From Willian Henry Archer to Albert Le Souef   8 August 1876

Office of Lands and Survey

Melbourne, 8th August 1876

Sir

Referring to previous correspondence relative to the issue of Crown Grants for the Royal Park and Zoological Reserves,1 I have the honor to forward the accompanying plan and, by direction of the Honorable the Minister of Lands and Agriculture, to furnish the following information as to what is intended to be done

1, It is proposed to permanently reserve for a Public Park the land comprised within the pink border, viz. 429 a. 3r. 26p., and for zoological purposes the land shown by green border, 50a. 0r. 26p., together with the road colored brown thereon, area 50a. 0r. 15p.

2, Upon such permanent reservation being accomplished to issue to the undermentioned gentlemen a Crown Grant of each of the sites specified

Theodotus John Sumner

Ferdinand von Mueller

John Pinney Bear

Clement Hodgkinson

Robert Brough Smyth

David Moore

Robert Ramsay

Frederick Race Godfrey

Albert Purchas

A. K. Smith

William Henry Archer

William Wilkinson Wardell

Hon. Jas. Service

A. J. Skene

3, The Grant of the Public Park will empower the Trustees to hold the same, in trust, for public purposes as a Park, and to make regulations for the management thereof, to be approved by the Governor in Council and published in the Government Gazette.

4, the Grant for the Zoological Reserve will empower the Trustees to hold the same in trust, for Zoological and Acclimatization purposes, and to make regulations, to be approved by the Governor in Council and published in the Government Gazette, for the management thereof and for the admission of the public on certain days on payment of fees to be fixed by such regulations.

The appointment of new Trustees to be made by the Governor.

Prior to giving effect to the foregoing intention, it will be necessary to decide whether the Powder Magazine building near the Flemington Road should be allowed to remain or be sold for removal.

I have the honor to be

Sir

Your most obedient servant

W. H. Archer

Secretary for Lands

 

A A Le Souef Esq

Hon Secretary

Zoolog. & Acclim. Soc.2

See minutes for details.
The Trustees voted on the clauses. The first was passed by Godfrey, Black, Bear and M, but voted against by Sumner, Hodgkinson and Wardell. Purchas was unable to vote because he was not a Trustee but he approved of the clause. The other clauses were passed unanimously.

Please cite as “FVM-M76-08-08,” 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 19 March 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/M76-08-08