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From Ferdinand von Mueller to Frederick Miles   8 July 1871

Melbourne Botanic Garden,

8/7/71

Sir,

At a meeting held yesterday, the trustees of the Royal Park were informed, that by fencing the additional piece of land, proposed to be added to the Brunswick Cricket Ground, an encroachment will take on an existing road, and the trustees have directed me to state to the Brunswick Council, that the concession made for the extension of the Cricket ground was herewith revoked, if any portion of the road was to be encroached on, and that (would)1 under such circumstances it would be necessary for the Council to come to some arrangement with the trustees for a readjustment of the intended new line of the cricket ground.2

I may add that on the small sketch plan, submitted by you, no indication of an interference with the existing road is indicated.

I have the honor to be,

Sir,

Your obedient Servant.

(signed) Ferd von Mueller, M.D.,

Hon Secr. Trustees of Royal Park

F. G. Miles Esq,

Town Clerk of Brunswick

1

The brackets and a small question-mark beneath this word suggest a query by the clerk who wrote out the file copy.

2

Permission had been granted in M to F. Miles, 28 April 1871.

Please cite as “FVM-71-07-08,” 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 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/71-07-08