REPORT 



ENGINEER OF THE BROOKLYN PARKS. 



January 1st, 1872. 

 Messrs. Olmsted, Yaux & Co., 



Gentlemen — I submit herewith a Report of operations and prog- 

 ress of work, under the charge of the Brooklyn Park Commissioners, 

 for the year ending December 31st, 1871, together with the usual 

 tabular statistics, inventories, &c, for the same period. 



The season was a very favorable one for work, although the 

 aggregate rainfall for the year was 50. G7 inches, which was nearly 

 1*2 inches in excess of the average for ten years past. This large 

 rainfall was delivered in gentle showers throughout an extended 

 period, with the exception of two very heavy storms occurring 

 respectively on Saturday, July 15th, and Thursday, August 24th,* 

 neither of which occasioned any considerable damage or interfered 

 with the progress of the work. 



An absence of rain for several weeks in the early spring 

 threatened serious results to vegetation, but this drouth was after- 

 wards followed by rain at such frequent intervals as to superinduce 

 and maintain a very luxuriant growth throughout the season, and 

 also to render the work of removing and transplanting large quan- 

 tities of material a comparatively simple matter. 



* This storm lasted 2 hours and 11 minutes, with a fall of 2.55 inches, 

 and on Thursday, August 24th, 47 hours and 17 minutes, with a fall of 4.32 

 inches. 



