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There is a small increase in the sum required to meet the deficiency 
this year, which is due to various causes. Painting and thoroughly 
cleaning the building have absorbed £45, and the medals for the Photo- 
graphic Exhibition, £23, while the amount received as commission on 
picture sales is only £18 against £37. The establishment charges have 
varied but little, and the expenses connected with the organisation of the 
Exhibitions have been less. The picture sales realized £360, about the 
same as in 1889. The Committee have worked the Art Gallery as 
economically as possible, and think that its increasing popularity and use- 
fulness may well be pleaded as a set-off against its small cost. 
The Autumn Exhibition contained some admirable pictures, and the 
Art Union in connection with it realized “11x 16s., rather more than the 
previous year. 
In the Spring Exhibition, a new departure was made by the addition 
of a good collection of pictures by continental artists, which gave con- 
siderable interest to the Exhibition. In connection with this Exhibition, 
the Committee have again to acknowledge the kindness of Messrs. Henry 
Graves and Son, the eminent printsellers of Pall Mall, who lent a choice 
collection of original paintings from their well-known art treasures. 
The Summer Exhibition consisted of Photographs. The collection 
was not a large one, but was very choice, some of the best artists in 
the kingdom exhibiting. It was a matter of much congratulation to the 
Committee, that'our local artists, both professional and amateur, held their 
own well in a very keen competition, and secured some of the best awards. 
The thanks of the Committee are specially due to the distinguished men 
who gave their services as judges, Capt. W. de W. Abney, R.E., C.B., 
F.R.S. and W. England, Esq. A series of photographs of Derby children 
in fancy dress as they appeared at a ball given by the Mayor and Mayoress, 
added much interest to this Exhibition. 
The Autumn Exhibition now in progress was opened on Sept. 15th, 
and bids fair to outrival in popularity all its predecessors. It has already 
been visited by 9,500 persons, and the sales of pictures reach £229. His 
Worship the Mayor (Sir Alfred Haslam, Kt, J.P.), gave the usual 
Conyersazione on October 21st, when about a thousand guests accepted 
an invitation “to meet Mr. Felix Joseph.” The gathering was an exceed- 
ingly pleasant one, and the Committee desire to thank his Worship 
both for this, and for many other tokens of the interest he has taken 
in the Institution, 
