FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT 



COMMISSIONERS OF PROSPECT PARE. 



To the Common CotnsrciL of the City of Brooklyn : 



The Board of Commissioners of Prospect Park respectfully 

 submit to your honorable body their Fifth Annual Report, re- 

 gretting that circumstances beyond their control have interfered 

 with a more ample development of the important object of their 

 appointment, than they are now able to present. 



A former report of the Board intimated to the Common 

 Council that it could not actively enter npon the discharge of 

 its duties until after the report of the Commissioners of Esti- 

 mate and Assessment had been completed. This report was 

 subsequently filed in the office of the county clerk, but before 

 any proceedings could be taken for its confirmation, it was 

 deemed necessary to suspend further action until an application 

 could be made to the Legislature to correct some informalities 

 in the act, relating particularly to the manner of compensating 

 the Commissioners of Estimate and Assessment for their services 

 and expenses, so that the final confirmation of their report did 

 not take place until October, 1864. 



The lands embraced in the report extend over a space of 

 nearly three hundred and twenty acres, and the compensation 

 awarded therefor amounts to one million, three hundred and 

 fifty-seven thousand six hundred and six dollars. 



Measures were promptly taken by his Honor the Mayor, and 

 by the Comptroller, to raise the money required for the payment 

 of these awards, and payments began to be made in the month 

 of December following. 



