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Student Use of Museum and Art Gallery. 



A reference to the number of students, who have made 

 use of the collections, shows that this work has undergone 

 the expansion contemplated. 



The sending out of series of shells, insects, and birds, has 

 been continued, and in addition to the seven series sent out 

 to Art Classes, with the co-operation of Mr. R. E. J. Bush, 

 Principal of the Municipal Art School ; other sets have been 

 sent to the following schools : — 



Bishop Road Council School. , , . 



North Street Council School. 

 Luckwell Lane Council School. 

 j Colston's Boys' School. 



Students from the Municipal School of Art, Kensington 

 School of Art, and other classes have made good use of the 

 permission to sketch objects in the Museum and Art Gallery. 

 The great bulk of studies have been of animals, but con- 

 siderable use has also been made of the Circulation Loan 

 from the Board of Education, and of the Museum cases of 

 Bristol porcelain, armour, plaster casts, Egyptian vases, and 

 architectural materials. 



5.353 visits have been paid to the Museum and Art Gallery 

 by pupils and teachers, and 247 visits have been made by 

 students and teachers for purposes of Art study. 



122 visits have been made by gymnasium students for 

 purposes of studying the human skeleton, and about 50 

 visits have been made by dental students. 



Thirteen special parties, numbering about 600 visitors, 

 have visited the Museum and Art Gallery. 



The student's Geological series, and the collections of 

 insects, and birds' eggs have been made use of on numerous 

 occasions. 



