REPORT OF PARK COMMISSIONERS 17 



EXPENDITURES GOLDEN GATE PARK FROM 



1870 to 1912 

 1870 to 1875, Including Money Derived from Sale of Bonds. .$447,705.62 



1875 to December 31, 1879 203,118.03 



1880 $ 60,021.02 



1881 67,484.92 



1882 72,718.49 



1883 38,006.75 



1884 36,807.45 



1885 73,180.67 



1886 55,953.47 



1887 51,212.11 



1888 68,758.80 



1889 94,607.84 



1890 125,864.17 



1891 140,896.94 



1892 188,117.84 



1893 211,605.49 



1894 212,586.07 



1895 229,051.14 



1896 302,725.55 



1897 249,660.65 



1898 205,862.65 



1899 222,178.48 



1900 237,152.47 



1901 253,451.22 



1902 311,332.22 



1903 325,534.67 



1904 335,502.48 



1905 367,703.81 



1906 391,263.33 



1907 259,018.91 



1908 319,899.09 



1909 318,199.25 



1910 357,000.00 



1911 341,000.00 



1912 351,000.00 $6,875,357.95 



$7,526,181.60 



The highly cultivated parks of the eastern cities are main- 

 tained at an annual cost per acre of $800. The cost in San 

 Francisco is $190 per acre. The work required to make 

 Lincoln Park of San Francisco presentable to Exposition visi- 

 tors in 1915 will involve an outlay of at least $200,000. 



GOVERNING BODY OF THE PARKS 



Mr. James Rolph, who was elected Mayor of San Fran- 

 cisco, in November, 1911, assumed official duties the first 

 Monday of January, 1912. 



