DEPARTMENT OF PARKS. 7 



A new music stand lias been ei'ected, the Shelter House 

 enlarged and improved, and 40,510 square feet of walk re- 

 laid in Washington Park. Winthrop Park has been 

 partially graded and laid out, preparatory to ])lanting and 

 sodding in the spring. 



The main Shelter House at the Coney Island Concourse, 

 which was damaged by the severe storm of last season, 

 has been raised on iron piles and altered, and has thus far 

 withstood all the storms of the season. 



There have been received during the year, for rental of 

 Park privileges, sale of wool, old carpet, etc., $5,541.20. 

 This amount has been paid into the City Treasurer and 

 credited to " Revenue Fund." 



In the last report to your Honorable Body, it was noted 

 that of the sale of the East Side Lands, made in 1888, 57 

 lots were unsettled for. During the year 1890, 24 of these 

 have been taken by the i^urchasers or their assignees, and 

 $19,661.96 were received in cash and bond and mortgage. 

 The cash was deposited in the Franklin Trust Comj^any, 

 and the mortgage deposited in the Comptroller's office. 

 This still leaves 33 lots of the sale of 1888, on which 10 per 

 cent, has been paid, yet unsettled for. 



Below please find a synopsis furnished V)y the Superinten- 

 dent of Parks of the work done by this Department during 

 the year 1890. 



MAINTENANCE. 



The regular maintenance of the Parks and Boulevards 

 consists in caring for drives, walks, bridle-roads, lawns, 

 shrubs, trees, fiower-beds, drainage and general repairs of 

 buildings, fences, etc. 



PRUNING AND CULTIVA TION OF TREES, SHRUBS, ETC. 



The report of last year ended when the work of pruning 



