HEP GET. 



The year just expired has been one of continued usefulness and success in every 

 department of the Institution, as will be found on reference to the statistics 

 presented below. 



The opening of the Walker Art Gallery has been deferred, mainly owing to 

 the delay in completing the sculptural decorations, arising from the difficulty 

 experienced by the artist in obtaining perfect blocks of suitable marble. This 

 having been surmounted, it is hoped that within a short period this valuable 

 addition to the accommodation will be thrown open, and form a centre for the 

 study of Art for future generations. 



REFERENCE LIBRARY. 



This department increases in usefulness every year. The collection of books 

 on all subjects has become extremely valuable, and, as it is better known is 

 more and more appreciated by students, who frequently come from long dis- 

 tances to consult the works. 



The advantage of a private room for special students ha« been so highly 

 appreciated that the applications for reading tickets are more than the present 

 space will accommodate. When the new reading room is completed this 

 difficulty will be surmounted. 



One great desideratum in a Reference Libi-ary is that the catalogue should 

 be so kept up as to make the latest additions available, and bring them under 

 the notice of readers. By a plan adopted dm-ing the past year, the additions 

 are now printed weekly and inserted alphabeticaUy in the catalogue. 



An alteration has been made in the form of the returns by which the issues 

 of penodicals are separated from those of volumes. There has been on the 

 whole a considerable increase of issues during the year. 



