Corporation Park, Blackburn
Cost
The full cost to the borough as reported in the Blackburn Weekly Times on 24 October 1857 are as follows. All figures are in pounds, shillings and pence.

Corporation Park, Blackburn

Section Title: Cost
Table Section Text: The full cost to the borough as reported in the Blackburn Weekly Times on 24 October 1857 are as follows. All figures are in pounds, shillings and pence.

Aspect	£	s.	d.

Area of the park, full 50 acres (200,000 m2) at £65 per acre	3257	6	3

Interest to 5 July 1856, £172 1s. 1d; compensation to adjoining landowners £77 4s. 11d.	249	6	0

Boundary walls	1583	7	6

Making roads	4480	17	1

Park entrance	831	15	6

Gardeners, masons, flaggers, paviers, manual and team labour	2402	4	2

Inspectors	147	14	0

Surveying	80	8	9

Palisading	727	16	6

Railing and fencing for roads	28	6	3

Materials	143	13	7

Rent and taxes	48	7	3

Legal expenses and stamps	32	8	11

Tools and implements	28	8	1

Conveying water	53	12	9

Joiners' work and plumbing	15	15	10

Manure	72	12	7

Seeds, plants, shrubs, seeds, &e	327	18	2

Landscape gardener and superintendent	116	9	0

Manual and team labour this week, say	39	14	10

Total cost to the day of opening, 22nd Oct. 1857	14701	19	7

Deduct from the above outlay the total proceeds of sale of the recreation grounds on the Town's Moor, viz. :-

To the East Lancashire Railway Company	951	6	8

Accumulated interest to April, 1856	491	16	9

To the Blackburn Railway Co.	2070	6	8

Accumulated interest to 1 July 1857	1188	9	6

Total to deduct	4701	19	7

Nett [sic] paid for out of borrowed money	10000	0	0

Sentence(s)

A sum of £4,701, 19 shillings and 7 pence was used towards the sale of Corporation Park on the town's moor.

final_sentence: A sum of £4,701, 19 shillings and 7 pence was used towards the sale of Corporation Park on the town's moor.