four hundred dollars to be raised for the coining year; 

 but it is probable that as the work draws to its comple- 

 tion, the amount required for this purpose will, at no 



time, be much less than the full sum authorized to be 

 expended. The subject of defraying these expenses will 

 necessarily engage the attention of the Commissioners 

 as the work passes on from construction to maintenance; 

 and they will endeavor, from time to time, to develop 

 such sources of revenue as may lie found incidental to 

 the parks themselves. Licenses for the sale of mineral 

 waters and other refreshments; for light and convenient 

 carriages to run upon the drives for hue; for perambu- 

 lators on the walks, and for boats on the lakes, and the 

 like, may all be made conducive to the interest of the 

 city, by relieving it of a portion of the cost of mainten- 

 ance, without infringing, to any extent, upon the privi- 

 leges of the public in the use oi the parks. 



The same act embraces a revision of the powers and 

 duties of the Commission, which are extended, in some 

 respects, beyond the scope of the original law under 

 which they have heretofore acted, and, in connection with 

 the other act just referred to, has much increased their 

 duties and responsibilities. Among other things, it 

 confers upon the Board authority to perfect the boundar- 

 ies of Prospect Park along the Ninth Avenue, which had 

 an unsightly extension jutting out into the avenue 

 opposite the park, near the main entrance; and also along 

 Fifteenth street, which was laid down in a curve line, to 

 correspond with the park boundary, until it reached the 

 Coney Island road, and Avhich required adjustment. 

 These two operations seemed necessarily connected with 

 the improvement of this park; and the Board was 

 therefore, directed to institute the legal proceedings 

 required for their accomplishment. The Commissioners 

 of Estimate and Assessment, who were appointed by 



