REPORT 



OF THE 



Department of Parks 



ROJR 1893. 



Office of the Department of Parks, ) 



Boom 4, City Hall, > 



Brooklyn, January 31st, 1894. ) 



To the Honorable the Common Council: 

 Gentlemen : — 



I herewith furnish your Honorable Body with a full report 

 of the proceedings of this Department for the year 1893, 

 embracing a detailed statement of receipts and expenditures 

 for that time. 



The Commissioner of the Department of Parks would re- 

 spectfully report that the Board of Estimate appropriated for 

 the year 1893, $384,510.00 for maintenance of public parks 

 and parkways. This amount, together with $130,053.27 for 

 balauces over from 1890 to 1892, inclusive, and $19,413.62, 

 the balance in " Park Site Improvement Fund," made the 

 amount available for park purposes for 1893, $533,976.89. Of 

 this amount there has been expended during the year $436,- 

 308.47, leaving a balance, inclusive of the amount remaining 

 in the " Park Site Improvement Fund," of $97,668.42, 



The above balance is subject to a deduction of $24,250.00, 

 that amount having been taken from the unexpended bal- 



