Among the small houses referred to, quite a large number 

 are occupied by mere trespassers on the land, who are being 

 quietly removed, and very soon the entire premises will 

 have been cleared of all objectionable features, and fully 

 prepared for the entrance of the landscape gardener. 



But notwithstanding the action of the Board has been 

 thus limited, the subject of improvement has occupied 

 much of its attention, and the Board will be prepared to 

 adopt a general plan of improvement as soon as circum- 

 stances will permit. One of the prominent features of any 

 plan that may be adopted, must necessarily be a suitable 

 approach to the main entrance, which the Board hope to 

 render especially attractive. The subject of approaches is 

 of much more importance than has been generally supposed, 

 and if left unstudied now, might require to be settled at 

 some future time at great expense. The Board is studious 

 to avoid difficulties that have occurred in London and 

 Paris, and other Continental cities, where costly improve- 

 ments have been frequently destroyed in order to give 

 place to tardily conqn'ehended improvements, which a more 

 prudent foresight could have easily and cheaply arranged 

 at the outset. The Board has deemed this matter of suf- 

 ficient importance to make application to the Legislature 

 for permission to take in several additional acres of land on 

 the westerly side of Flatbush avenue, near its junction with 

 the Ninth avenue, for the purpose of giving a more elegant 

 and symmetrical approach to this entrance, than can now 

 be procured from the present contracted and angular 

 arrangement of those avenues. 



No expense has been incurred during the past year, ex- 

 cept for legal advice, and for the employment of a Park 

 Keeper during a portion of the time. 



In conclusion, the Board assures the Common Council, 

 that no effort shall be wanting on its part to make Prospect 



