THE PARKS OF SYDNEY; some of the problems 

 OF CONTROL and management. 



By J. H. Maiden, 



Director of Botanic Gardens and Domains, Sydney; Officer- 



in-Oharge of the Centennial Park. 



[Bead before the Royal Society of N. 8. Wales, June 4, 1902.2 



I. General questions : page 



a. Introductory 1 



6. Sydney Parks, — how vested and controlled ... ... 2 



c. Sydney Parks, — Statistics 7 



d. Park lands should be inalienable 16 



II. Police and traffic regulation. 



a. Police 17 



b. Traffic regulation 18 



III. Roads and paths ; fences ; seats, etc. 



a. Roads and paths 19 



6. Fences 20 



IV. Plantations ; gras3, etc. 



a. Plantations 23 



b. Grass ... 26 



c. Depasturing of Stock 26 



V. Buildings etc., in and abutting on Parks. 



a. Buildings 27 



6. Wharves 30 



VI. Special public requirements : — 



a. Necessities — 32 



1. Lighting 32 



2. Sanitation 33 



3. Water-supply 34 



4. Public-baths and boat-sheds 35 



5. Refreshments 36 



b. Luxuries 37 



1. Games, etc. ... 37 



2. Music 39 



3. Statuary 40 



I. General Questions. 

 a. Introductory.— Webster says a park is " a piece of 



ground, in or near a city or town, enclosed and kept for 

 ornament and recreation.' ' This is a condensed dictionary 



A— June 4, 1902. 



