the public certainly approve what has been done, and 

 the Committee hope the Council also will approve. 

 Perhaps the greatest improvement is that which has^ 

 been effected by throwing the room formerly used for 

 the Subscription Library into the lower room of the 

 Museum. By this means the light from the front of the 

 building has been admitted. This has converted what 

 was once the darkest corner into the brightest spot, and 

 has completely altered the aspect of the whole of the 

 Western side of the ground floor. 



In the respective reports of the Curator and Super- 

 intendent, the numbers of the visitors up to September 

 30th are given. Regarding these totals separately they 

 are striking, but when they are put together, as they 

 well may be, inasmuch as they refer to different parts of 

 the same institution, and are under the one Committee, 

 they are perhaps phenomenal : — 



Attendance at the Natural History Museum 



for the full year was . . . . . . . . 139,441 



Attendance at the Art Gallery for 32 weeks 



only, was 422,533 



Total . . 561,974 



This means that more than one and a half times 

 the entire population of Bristol, have passed through 

 the turnstiles during the above broken period. It is 

 douDtful whether any Provincial Museum and Art 

 Gallery can show a better record, having regard to the 

 number of the population. 



In July of next year the city will be visited by the 

 members of the Museums' Association, and the gathering 

 will include representatives from the great national 



