DEPARTMENT OF PARES. V 



There was also received within the last two weeks of the 

 year $21,342 on account second payment of twenty per cent, 

 which was deposited in the Franklin Trust Co. 



The conveyances for this property are now ready for delivery 

 and the purchasers have been notified to call for their 

 deeds. 



There was received from the sale of privileges for purveying, 

 boating, carriage service, etc., $4,543.80. 



For the first time money derived from these sources was 

 paid into the City Treasury and placed to the credit of the 

 Revenue Fund. 



That portion of Plaza street, from Flatbush avenue to Union 

 street was filled in and the ground shaped and rounded up 

 without expense to the cit} T . It was graded and curbed and a 

 coating of crushed limestone was placed on it and the street 

 put in suitable shape for the driving public. 



There were used on the drives of the park and parkways 

 3,261 cubic yards of crushed limestone and 694 cubic yards of 

 Roa Hook gravel. 



Three hundred shade trees were purchased and planted on 

 the Ocean Parkway and on other portions of the park 

 property. 



Fifteen hundred flowering shrubs were purchased and 

 placed in plantations for use of the park. 



The number of men on the police force of the park averaged 

 fifty-eight for the last 3'ear, seventy-three being the highest 

 and forty-four the lowest number employed at any one time. 



On the anniversary of the Sunday School Union, a large 

 number of children paraded in the park, although the day was 

 stormy. 



The decoration of the Lincoln monument took place on the 

 27th of May, and was well attended. 



A large platform scale was purchased and set up near the 

 stable for the purpose of reweighing bulky articles received 

 from dealers. 



