to public inspection, on the first day by ticket and on 

 the second without restriction. On the latter occasion 

 no less than 20,061 persons passed through the rooms, 

 by far the largest attendance on any one day since the 

 opening of the Art Gallery. It will not be out of place 

 here to state that the chair used by the King at the 

 ceremony of declaring the dock open, is an ancient chair 

 under the care of the Committee, known as the Skinner 

 Chair, and that, as explained at the time, it had been 

 previously used on occasions connected with docks and 

 shipping by H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, and farther 

 back by H.R.H. the Prince Consort. It is, therefore, a 

 chair that has been used by three generations of royalty 

 in connection with the modern maritime history of the 

 city. 



During the year other gatherings of an important 

 nature have taken place. For instance, in the month of 

 October, 1907, there was a large attendance on the 

 occasion of the presentation to Lord Winterstoke of his 

 portrait, which had been provided by public subscription. 

 The presentation was made by the Lord Mayor (Alder- 

 man A. J. Smith), and the portrait was afterwards 

 presented by Lord Winterstoke to the Art Gallery. The 

 Chairman of the Committee, who presided, expressed 

 their indebtedness, and that of the city generally, to 

 Lord Winterstoke for this addition to his other generous 

 acts on behalf of the Art Gallery. A bronze panel has 

 since been added by the Committee, and placed under- 

 neath the portrait, recording the gift to the city of the 

 building in which the gathering took place. 



About the same time there was a crowded and 

 influential gathering in the Lecture Theatre to hear a 

 lecture by Professor Flinders Petrie on " Egyptian 

 Excavation." The lecture was given under the auspices 



