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but does not interfere with additional or other punishment, for 

 offences committed on the Park, in violation of municipal or 

 State laws. 



Late on the evening of the 4th of December, a fire broke out in 

 the engineer's office, near the entrance to the Park, which, owing 

 to the prevalence of a gale of wind blowing at the time, and to the 

 difficulty experienced by the fire department of the city in pro- 

 curing a sufficient supply of water in that remote district, quickly 

 destroyed the entire premises. The cause of the fire was quite 

 accidental, but the activity and energy of the engineer in charge 

 and his associates, preserved all the working plans, field notes and 

 valuable papers, including the returns of time and accounts kept 

 with the laborers, which had been deposited in the iron safe. The 

 pecuniary loss amounted to about six thousand dollars, but no 

 interruption to the progress of the work was occasioned by the fire. 



A financial statement of all the receipts and expenditures of the 

 Commission during the past year Mill be found annexed to this 

 report, showing the whole outlay, during that time, to have been, 

 one hundred and ninety-five thousand seven hundred and one 

 dollars and ten cents. 



The whole is respectfully submitted. 



DatedJanuanj 2Glh, 1867. 



WALTER S. GRIFFITH, 



Secretary. 



J. S. T. STRANAHAN, 



President. 



