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attendances during tbe J])ear. 



The following table gives the total number of 

 visitors to the Art Gallery for the past year, Oct., 1908, 

 to Sept., 1909 : — 



Month. No. of 



days open. 



Attendances. 



October 28 28,219 



November 27 25,645 



December ... ... ... 28 32,026 



January 28 3°.544 



February ... ... ... ... 26 23,626 



March 29 21,661 



April 27 43,332 



May 28 27,103 



June 28 32,696 



July 29 29,437 



August 28 46,502 



September 28 36,037 



Total for the year ... 334 376,828 



This gives an average daily attendance of 1,128. 

 The attendance last year, when the Art Gallery was open 

 on 324- days, was 346,723, with a daily average of 

 1,070, so that this year shows an increase of 30,105. 



The attendance on the 24 Sundays on which the 

 Art Gallery was open to the public was 7,863, giving 

 an average per Sunday of 328, as against last year's 

 340 for 23 Sundays open. 



The total attendance since the opening on February 

 ^oth, 1905, is now 1,901,576 (September 30th, 1909). 



