67

Sir

Having received no answer to my last letter respecting the invasion of cattle into my northern reserve from the adjoining municipal ground,1 I have the honor to request, that you will kindly inform me of the measures to be adopted by the City Council to bring these molestations to a cessation. I feel convinced that so enlightened a council does not wish that difficulties through their disposal of municipal ground should arise in carrying on my planting operations, but in the absence of all answer to my applications I am unable to take now the necessary measures for the preparatory autumnal work2

I have the honor to be,

Sir

your most obedient

Ferd. Mueller

The townclerk

&c &c &c

1

See M to E. FitzGibbon, 7 January 1867.

2

M's letter was referred to the Melbourne City Council's Health Committee; for the decisions reached, see E. FitzGibbon to M, 11 February 1867.

Please cite as “FVM-67-01-21,” 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/67-01-21