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Stuoent Tflse of flDuseum ano Hrt (Sailer^. 



603 visits have been made by Students of Science and 

 Art for purposes of study, as against 760 visits made last 

 year. 



The attendance from Day Schools for the year has been 

 1,656 pupils and 102 teachers from 77 schools, as against 

 2,308 pupils and 150 teachers from 106 schools last year. 



A number of specimens (chiefly birds) have been prepared 

 and sent out to the Municipal School of Art, and Day Schools, 

 for Art study purposes. 



fine arts. 



The Committee purchased from the Autumn Exhibition 

 of the Royal West of England Academy the following 

 pictures : — 



" The Toast," by Richard Jack, A.R.A. 

 " The 28th (Gloucestershire Regt.) at Waterloo," by 

 W. B. Wollen, R.I. 



" Send Us," by W. H. Y. Titcomb, R.W.A. 



"The Blessing," by H. Henshall, R.W.S. 



The late Mr. John Anthony Bird bequeathed a sum for 

 the purchase of a picture, or some work of Art. The picture, 

 " Bristol Fair in 1824," by S. Colman, has been obtained 

 under the terms of the bequest (Plate IV). 



An important work, " Flowery May," by the late H. W. 

 B. Davis, R.A., exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1897, has 

 been presented by the Vice-Chairman of the Committee, 

 Alderman John Boyd. 



In all, eighteen new works have been added,, of which 

 eleven are oils, and seven are water-colours. 



The permanent collection now consists of 426 pictures. 



