10 
TWELFTH ANNUAL REPORT 
OF 
The Corporation Arf Gallery Committee. 
_ 
a Committee of the Art Gallery have much pleasure in present- 
fe ing their Twelfth Annual Report to the Town Council, and in 
congratulating them on the continued popularity and usefulness of the 
Institution committed to their care. The Gallery has been open 250 
days, and the number of visitors during the last three years is shown 
by the following Table :— 
| | 
1891-22.| 1892-93.) 1893-94. 
| | 
| 
Visitors to Autumn Exhibition ... ...| 20027 | 17390 20300 
a Spring ‘5 ma ...| 20648 17456 20840 
ay Summer We wie ...| 11289 11290 13156 
Total Visitors... ...| 51964 | 46145 542906 | 
Total Days Open by Payment... ye 194 156 | 164 | 
Re as Free ... oe | 84 83 86 | 
Total Days Open ... 5a 278 239 250 | 
Average on Paying Days... of. Fe 85° 83 
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These figures clearly show that increased interest is taken in the 
Art Gallery. It will be noticed that while the average attendance on 
the paying days remains practically the same, there is a considerable 
increase on the free days. In 1889-90, when the Gallery was open 
249 days, the attendance was only 31,274. During the past year the 
largest attendance on a free day was on Oct. 28th, when 1,883 persons 
passed the turnstiles, the attraction being the exhibition of the beautiful 
Dessert Service manufactured by the Royal Crown Derby Porcelain 
Company, as the wedding present from the Borough of Derby to their 
