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pect Park and City Hall Park. Repairing old settees 

 and making five hundred new settees at the Department 

 Work shops. 



The "Litchfield Mansion," Greenhouses, Stables, Barn 

 and Railings at Farm House, railings of Tompkins and 

 Carroll Parks, Gates at Fort Greene, Rolling Stock and 

 Settees have all been painted, with numerous signs painted 

 and lettered. 



CITY PARK. 



The remaining walks inside City Park not asphalted 

 have been laid with Trinidad Asphalt, and the outside 

 walks around the park have been laid with Rock Asphalt 

 and the curbs and gutters repaired. 



From the sum of five hundred thousand dollars that 

 had heretofore been appropriated for permanent improve- 

 ment of Prospect Park, by Act of the Legislature, $134,- 

 145.85 was spent in the purchase of Winthrop Park in the 

 17th ward and $105,308.25 for Bush wick Park in the 

 18th ward and a considerable amount for permanent 

 improvements in Prospect Park, leaving a balance of 

 861,123.75 at the beginning of the year, which in February 

 was transferred to the Park Site Improvement Fund, 

 which, with the balance already in that Fund, 

 amounted to 889,652.80 available for this special purpose. 

 From this amount there has been expended during the year 

 $39,971.18, nearly all of which was used on and about 

 Breeze Hill Bridge and extension of road along the Lake. 

 The balance remaining in this Fund is $49,681.62. 



In April of this year the Legislature passed a law authoriz- 

 ing the sale of Bonds to the extent of nearly 8500,000, the pro- 

 ceeds to be applied to the purchase of lands for small parks 

 (see chapter 246). Under the law, two requisitions have been 

 made on the Comptroller during the year, one on Jury 30, 

 1891, for $184,000, which was expended for a part of the 

 land required for Park on Ridgewood Heights, and one on 

 December 24,1891, for $165,000, of which $164,603.65 was 



