Zo tbe Council of tbe Cit^ anb 

 County of Bristol. 



MUSEUM AND ART GALLERY COMMITTEE. 



IReport for tbe ]£ear enoina Sept. 30tb t 1916. 



THE chief events of the year have been the acquirement 

 of the Chaning Pearce Collection of fossils through the 

 kindly interest of Miss J. Stancomb Wills and Mrs. 

 Richardson ; the purchase of a series of paintings of important 

 incidents in Bristol history ; and the completion and delivery 

 of the Geological relief-model of Bristol and district. 



Each of these important accessions is more fully dealt 

 with in the body of this report. 



The " Old Drill Hall," acquired last year, has been made 

 constant use of by the Bristol University Contingent, Officers 

 Training Corps and the ist (University) Battalion, Bristol 

 Volunteer Regiment, the former using the hall during the day, 

 and the latter in the evenings. To a limited extent it is also 

 used to house museum material. 



