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Culyer, have been used, both operating in a more rapid and econom- 

 ical way than those so extensively employed in Paris. With one of 

 these, trees weighing with the balls of earth attached fourteen tons, 

 and measuring between four and five feet in circumference, have 

 been moved. The whole number of trees weighing upwards of one 

 ton, and measuring more than one foot in circumference, which have 

 been thus far moved, is six hundred. It is too soon to express 

 entire confidence of permanent success, but from the experience 

 of a single summer of rather trying character, the result prom- 

 ises to be satisfactory and highly creditable to Mr. Bullard, the 

 park inspector, who continues the immediate management of the 

 planting. 



The Meadowport and Nethermead arches have been completed, 

 and the Lullwood bridge, constructed of oak on stone abutments, 

 has been carried across an arm of the lake. These works have 

 been under the immediate charge of Mr. E. C. Miller, assistant 

 architect. 



A building has been constructed on the parade ground, which has 

 been designed to provide rooms for the use of the military, with 

 apartments for a janitor, and to furnish in addition a partially en- 

 closed shelter for the accommodation of the general public. This 

 structure has been placed at the top of a gentle slope, which has been 

 artificially constructed at the western extremity of the parade ground 

 for the purposes set forth in the explanation of the design, which 

 was included in our special report on the subject submitted for 

 the consideration of the board prior to the commencement of 

 operations. 



The Dairy is now complete, so far as the main structure is con- 

 cerned, and is ready for occupation. The need which this building 

 is designed to serve can be met under very advantageous circum- 

 stances in the Brooklyn Park, and is of a different character alto- 

 gether to that which will be responded to in the Refectory, which is 

 the next building of importance that should be proceeded with. The 

 latter building is intended to occupy a conspicuously prominent 

 position in the immediate vicinity of the Breeze Hill carriage con- 

 course, the Lookout Hill, the Lake shore, and the Nethermead, which 

 is a stretch of greensward in the heart of the park. The Refec- 

 tory is proposed to be a house of entertainment on a liberal 

 scale, agreeably situated so far as outlook is concerned, but 

 with no more suggestion of privacy or retirement than would be 

 found in a suburban hotel. The Dairy, on the other hand, is 

 intended to meet the same physical need for refreshment, but it 



