To the Council of the City and 

 County of Bristol. 



IReport ot the Committee. 



the 

 our 

 and 



3 HE year's work has been overshadowed by 

 heavy loss, sustained through the death of 

 late Chairman (Alderman W. R Barker) 

 of Lord Winterstoke. 



Alderman Barker died on August 10th, after a long illness 

 patent ly and bravely borne. Dunng his year of Mayoralty 



S TV Alderman had muc h to do with the transfer 



of the Museum and Reference Library to the City He 

 became the first Chairman of the Museum Committee and 

 held this position until his death. For a period of seventeen 

 years he directed and actively participated in every movement 

 for the improvement of the Institution, and for the increase 



tne mIT ^ Wth the PUWlC - Dunng hlS ^airmanship 



he Museum has grown to the utmost capacity of its rooms 



and gallenes, the Reference Library has been merged in the 



£tl ^ M brary ' and the WlllS Art <****» bee- 

 added The Museum and Art Gallery of to-day are the most 



potent evidence of the thoroughness and wisdom winch "ave 



