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Brighton Line railway cut. The cost of this area is included in 
the last item above and in the total. 
The total cost to the City, therefore, of all the land now 
comprised within the Botanic Garden was $837,089.65, as 
follows: 
1, The-original 39.9 acres .4.5 6.1. seascetew reese meee? $510,162.65 
9. The North Addition (approximate)...........--+++ 31,833.00 
3. The South Addition... ...... 0.0000 eee eee eee ees 295,094.00 
OPAL sesglscacdniece es eae hei a We es $837,089.65 
ACQUISITION BY THE CITY OF NEW YORK AND 
OUNDARIES OF THE LAND COMPRISING 
THE “SOUTH ADDITION” OF THE 
BROOKLYN BOTANIC GARDEN 
RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF EsTIMATE AND APPORTIONMENT 
PASSED DECEMBER 12, 1902, IN THE MATTER OF AC- 
QUIRING FOR THE City oF NEw YoRK TITLE 
TO THE LAND COMPRISING THE SOUTH 
ADDITION TO THE BROOKLYN 
BoTANIC GARDEN 
(From the Minutes of the Meeting of December 12, 1902) 
Whereas, on July 22, 1902, the Board of Aldermen of the City 
of New York, by a two-thirds vote of all the members elected 
voting in favor thereof, passed the following resolutions: 
Be it ordained by the Board of Aldermen of the City of New 
York as follows :— 
“That, in pursuance of the provisions of section 442 of the 
Greater New York Charter, the following resolution of the Board 
of Estimate and Apportionment, adopted by that Board on the 
20 day of June, 1902, be and the same hereby is approved, nae: 
“ Resolved, That ie Board of Estimate and Apportionment of 
the City of New York, in pursuance of the provisions of section 
442 of the Greater New York Charter, deeming it for the public 
interest to alter the map or plan of the City of New York by 
locating and laying out an addition to Prospect Park, and closing 
and discontinuing certain streets for the construction of an 
