REPORT 



Brooklyn Park Commissioners. 



To the Honorable the Mayor of the City of Brooklyn : 



Sir: 



The Brooklyn Park .Commissioners beg leave to submit 

 herewith their annual report for the year 1885. 



The accompanying financial statements represent the several 

 amounts of money which were appropriated for their use dur- 

 ing the year, together with the details of its expenditure. 



The report of the Chief Engineer and Superintendent fur- 

 nishes the details of the work, together with such other infor- 

 mation pertaining to the parks, &c, as is likely to prove of 

 interest to the public. 



The Commissioners have observed with satisfaction the 

 increasing interest in the parks and of their appreciable influ- 

 ence upon the value of the city at large. It is not without solici- 

 tude, however, that they have sought to administer the duties 

 imposed upon them by law with the means which, from careful 

 observation, they believe to be inadequate for the requirements 

 of the work. 



In this connection the Commissioners submit for your infor- 

 mation a series of estimates which have been prepared by the 



