Excerpt from Ninth Annual Report of the Commissioners of the State Reservation at Niagara: For the Fiscal Year, From October 1, 1891, to September 30, 1892 To the Honorable the Legislature of the State of Neio York: The Commissioners of the State Reservation at Niagara, as required by law, submit their report for the fiscal year begun October 1, 1891, and ended September 30, 1892, being their ninth annual report. The appearance of the Reservation, now that seven years have elapsed since it was opened to the public, is such as to justify the commissioners in congratulating the Legislature and the State upon the wisdom of making the shore and islands of the Niagara river free to all mankind forever. An observant visitor who had witnessed the condition of the Reservation in the summer of 1885 could not fail to be impressed by the great change and improvement that have since been wrought. The transformation is more noteworthy when the very limited amount of money that the commissioners have had at their disposal is taken into consideration. In only one year since 1887 has the annual appropriation for care and maintenance been more than $20,000. In 1889 the amount was increased to $25,000. Thrice only has the Legislature responded to the request of the commissioners for a special appropriation for the work of restoration and permanent improvement, as distinguished from that of care and maintenance, and in each instance the amount obtained was but $15,000. The annual appropriation for maintenance is mainly expended in the payment of salaries, which amount to $4,000, in the wages of laborers and in making necessary repairs upon the roads. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.