Melbourne Botanic Garden
20/7/70
Sir
I have the honor to inform you that at a meeting of the Trustees of the Royal Park held yesterday, I submitted your letter of the 24th June,1 in which you desire an interview with the Trustees to urge your former application for occupation and fencing off some land in the Park for the use of the Hotham Cricket Club. After renewed consideration my colleagues directed me to inform you that they possessed no right and authority to alienate any land in the Park from their trust and that they did not feel justified to recognize any claims arising from concessions prior to their trusteeship if such claims from want of continuity had finally lapsed
I have the honor to be
Sir
Your obedt servant
(signed) F. von Mueller
J. McGibbon Esq
Hon. Sec. Hotham Cricket Club
Letter not found. See also M to W. Clarke, 31 May 1870 (in this edition as 70-05-31d).
Please cite as “FVM-70-07-20,” 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