From John Lewis to Ferdinand von Mueller   4 Sep 1867

Office of Lands and Survey,

Melbourne, 4th September 1867.

Sir,

Adverting to the notification in the Government Gazette of the 27th ultimo,1 of the appointment by His Excellency The Governor in Council of a Board of inquiry regarding the State Forests of Victoria, I am requested to invite your attendance at a meeting of the Board to be held in the Board rooms at this office on Thursday next the 5th instant, at 2 p.m.

I have the honor to be,

Sir,

Your obedient Servant,

John Lewis2

Victoria government gazette, 27 August 1867, p. 1595. The notice announced the appointment of M, the Surveyor General (Charles Ligar), the Assistant Commissioner of Lands and Survey (Clement Hodgkinson), the Inspector General of Public Works (William Wardell), the Secretary of Mines (Robert Brough Smyth), and the Chief Mining Surveyor (Thomas Couchman) to a Board of Inquiry regarding the State Forests of Victoria.

The same letter was sent to all members of the Board of Inquiry.

Please cite as “FVM-67-09-04a,” 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/67-09-04a