wait till the Art Gallery had been established twenty 

 years, before he boasted of the numbers attending. 

 Without waiting - for that long period, the evidence of 

 growth is such that no body of managers need be 

 ashamed of it, and it is sufficient to show that all that 

 has been done has been appreciated by the public of 

 Bristol, and its neighbourhood. The combined totals of 

 the Museum and Art Gallery have been for the year, 

 504,262. 



As explained in the appended reports, the year has 

 not been distinguished for any outstanding loan collec- 

 tion, such as have been previously held. The circum- 

 stances scarcely seem to have required that. The growth 

 of the institution has been phenomenal, owing largely 

 to the gifts that have been received, and, as the Com- 

 mittee hope, to their judicious purchases. This however, 

 will not prevent future loan Collections being organised 

 as circumstances may seem to require. 



It will be seen, that during the year the Committee 

 have cheerfully taken their part in assisting the efforts 

 of other authorities by the loan of some of their treasures, 

 thus returning the kindness they received years ago 

 from those authorities, and showing how much their 

 resources have been increased in the meantime. 



On the 1st of October, 1909, Professor Flinders 

 Petrie delivered in the Lecture Theatre of the Museum 

 a most interesting lecture on " Palaces and Sepulchres 

 excavated by the British School in Egypt." The 

 proceeds of this lecture, amounting to ^15 : 18 : o, were 

 voted as a contribution to the funds of the British School 

 in Egypt, and a portion of the finds during the subse- 

 quent winter's work was forwarded to the Art Gallery, 

 after they had been exhibited in London. 





