Town Clerk's Office
Melbourne
4th December 1868
My dear doctor von Mueller,
I sometime since received a letter from you suggesting the placing of an entrance gate &c in the fence of the approach to Princes Bridge near the Immigrants Home to allow of the passage of drays and other vehicles along the south bank of the Yarra towards the Botanical Gardens1
The Public Works Committee of the City Council to whom I mentioned the matter have desired me in reply to tell you that so soon as the necessary roadway along the river bank shall be made the Committee will entertain the question
Yours very faithfully
E. G. FitzGibbon.2
M to E. FitzGibbon, 12 November 1868.
M's letter was read at a meeting of the Melbourne City Council's Public Works Committee on 17 November 1868: 'Town Clerk instructed to reply that as soon as the drive is made the Gates shall be erected' (Unit 6, p. 590, VPRS 4037, Public Record Office, Victoria).
Please cite as “FVM-68-12-04,” 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