To the Council of the City and County 

 of Bristol. 



IReport of tbe Committee. 



T the outset of their report, the Committee desire 

 to express their deep obligation to Lady Smyth 

 for her recent gift to the city of £1,500, — for the 

 fitting-up of a companion room to that, for the comple- 

 tion of which she previously gave the large sum of 

 £2.000. The Committee take this as an evidence of 

 Lady Smyth's satisfaction with what has been already 

 done. It will also enable them to adapt the contiguous 

 rooms upon the principle of uniformity, instead of, for the 

 sake of the necessary economy, making the best use 

 they could of the old fittings of the room first dealt 

 with. The scope and intention of the alteration will be 

 found fully described in the report of the Curator, and 

 they can only hope that this second effort may prove as 

 satisfactory as the first to the generous donor. 



The Committee also cannot but feel, that in spite of 

 some adverse influences, the number of visitors, and the 

 interest they have expressed have been so well main- 

 tained. At the beginning, the Chairman was told to 



