12 REPORT OF THE 



To proceeds of sales of easl side lands $2r>.'_>2'.i I'.t 



To park revenue 534 06 



To county appropriations 3,832 97 



An examination of the first account having been made, the 

 exact amount applicable thereto was determined. Cash book 

 items in June, 188 k 2, furnished the second amount. The balance, 

 or third item, necessarily belonged to county appropriations, 

 subject, however, to a further examination for the outstanding 

 checks, to be deducted therefrom. 



Having arrived at this conclusion I at once notified the Park 

 Commissioners that they might be enabled to place the amounts 

 to their proper credits, and thereupon proceeded with the 

 examination of the financial affairs in connection with the Park 

 Commissioners in order to ascertain the proper amount which 

 should be to the credit of the Commission on the 17th of June, 

 1882. 



The careless manner in which the accounts of the office have 

 been kept necessitated a recourse in all instances to the books 

 of original entry, such as cash books, check and bank books 

 and books of the Comptroller and County Treasurer, the absence 

 of numerous entries in the proper books making this method 

 absolutely necessary, and as being the only source from which 

 I could derive any information. 



Considering the period of time covered by the examination — 

 nearly eighteen years — and as it has been supplementary to, 

 and interfered with my other duties, I have been pressed for 

 time in the prosecution of this work, and am compelled to, and 

 herewith present, the results of a preliminary examination in 

 tabular form, of which the following is a resume. 



Total receipts from January, 1865, to June 17, 1882 $8,439,975 83 



Total payments " " " " 8.402,212 44 



Balance $37,763 39 



Balance in bank, June 17, 1882 $29,596 52 



Less outstanding checks '2,137 55 $27,158 '.'7 



Unaccounted for $10,(104 42 



