REPORT 



Department of Parks 



Department of Parks, ) 



Room 12, City Hall, V 



Brookly?^, January, 1891. ) 



To the Honorable the Common Council: 



Geis^tlemen : 



In compliance witli the terms of tlie Charter, the Com- 

 missioners of the Department of Parks hereby furnish 

 your Honoral^le Body with a full report of their proceedings 

 for the year 1890, embracing a detailed statement of their 

 receipts and expenditures for that time. 



The Commissioners of the Department of Parks would 

 respectfully report that the Board of Estimate appro- 

 priated for the year 1890 $899,810 for Public Parks 

 and Parkways, and $10,000 for Coney Island Con- 

 course and Parade Ground. These amounts, together 

 with $120,294.05 for balances over from 1888 and 1889, 

 made the amount available for Pa];lv purposes for 1890 

 $530,104.05. Of this amount there have been exjDended 

 during the year 1890, $389,085.26, leaving a balance of 

 $141,018.79. Against a portion of this there are contracts 

 outstandino-. 



