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all the Brooklyn parks during the current year. It will be 

 seen that the deficiency in this fund reported last year still 

 exists ; and the Commissioners regret to state that another de- 

 ficiency must of necessity be reported in the coming year, for 

 the reason that the Board of Estimate last Spring, with an ill- 

 advised economy, as the Commissioners think, reduced the 

 appropriation for the maintenance of 1872 to a lower amount 

 than at any former period. The experience of the Commis- 

 missioners, in managing the city parks, has taught them that 

 all former estimates for their maintenance have been too low, 

 and they trust that future appropriations for this purpose will 

 be of a more liberal character, such as will enable them to 

 maintain the parks in a manner corresponding with their dig- 

 nity and importance. 



Dated January 1st, 1872. 



J. S. T. STEANAHAN, 



President. 



J. H. PEENTICE, 



Secretary. 



JOHN K TAYLOE, 



Comptroller. 



