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II 
EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT 
OF THE 
Corporation Art Gallery Committee, 
HE Art Gallery Committee have great pleasure in presenting 
their Eighth Annual Report. The Gallery has been open on 
249 days, and the attendance compares with that of last year as shown 
in the following table :— 
1888-9. | 1889-90. 
Visitors to Autumn Exhibition ... ae ...| 13095 | 12776 
53 Spring oe ce rs -+| 7990 12540 
is Summer _,, a es | 6874 5958 
Total Visitors oe «| 27959 31274° 
Total Days Open by Payment ... wen veel 217 206 
5 Fs Free... sag re es 45 43 
Total Days Open ee sas f ezOz 249 
Average on Paying Days... “ Ce = 65 70°7 
9 Free Days... Pe a sel BOVaT 388°5 
It will be seen from the above that the number oi visitors exceeded 
those of last year by 3315, although the Exhibition was open 13 days 
less, while the average daily attendance has also increased—that on the 
free day by 25 per cent. The highest daily attendance when admission 
was by payment was on May 26th, Whit-Monday—449; and the 
highest on a free day was on Whit-Tuesday, when 1267 visitors 
attended. Other popular holidays ran these numbers very close. 
The Committee regret to report an increase in the sum required 
to meet the deficiency as compared with several previous years; but 
various reasons have contributed to this. Necessary repairs and altera- 
tions have absorbed nearly £40, as against #2 last year; and three 
exhibitions have been collected and despatched from London, instead 
of two. The Committee have exercised every possible economy com- 
patible with the efficient carrying on of the Gallery, which is proving 
itself year by year more popular, and of greater use to the ratepayers. 
The picture sales during the year reached the sum of £714 1s. 6d, 
against 4,363 14s. last year. 
