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The building is in a good state of repair, and the Committee are 

 glad to report, that while their receipts have been higher, their ex- 

 penses have been less, and consequently they have to ask the Council 

 for a less sum than in any year since 1891. The total cost of the 

 Institution to the town during the past year would be represented by 

 a rate of rather less than one-sixth of a penny in the pound. The 

 Committee are quite sure that the Council will consider this result a 

 satisfactory one, and in conclusion beg to assure the Council that they 

 will continue to use their best efforts to secure for the Art Gallery 

 an even higher degree of eflhciency and usefulness. 



This Report would be incomplete without an acknowledgment of 

 the excellent work done by the Curator, Mr. Crowther ; to whose 

 zeal, tact, and good management much of the success of the Gallery 

 is due. 



On behalf of the Committee, 



WILLIAM BEMROSE, 

 Art Galhry, Oct. 81sf, 1901. Chainnan. 



