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original land set aside for Botanic Garden purposes on December 
28, 1909, and therefore does not include the North and South 
Additions. The property is designated as used for the Brooklyn 
Botanic Garden, with a footnote stating that the area was 
formerly known as Institute Park. According to the acreage 
given, the site of the Brooklyn Museum is also not included. 
The property consists of four parcels of land acquired as 
follows: 
1. April 25, 1904, by condemnation, at a cost of............ .. $358,047.64 
2. December 22, 1905, from Lucy A. B. Sterling, at a cost of... .. 12,000.00 
3. December 26, 1905, from Margaret Nelly, ata costiotve =... 17,000.00 
4. November 25, 1907, by condemnation, at a cost of........... 123,115.01 
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The site of Mr. Prospect Reservoir was acquired by con- 
demnation in 1857 at a cost of $95,500. This included the area 
of the ‘‘North Addition” of the Garden of about three acres— 
approximately one-third of the original reservoir site. The cost 
of the ‘‘ North Addition,” therefore, may be estimated as not in 
excess of one-third of $95,500, or about $31,833. 
The “South Addition” comprises ten parcels as shown on 
Landmap 4 on file in the Department of Finance, Municipal 
Building, Manhattan. These were acquired by conde tion, 
the report being dated and filed June 8, 1905. Title vested 
April 25, 1904. The cost of these parcels is recorded as follows: 
Parcel avian Be Cucickwacexccutrixee men 0k eee § 76,000 
En CELe Stas hc, far eee ROR a 4,636 
Ze Charlotte. Vanes ,unieeneemnen ys eh Ti ms 600 
MOL UCRES bis 7 eee gee Ota d Ao boca, 36 
Smetephenr Vi: boven nes eee erect ST a 2,000 
ITE ERES thy 2:27 ay, renee ee oe, he gr 122 
4. Ellen McLoughlin & Wm. Courtney, Administrators...... 136,000 
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Lot 9, the eleventh parcel, refers to a very small triangular 
area at the north end of the site of the Fire Alarm Telegraph 
Bureau, separated from the Garden site on the south-east by the 
