6 LONDON PARKS & GARDENS 



two sets of figures, of course the acreage must be borne 

 in mind, and the great expense of police in the Royal 

 Parks, amounting to ^^8782 for Hyde Park alone, must 

 be deducted before any fair comparison can be made, 

 even when results are not considered. 



Taken from the Estimates for 1907-8. 



Battersea 



Brockwell 



Dulwich 



Finsbury 



Victoria 



Waterlow 



Acres. 



Net 



Aggregate 



Capital 



Expenditure. 



199 



127^ 



72 



"S 



217 



26 



£ 



21,042 

 114,322 



45.510 

 137.934 



38,430 



11,178 



Average 



Cost of 



Maintenance. 



Number 

 of Staff. 



£ 

 10,897 



4.493 

 3.330 

 7,649 

 12,099 

 2,658 



92 



34 

 28 



52 



107 



24 



Taken fy-om L.C.C. Handbook No. 1009, 1906. 



London has always been a city of gardens, and 

 although much boast is made of the newly-acquired 

 open spaces, a wail for those destroyed would have equal 

 justification. It is very terrible that everything in life 



