Melbourne, 21st July 1881
Sir
I have the honor to inform you that the Council of the city of Melbourne has appointed Mr. Councillor Pigdon, J.P. to be the Corporation's Trustee of the Royal Park in room and stead of Mr. Councillor A. K. Smith, deceased.1
At a meeting of the Trustees held yesterday, it was resolved to solicit from you that the name of Councillor Pigdon and of the other new members, appointed since the deed of the trust was prepared, may be added to the names of the other Trustees in that document.2
I have the honor to be, Sir
Your very obedient and humble servant
Ferd. von Mueller
Hon. Sec. Trustees Royal Park
The Honorable
David Gaunson
Minister of the Lands Department.
.? See E. FitzGibbon to M, 12 July 1881 (in this edition as 81-07-12b), and M to E. FitzGibbon, 13 July 1881.
John Pigdon (in place of A. K. Smith, deceased) and Albert A. C. Le Soeuf were appointed on 30 August 1881, and this was announced in Victoria government gazette, 2 September 1881, p. 2523.
Please cite as “FVM-81-07-21,” 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