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sented to the City by the United Singers of Brooklyn. It was a 

 prize won by them at a National Saengerfest beld in Madison 

 Square Garden, New York, in June, 1894. It was accepted on 

 behalf of the City by Mayor Charles A. Schiereu, and by him 

 transferred to the Park Department. Tbe pedestal upon which 

 it was placed was also presented by tbe United Singers. The 

 bust was located in the flower garden, near the Lake. 



During the year seventeen new policemen were added to the 

 force, making a total of one hundred employed. During the Sum- 

 mer months they were uniformed in gray, which made them dis- 

 tinctive from the City police, and thereby added to their useful- 

 ness for Park duty as well as to their appearance. 



The Legislature, at its last session, passed a bill appropriating 

 fifty thousand dollars for the grading of the East Side Lauds. 

 This work will be shortly commenced. 



THE PARK FINANCES. 



During the past year, with the aid of the Corporation Counsel 

 and the Registrar of Arrears, the long-mooted question of the 

 ownership of the East Side Lands bas beeu settled, and in the 

 neighborhood of eighty tbousaud dollars have been collected from 

 (It'linquent purchasers of the property that was sold at auction in 

 1881 and 1888. This money has been placed in the City treas- 

 ury, along witb $54,292.54, collected from the purchasers by the 

 Park Department, and $18,000.00 collected by tbe Department 

 for Park privileges, making a total of $152,292.54. 



Tbe Financial Statement shows that there has been expended 

 for maintenance, $441,271.70, leaving a balance of $33,724.12, 

 divided into the following amounts: Supplies, $3,053.14; police, 

 15,414.64; labor and salaries, $1,227.20; music, $983.55 ; clean- 

 ing Lake, $3,707.45; Ocean Parkway, $747.53; City Hall Park, 

 $555.28; repairs to buildings, $1,049.07; boat house and skating 

 shelter, 153.41; Twelfth Ward Park, $1,183.71; Winthrop 

 Park, $371.74; Bushwick Park, $4,178.54; new lily pond and 



