To Thomas Bent1    30 July 1881

Melbourne, 30/7/81

Sir

I have the honor to inform you that at a meeting of the Trustees of the Royal Park, held yesterday, it was resolved to ask you to grant them an interview, as they are anxious that the building formerly used as a powder-magazine should be removed from the Park and that the two adjoining cottages should be handed over to the Trustees. As my colleagues are simultaneously seeking as a depution2 to obtain an interview with the Honorable the Minister of the Lands-Department for obtaining a small grant for improvements in the Park,3 perhaps my colleagues may be allowed at the same hour to wait on you also.

I have the honor to be

Sir

Your obedient servant

Ferd. von Mueller

Hon. Sec. Trustees Royal Park

 

The Honorable

the Minister of

Public Works.

1
When the O'Loghlen ministry was sworn in on 9 July 1881, no Minister of Public Works was appointed. Two days later, it was announced that the Minister for Railways, Thomas Bent, would stand in temporarily (Argus, 12 July 1881). No Minister was formally appointed until 19 August, when Charles Young was sworn in as Commissioner of Public Works.
2
deputation?
3
See M to D. Gaunson, 30 July 1881.

Please cite as “FVM-81-07-30a,” 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 25 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/81-07-30a