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and these subjects will, on examination, be found to be of an extent 

 and diversity seldom combined in one undertaking. 



PROGRESS OF CONSTRUCTION. 



During the year the whole area of the Plaza has been brought to the 

 established sub-grade, and nearly one-half has been paved with stone 

 block pavement. The Plaza walks have been constructed, but are not 

 yet paved. Trees have been set ont along the line of the interior 

 walks. The mounds have been finished, seeded and planted. 



The exterior slopes of the Park have been formed along Flatbush 

 Avenue, from the Plaza to the end of the Deer-Paddock, and along 

 Ninth Avenue, from the Plaza to the vicinity of First Street — in all, a 

 length of about 4,200 feet. 



The north open ground has been completed and seeded as far as the 

 line of First Street, and the ground has been worked considerably 

 farther into the Park, but is not yet finished. 



The ground in the woodland, in the vicinity of the East Wood 

 Lanes, has been worked over and seeded. About 1^- miles of the East- 

 ern branch of the main Circuit Drive have been paved. The finished 

 drive commences near the main entrance, and, passing between the 

 North-open and the Childrens' Play Grounds, continues through the 

 Battle Pass, and along the Deer Paddock. Branching at the East 

 Wood Lanes, it extends, on the left, to the upper arm of the Lake, now 

 prepared for skating, and on the right to a temporary junction with the 

 Coney Island Road. 



The lines and grades have been established, and considerable work 

 done upon the Brier Hill extension of this drive, through and beyond 

 the Carriage Concourse, to the point where it will cross the proposed 

 bridge over the arm of the Lake. Some work has also been done upon 

 this drive beyond the location of the bridge. The Brier Hill con- 

 course, as enlarged, has been finished, and is ready for paving. The 

 drive connecting the main circuit with Flatbush Avenue at the Wil- 

 link Entrance, has been graded, but has not yet received the road 

 metal. 



A portion of the lower Carriage Concourse, and the whole of the 

 great Pedestrian Concourse have been graded, the material obtained 

 from the lake excavations being used for this purpose. These graded 

 surfaces have been, made serviceable as places of deposit for stone, toj> 

 soil, and other material, hereafter to be used in that vicinity. 



The grading of the eastern Bridle Road has been extended through 

 the woodland and ravine, to the point where, with the stream and 





