Office of Lands & Survey
Melbourne, 1st Nov. 1869
Sir,
I beg to inform you that I have instructed Mr. Ferguson1 to call upon you for the purpose of inspecting the Botanic Garden and acquiring from you information relative to the works on which the several men employed therein are engaged.
I have the honor to be,
Sir,
Your most obedt Servant,
James McKean
Commissioner of Crown Lands and Survey
Dr. F. Von Mueller
Government Botanist
&c &c &c
William Ferguson.
Please cite as “FVM-69-11-01,” 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