12th July 81
Baron Sir Ferdinand,
I have the honor to inform you that on the 9th of May last the Council of the City of Melbourne appointed Mr Councillor John Pigdon to be the Council's Trustee of the Royal Park in room and stead of Mr Councillor A. K. Smith deceased.
I have been informed that you have given the Trustees the advantage of your services as their Honorary Secretary and I have to ask that presuming the information to be correct you will be so good as in that capacity to take what official action may be necessary for the formal induction of Mr Councillor Pigdon to office as such Trustee.1
I have the honor to be
Baron Sir Ferdinand
Your most obedient servant
E. G. FitzGibbon
Town Clerk
Baron Sir Ferdinand Von Mueller K.C.M.G.
&c &c &c
See M to E. FitzGibbon, 13 July 1881, and M to D. Gaunson, 21 July 1881.
Please cite as “FVM-81-07-12b,” 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