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and other instruments necessary for the use of a large force, 

 come next in importance. The trees, manures, water, and 

 drainage pipe, with the Belgian and other pavements, seem to 

 be large items, but they are no part of the current expenses, 

 and as soon as the stock shall have been completed, need not 

 be repeated. 



In the consideration of the expenditures of the year, it 

 should not be forgotten that the price of labor and material has 

 been very largely increased within a short time ; that a consid- 

 erable portion of the outlay was for the tools and machinery 

 required to set large forces in motion, many of them of an ex- 

 pensive and permanent character ; that long lines of drainage 

 and water pipe were to be buried out of sight, to secure the 

 removal of unwholesome moisture, and the proper distribution 

 of water ; and that large supplies of trees for the nurseries of fer- 

 tilizers for the ground, of brick, stone, lime, and cement, for the 

 bridges and culverts, of iron and steel for the construction and 

 repair of tools and machinery, of timber and hardware, of hy- 

 drants and of castings, with an immense variety of other materials 

 and supplies, must be kept in store for future, as well as for 

 immediate use. The Commissioners believe that the large 

 preliminary outlay which has been made will prove to be good 

 economy, and will admit of the continued employment of as 

 large a force of men as heretofore, capable of producing much 

 larger results in the coming year, at a greatly diminished ex- 

 pense. 



In October last carriages were admitted to a portion of the 

 main eastern drive, which had just then been finished, and 

 visitors have thronged the grounds since that time. From the 

 visitors' register kept on the park, it appears that no less than 

 24,748 single horse carriages, 17,341 two horse vehicles, 9,766 

 equestrians, and 52,242 pedestrians have passed into the park 

 within the period of a little over two months last past. So 

 large a number of visitors at this early stage of our enterprise, 

 the genuine pleasure manifested in the appearance of all, and the 

 quiet and orderly behaviour exhibited by the miscellaneous mul- 

 titude who throng the park " from early dawn to dewy eve," 

 show unmistakably, not only how welcome all such breath- 

 ing spots are to our pent-up population, but also their decidedly 

 educational tendency, as well aesthetically as by the suggestion 



