Office of Lands and Survey
Melbourne, 14th. June, 1873.
Sir,
In reply to your letter of the 1st inst.1 I am directed to inform you that the Honorable The Minister of Lands and Agriculture will prescribe general rules for the distribution of plants &c., that will apply alike to all State nurseries.2
I have the honor to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient Servant
Assist. Commr3 of Lands & Survey4
The
Government Botanist
&c. &c. &c.
See M to James Casey, 1 June 1873.
The regulations governing 'Distribution of plants from State nurseries', dated 19 August 1873 were published in Victoria government gazette, 29 August 1873. They mostly concerned the Nursery at Macedon, but also stated that 'On or after 1st September next any further distribution of plants, cuttings, seeds or flowers from the Botanical Gardens, Melbourne, will be discontinued', thus removing the labour costs in raising seedlings for distribution from M's successor William Guilfoyle.
Assistant Commissioner.
The file copy is unsigned, but Hodgkinson was Assistant Commissioner.
Please cite as “FVM-73-06-14b,” 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