DEPARTMENT OE PARKS. 



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" Resolved, That certified copies of these resolutions be fur- 

 nished Comrade Robert Avery for presentation to the Honorable, 

 the Mayor, and the Commissioner of Parks of the City of Brooklyn. 



" I hereby certify that this is a true copy of resolutions passed 

 at a meeting of G. K. Warren Post, No. 286, G. A. R., Depart- 

 ment of New York, this 1st day of June, 1896. 



"JOHN T. O'BRIEN, 



" Commander, Post 286, G. A. R., 

 (Seal) " Department of New York. 



"Attest: James B. Connell, 



"Adjutant, Post 286, G. A. R., 



" Department of New York." 



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A MORNING SCEXE — BUSHWICK PARK. 



THE PARKWAYS. 



Much has been done during the year to improve the park- 

 ways, and yet by reason of the lack of funds for maintenance the 

 results attained were not altogether satisfactory. Early in the 

 year a dry spell, coupled with the breaking of the main which 

 supplied the Ocean Parkway with water for sprinkling purposes, 

 called attention to the exceedingly poor condition of the main 

 driveway. As long as the road could be sprinkled, its defects 



