Melbourne, botanic Garden,
19 Sept. 1869.
Sir
In compliance with your request1 I have the honor of submitting an estimate of the expenditure, which during the year 1870 is likely to be incurred at the botanic Garden under the department of public works.
| 1, Picket fence from Immigrants Home to the Toll Gate along the St. Kilda Road for the protection of the Pine Park |
£480 |
| 2, Extension and repairs of the Museum-Building, Conservatories, Office Building |
£370 |
| 3, Painting wooden structures and tarring Iron fences |
£140 |
| 4, Cottage at Steamengine and extension of waterpipes |
£130 |
| 5, Statues and fountains and a tank for hardy medicinal water plants |
£120 |
| 6, Road metal and its conveyance |
£220 |
|
Total |
1460 |
I have the honor to be, Sir,
your very obedient servant
Ferd. von Mueller
The hon. the President of the Board of Land & Works
&c &c &c
Request letter not found.
This letter would have been dealt with by James McKean, who replaced Grant on 20 September when MacPherson's ministry replaced that of James McCulloch. In the March estimates for 1870 a sum of £1,000 was provided 'For Buildings, Fencing and other works for the Botanical Gardens and Reserve for Government House' (Estimates, 1870, Victoria Parliamentary Paper, 1870 B.—No. 2, p. 42), reduced to £200 in the revised estimates published in May (Victoria Parliamentary Paper, 1870 B.—No. 6, p. 42).
Please cite as “FVM-69-09-19,” 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