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ground, than to our knowledge lias been attempted elsewhere on the con- 

 tinent. Two trucks of original design prepared by Mr. Culyer have been 

 used, both operating in a more rapid and economical way than those so 

 extensively employed in Paris. With one of these, trees weighing with 

 the balls of earth attached fourteen tons, and measuring between four 

 and five feet in circumference have been moved. The whole number of 

 trees weighing upwards of one ton and measuring more than one foot 

 in circumference, which have been thus far moved, is six hundred. It 

 is too soon to express entire confidence of permanent success, but from 

 the experience of a single summer of rather trying character, the result 

 promises to be satisfactory and highly creditable to Mr. Bullard, the 

 Park Inspector, who continues the immediate management of the 

 planting. 



The Meadow port and Xethermead arches have been completed, and 

 the Lullwood Bridge, constructed of oak on stone abutments, has been 

 carried across an arm of the lake. These works have been under the 

 immediate charge of Mr. E. C. Miller, Assistant Architect. 



A building has been constructed on the Parade Ground which has 

 been designed to provide rooms for the use of the military, with apart- 

 ments for a janitor, and to furnish in addition a partially enclosed shel- 

 ter for the accommodation of the general public, This structure has 

 been placed at the top of a gentle slope which has been artificially con- 

 structed at the western extremity of the Parade Ground for the purpo- 

 ses set forth in the explanation of the design which was included in 

 our special report on the subject submitted for the consideration of the 

 Board prior to the commencement of operations. 



The Dairy is now complete so far as the main structure is concerned, 

 and is ready for occupation. The need which this buildingis designed to 

 serve can be met under very advantageous circumstances in the Brook- 

 lyn Park, and is of a different character altogether to that which will 

 be responded to in the Refectory, which is the next building of impor- 

 tance that should be proceeded with. The latter building is intended to 

 occupy a conspicuously prominent position in the immediate vicinity of 

 the Breeze Hill Carriage- Concourse, the Lookout Hill, the Lake Shore, 

 and the Nethermead, which is a stretch of greensward in the heart of 

 the Park. The Refectory is proposed to be a house of entertainment 

 on a liberal scale, agreeably situated so far as outlook is concerned, but 

 with no more suggestion of privacy or retirement than would be found 

 in a suburban hotel. The Dairy, on the other hand, is intended to meet 

 the same physical need for refreshment, but it is designed to be used 



