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The various examinations, conducted under the management of the 

 Universities of Oxford and Cambridge and the Civil Service, have taken 

 place as usual. 



The following Societies have also had the use of rooms : — The 

 Amateur Photographic Society, the Liverpool Numismatic Society, and 

 the Lancashire and Cheshire Entomological Society. 



ART DEPARTMENT. 



The opening of the Walker Art Gallery has been recorded above. The 

 results of the recent autumnal Exhibition have more than realized the 

 most sanguine expectations. The public appreciation has been manifested 

 by the large increase in the number of visitors, of season tickets, and of 

 sales. 



The exhibition rooms are all that can be desired in regard to light 

 and arrangement. The permanent Gallery pictures have been hung, 

 with the exception of those sent to the forthcoming Paris Exhibition. 

 The arrangement of the lower rooms is a matter for future consideration. 



The results of the Exhibition are as follow : — 



1877. 1876. 



Number of Pictures and other works exhibited . . 1,320 ' 1 186 



Number of Pictures sold 302 255 



Amount realised by sales £10,989 6 £8,803 10 



Season tickets 2,316 443 14 221 1 



Admissions at one shilling 38,572 1,928 12 1,118 



Ditto threepence 33,533 419 3 3 232 7 6 



Ditto sixpence 86 9 6 



Catalogues sold ; 454 10 1 301 12 



Commission on sales 537 U 2 440 13 



Amount received, exclusive of sales 3,245 19 4 1,959 10 



Above 300,000 persons have visited the Gallery since its opening. 



PURCHASES. 

 Oil Painting — 



" A Nautical Argument ; " by C. Napier Heniy. 



Water Colour — 



"The Castle Rock of the Bridal of Triermain, Cumberland;" bv 

 H. Clarence Whaite. 



" View of the Old Town Hall, Liverpool ;"' by W. G. Herdman. 



