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GALLERY OF ARTS. 



It has not been found possible hitherto to proceed with the proposed build- 

 ing for this purpose. In order to obtain a suitable site in connexion with the 

 present building it will be necessary to purchase several blocks of houses occu- 

 pying a portion of the land. Power to accomplish this is proposed to be taken 

 in the Improvement Act about to be appUed for in the ensuing session of 

 Parliament. 



MUSEUM, 



STATISTICS. 



lucrease Decrease 

 in 1S65-6. iu ISG6-0. 



1864-5. 18C5-C 



Day Visitors 4.38,287 .^G0,117 78,170 



Eveningdo 24,301 25,47!J 1,118 



Total 402,048 385,5'J6 



Average of Day Visitors 2,048 1,818 230 



Average of Evening Visitors ... f»o7 ^^^{„l^^ ^'^''^ {xights ^"^ 



Greatest attendance in one \ ^^^^.^ jg^^.j 



Evening J 



Smallest ditto 570 783 



It will be seen from the above figures that the Evening visitors in the past 

 year exceeded those in the previous year ; but that there is a considerable 

 fallin"- off in the Day visitors, amounting to 78,170. That this may be, in 

 some den-ree at least, accounted for by the prevalence of cholera in Liverpool, 

 is rendered exceedingly probable by the follo'\\nng fact : — The Members of the 

 Mechanics' Institute at Cleckheaton, Yorkshire, have an annual Autumn 

 Excursion to Liverpool. In 1 8G5 (Sejjtember 1 ) they visited the Museum by 

 special arrangement, and the numbers were 1,270. In 1866 (August 31) they 

 did the same, and the numbers were 48 only ; the faUing off on tiiis occasion 

 being distinctly attributed by those who came, to the fact of cholera raging in 

 Liverpool. The wet weather during the autumn has also doubtless had a 

 depressing influence upon the number of visitors. 



Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of "Wales and suite 

 inspected the Library and Museum, witli the Earl of Derby, on their visit to 

 Liverpool, October 31. 186.J. 



