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Council will keep this fact in view, whenever occasion offers to ohtain 

 further space. 



The buildino; is in a good state of repair, but will require pointing 

 early in the next year. It is some compensation for the increased cost 

 of the Electric Light that no painting has been necessary for five years, 

 instead of in alternate years, as formerly. The ordinary expenses of 

 the Gallery have been kept as low as possible, and the only serious 

 item of expenditure has been the erection of a new boiler to replace the 

 one which had been in use for sixteen years. The amount to be asked 

 for from the Council is £37 10s. less than that of last year, and the 

 whole sum represents a rate of about one-fifth of a penny for the year. 



The Coirimittee have again the pleasure of acknowledging the 

 assiduity and tact that the Curator, Mr. Crowtlier, displays in carrying 

 on the work entrusted to him by the Committee. 



On behalf of the Committee, 



WILLIAM BEMRUSE, 

 October klGth, 1809. Chairman. 



