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Against this balance several contracts are outstanding, 

 and others in the process of being made, which will absorb 

 the greater portion of this balance. 



Of the $500,000.00 which was appropriated by the Legis- 

 lature for park sites and for permanent improvements in 

 and about Prospect Park, §800,000.00 of this amount was, 

 by a vote of the Commissioners, set aside for the purchase 

 of new parks, and $200,000.00 devoted to permanent im- 

 provements in and about Prospect Park. 



Of the $300,000.00 there has been expended up to this 

 time for the purchase of property known as ' ' Winthrop 

 Park/' $133,678.00. 



From the $200,000.00 for improvements in and about Pros- 

 pect Park, $82,647.80 has been paid up to this time. This 

 amount has been paid on account of contracts made and 

 now outstanding for Entrances at the Park. Lullwater 

 Bridge, Sentry Boxes, laying New Water Main, etc. There 

 yet remain about $44,000.00 to be paid on the completion 

 of these contracts. 



Nearly all the contracts for these improvements have been 

 completed or are just on the point of completion. 



There has been received during the year, for rental of 

 Park privileges, sale of sheep, wool, old iron, etc., the sum 

 of $5,216.68. This amount has been paid to the City 

 Treasurer and credited to Revenue Fund. 



For the sales of 373 lots of the East Side lands, sold May 

 9, 1888, which sold for $388,755.00. $320,939.75 has been 

 received in cash and bond and mortgages. 



There are yet 57 lots unsettled for, which were bought by 

 nine different purchasers. On these lots there is due $67, - 

 815.25, or 90 per cent, of their purchase price. 



There has also been received on account of sales made in 

 1881, $6,052.50 in cash and bond and mortgages, for five lots 

 purchased by three different parties at that time. 



The following details of work done on the different parks, 

 parkways, concourse, etc., have been extracted from a re- 

 port furnished by the Superintendent. 



