Office of Lands and Survey.
Melbourne, 2nd Decr 1870.
Sir.
I have the honor to inform you, in reply to your enquiry of the 17th ultimo,1 that the Board of Land and Works authorises you to take six (6) loads of tea tree from the North bank of the River Yarra, below the Melbourne Gas Works.
I have the honor to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient Servant,
C. Hodgkinson
Asst Commr2 of Lands & Survey
Dr F. Mueller.
Government Botanist
Botanic Gardens
Please cite as “FVM-70-12-02,” 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