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preserved, if timely application is made at the keeper's station. 

 Tables and seats are provided without charge. At the purveyor's 

 counter, in the public room of the dairy cottage, hoops, balls and 

 mallets for croquet parties ; buckets-, baskets, and table furniture 

 Will be loaned at a small charge on deposit' of their value. Families 

 or parties bringing their own tea can obtain pots and boiling water 

 at the cottage. Cold beef, ham, tongue, sandwiches, and other pro- 

 visions will be supplied by the purveyor when ordered in advance. 

 The purveyor will also furnish at all times. 



To be taken out for In the cottage, psr 



Pic-nics. plate or portion. 



Price. Price. 



Bread 10 cts. per loaf. 



Bread, thin slices, buttered .... 25 cts. " 



Bread and butter 10 cts. 



Butter 50 cts. per lb. 



Cheese 40 cts. " .... 5 cts. 



Milk 14 cts. per quart .... 5 cts. 



" warm from the cow 10 cts. 



Ice cream 50 cts. per quart .... 15 cts. 



Custard, per cup 10 cts. 



Ice 1 ct. per lb. 



Tea or coffee 12 cts. per quart pot. 



" G cts. " pint " 



" " 5 cts. 



Lump sugar 20 cts. per lb. 



Sardines 25 cts. per box .... 10 cts. 



Pickled oysters $2 per hundred .... 20 cts. 



" Biscuits, crackers, cracknells, maccaroons, ladies' fingers, 

 almonds, raisins, figs, prunes, etc., at usual grocers' and confectioners' 

 charges." 



In the month of June, seven cows were purchased by the Com- 

 mission, and pastured upon the meadows during the summer. The 

 milk was supplied to the purveyor at the dairy cottage. In this way 

 11,000 quarts of milk were disposed of by the glass, or in larger 

 quantities, to pic-nic parties, or family gatherings, for which purpose 

 the grounds in the vicinity of the dairy cottage were a favorite resort 

 during the summer. At the date of the last report the stable near 

 the dairy cottage was in process of construction by contract. It has 

 since been completed and opened for public use. The upper floor 

 provides a room where baskets, clothing, etc., may be temporarily 

 deposited by pic-nic parties. There is also on this floor a retiring 



