To the Council of the City and County 

 of Bristol. 



IReport of the Committee. 



HE great event of the year has been the visit of 

 their Majesties the King and Queen to the Art 

 Gallery, on the occasion of their coming to the 

 city to open the Royal Edward Dock at Avonmouth. 

 On that occasion their Majesties and suite, together with 

 a limited number of invited guests, took luncheon in the 

 Bristol Room of the Art Gallery. The Central Hall and 

 the adjacent rooms had been entirely rearranged, under 

 the direction of the Lord Mayor (Sir E. B. James) and 

 with the consent of the Committee. There is every 

 reason to believe that their Majesties were pleased with 

 this part of their reception, as indeed they were with the 

 whole of the preparations for their visit. In connection 

 with such an event much work devolved upon the 

 Superintendent and his staff, first in clearing the 

 exhibition rooms of their contents and then in restoring 

 them to their ordinary condition, and the Committee 

 cannot but appreciate the admirable way in which all 

 this was accomplished. On the two days which 

 succeeded the visit the various rooms were thrown open 



