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force during the several months <>1 the year, together with a compara- 

 tive table for preceding corresponding years.* 



STATEMENT SHOWING THE AVERAGE NUMBER OF EMPLOYED FORCE 

 FOR THE MONTHS AN]) YEARS NOTED. 



Year. 



Jan. 



Feb. 



March 



Apr. 



May 



June. 



July. 



Aug. 



Sept. 



Oct. 



Nov. 



Dec. 



1866 



* Active operations commenced 

 on the Park in the latter part of 

 the month of June, 1866. 



300 



325 



450 



550 



620 



700 



725 



1867 



700 



630 



410 



800 



1000 



1150 



1200 



1525 



1750 



1825 



1800 



1100 



1868 



944 



812 



508 



1215 



1047 



1189 



1095 



1090 



1116 



1118 



1167 



912 



There were two hundred and ninety-seven days, during which the 

 main part of the force was employed. The largest number of men em- 

 ployed at any one time was in the month of April, viz : — 1,392 as 

 against 1,840 for the preceding year. 



The statements of force are made up from observations of the 

 actual number of men at work daily, throughout the year, mi the 

 Park. 



The improvement of Fort Greene Park was begun June 1st, 18(38, 

 with a force consisting of two gangs. About the 1st of August another 

 gang was added, and work continued thus till the close of the season, 

 giving employment to an average of 120 men. There were 175 work- 

 ing days from June 1st to December 31st. 



ORGANIZATION. 



The form of organization remains as previously reported. Changes 

 are of frequent occurrence, consequent upon the devolpment of inca- 

 pacity to discharge the duties required, on the part of men who have 

 sought employment either as foremen, assistants or laborers. It has 

 been made the duty of Engineers of Division and the General Fore- 

 men to establish, wherever classes of work admit of it, standards for 

 comparing day's works with the view to derive the largest amount of 

 labor from men receiving a given amount of wages, and the standards 

 thus established have resulted profitably. The force of stone-cutters, 



