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£be IReport of tbe Superintendent of tbe 

 Hrt (Bailey ant) antiquities 



PREPARATORY WORK. 



On October the 19th, 1904, the Superintendent 

 commenced his duties at the Art Gallery. All the cases 

 and exhibits pertaining to the Antiquities and Art were 

 transferred from the Natural History Museum, and 

 arranged in their various departments, the rooms on the 

 Ground Floor being appropriated as follows: — I. General 

 Antiquities ; II. Ethnology ; III. Industrial Art ; IV. 

 Bristol Antiquities. 



The removal and replacement of the numerous 

 specimens, including the statuary now placed around 

 the Central Hall, was a work of great labour and 

 responsibility, but the whole was accomplished without 

 accident by the Art Gallery staff. The floor cases and 

 C-cases which formerly contained the antiquities, &c, 

 were again brought into use, and these being now 

 insufficient, a large number of new cases were provided. 

 The smaller objects and manuscripts were effectively 

 arranged in a series of table-cases specially designed. 

 Many objects which could not formerly be shown now 

 came into prominence, and the advantage of being able 

 to systematically arrange the different objects, at once 

 became apparent It will be realised that the complete 

 rearrangement of the specimens will be a work of time, 

 dependent on the provision of further cases, and the 

 performance of other pressing duties. 



Simultaneously, arrangements were made in the 

 five Galleries, for the Inaugural Loan Exhibition of 

 pictures, the whole of which were collected, hung, and 





