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OF THE 
CORPORATION ART GALLERY COMMITTEE. 
For the Year ending September 29th, 1888. 
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HE Art Gallery Committee have much pleasure in presenting 
their Sixth Annual Report. The past year has been one of 
steady progress, and the figures tend to show that the 
popularity and usefulness of the Gallery are both on the increase. 
The Gallery has been open during the past year on 272 days, of 
which 45 have been free. The attendance on the free days has been 
16,331 (an average of 363 visitors daily), and the visitors by payment 
have numbered 17,492, giving a daily average of 77. The total 
number of visitors for the year has been 33,823 against 30,150 
last year. A glance at the subjoined tables will give a good idea of 
the progress being made, it being borne in mind that the dates 
of opening and closing the Exhibitions do not correspond with the 
beginning and ending of the year. 
1886-7. 
VISITORS. RECEIPTS. 
Pay. Free. Total. Sade 
Autumn Exhibition ... 5704 4456 10160 eee (aed $5) 
Spring oh we. 4099 4142 8241 oes 30 19 IO 
Summer 5, 50 3535 4219 7554 ese 16 7 10 
Totals +» 13138 12817 25955 ect 98 Il 4 
1887-8. 
VISITORS. RECEIPTS. 
Pay. Free. Total. ZL wse di 
Autumn Exhibition ... 7821 6420 14241 ee 61 210 
Spring e aes COOLS 4680 10698 see 50 5 10 
Summer oe meee 4503 5580 10143 vee 23 7 11 
Totals +» 18402 16680 35082 seer ABA Or 7 
All the figures tend to show that the free day is much and 
increasingly appreciated, while the visitors by payment show no 
falling-off 
