Melbourne botanic Garden
12/11/68.
My dear Mr Fitzgibbon.
I venture to ask in the interest of the public and my department, whether the City Council would not kindly concede to my request, to place a carriage gate in the fence of the City bridge-approach1 at the termination of the pavement near the Immigrants Home. Such an arrangement would render it possible for carriages to pass along the base of the Yarra hill to the lower part of the botanic Garden and would give also better access to the Quarries and other places for my carts. If such an arrangement could soon be carried out, I should greatly enjoy advantages at once while the steam engine is to be erected to force Yarra water to the hill.
I may state my readiness, that I should gladly arrange with a man at the Immigrants Home to keep the gate properly closed during the day and locked at night
Let me remain your
regardful
Ferd. von Mueller.2
Please cite as “FVM-68-11-12,” 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