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be destroyed, and the money expended on the park largely 

 thrown away if an area be excised or the park cut into two. 

 New conditions thus arise and he has to prepare new plans 

 with the view of meeting the changed conditions. And 

 while he is progressing in this matter there is no guarantee 

 that a fresh interference with the park may not again destroy 

 what has been done. Again, trees which are planted for 

 shade and sylvan effect, or simply to hide unsightly views 

 or objects are of slow growth. Suppose a farmer were to 

 cultivate a twenty-acre paddock; if two acres of this 

 be resumed, in most cases the result is that his operations 

 continue on the smaller area just as they did on the larger, 

 the only difference being that his work and crop are alike 

 reduced ten per cent. But the matter is usually totally 

 different in treating a landscape. The resumed area may 

 become an eyesore to the main portion, distinctly injuring 

 it from an aesthetic point of view. And in a park aesthetic 

 considerations come only second to hygienic ones. 



Mr. John Barlow, President of the Institute of Architects 

 of New South Wales, has in his official position made 

 numerous protests against any diminution of the area of 

 public parks by the introduction of anything which will 

 damage them from an aesthetic point of view. His remarks 

 have been warmly applauded by his confreres, all trained 

 lovers of art, and our Government Architect, Mr. W. L. 

 Vernon, has always lent the weight of his influence to 

 improve our public parks along right lines. 



II. Police and Traffic Regulation. 

 a. Police. — In my opinion the rangers or bailiffs of all 

 public parks should be members of the State police-force, 

 and under the control of the Inspector-General of Police. 

 With such an arranagement the rangers would be under 

 suitable discipline, and they would be all trained men, for 

 a policeman is a product of long and careful training. They 



B-June4, 1902. 



