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The financial statement of the Board for the current 

 year will be found appended to this Report, showing the 

 receipts and expenditures on account of each of the 

 Parks under their charge, as well as on account of the 

 Parade Ground. The amount received from the city for 

 the improvement of Prospect Park, was eight hundred and 

 forty thousand dollars, being the proceeds of sales of 

 seven per cent. City Bonds. From the rents of houses 

 still standing on the Park, with sales of old material, 

 grass, and fire-wood, together with pound receipts and 

 interest on bank balances, there has also been realized 

 the sum of fourteen thousand six hundred and sixty-six 

 dollars. 



The statement further exhibits the entire expenditure 

 of the Commission since its organization upon each of the 

 Parks, and the particular fund chargeable therewith. 

 The total expenditure on occount of Prospect Park for the 

 year, was one million and seventy-eight thousand six 

 hundred and forty-five dollars ; and on account of the 

 other City Parks, ninety-two thousand two hundred and 

 sixty-two dollars. The largest disbursement was of course 

 for labor, amounting to six hundred and seventy -five 

 thousand eight hundred and eighty-nine dollars, a sum, 

 which, wdien compared with the number of men employed, 

 shows that there has as yet, been no reduction in the price 

 of labor. The materials of construction have required an 

 outlay of one hundred and ninety-two thousand one 

 hundred and nineteen dollars ; a large proportion of 

 which, was for stone, brick, lime, and cement, used in the 

 construction of bridges, and the laying of drainage and 

 water pipe. An expenditure of nineteen thousand nine 

 hundred and eighty-seven dollars for trees and shrubs, 

 has much increased the very fine and varied stock of our 

 already extensive Nursery. Fifteen thousand and fifty- 

 five dollars were spent for drain pipe; and the Belgian and 



