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the redemption of them at the expiration of that period a small 

 matter. A sinking fund for the redemption of the bonds could 

 be provided for if thought necessary. 



The estimate of the cost of taking the lands necessary to con- 

 stitute such reservation, based upon the assessed valuation of the 

 same, is $1,650,000. 



The Commission cannot close its report without expressing its 

 very high appreciation of the interest expressed in its work and 

 the hearty co-operation and assistance received from the officials 

 of the New York Central & Hudson River Eailroad Company, the 

 New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company, the city 

 authorities of the City of New York and the various cities and 

 towns along the line of the river, from the authorities of the New 

 York Botanical Gardens and the New York Zoological Society, the 

 Board of Water Supply of the City of New York, and the Bronx 

 Valley Sewer Commission, to whom the Commission is especially 

 grateful for maps, surveys, and general information supplied, which 

 have greatly lessened the labors of the Commission and without 

 which the Commission would have been put to great expense. 



All of which is respectfully submitted. 



Madison Grant, Chairman. 

 James G. Cannon, 

 Dave H. Mokeis, 



Commissioners. 

 December 21, 1906. 



