REPORT 



Jaxuaey 1, 1881. 

 To the Honorable the Common Council of the City of Brooklyn : 



Gentlemen : 



Owing to the small amount of money placed at their disposal 

 for all purposes, the Park Commissioners have been restricted 

 in their operations during the past year (with the exception of 

 very little special work ) to the ordinary maintenance of the sev- 

 eral parks of the city, and the outlying parkways and other 

 improvements under their charge. 



With this Report, there will be found appended a statement 

 of receipts and expenditures for the year, together with such 

 statistics of work accomplished, force employed, etc., as are 

 usually submitted for the consideration of Your Honorable 

 Body. A leading feature of work, during the year, was the re- 

 pairs made to the concreted walks of the Park, which the Commis- 

 sioners were enabled to do by your aid and that of the Legisla- 

 ture. This work comprises, in part, the resurfacing and repairing 

 with bituminous concrete, of such portions of the principal walks 

 as were most needed, and which were calculated to contribute 

 more largely to the convenience of visitors. Over four thou- 



