WALKER ART GALLERY. 



The Curator has the honour to report that during the year 1904 

 the Department under the direction of the Art and Exhibitions Sub- 

 committee of the City Council has carried on its work on the 

 accustomed lines, with gratifying success; as is shown by the 

 statistics which follow. The most noteworthy exceptional event 

 was the Northern Photographic Exhibition, organised by the Liver- 

 pool Amateur Photographic Association, acting in concert with the 

 Leeds Camera Club and the Manchester Photographic Association. 

 The Exhibition is to be held annually in Liverpool, Leeds or 

 Manchester, with the important object of making public trienniaLLy 

 in each of these cities all the latest achievements in artistic and 

 scientific photography. It is gratifying to record that the initial 

 exhibition was most successful and a large surplus resulted, of which 

 a moiety was retained by the Photographic Association as a reserve 

 fund for the 1907 exhibition, while the balance was received by the 

 Art Grallery as conditional rent. 



The Autumn Exhibition, which was open during 101 days and To 

 evenings from the 10th September, 1901, to the 7th January, 1905, 

 was generally allowed to be artistically satisfactory, and the public 

 appreciation of it is indicated in the statistics as to attendances. 

 viz. : — 



At One Shilling (101 days) 26,364 



At Sixpence (59 evenings) ... ... ... 17,935 



At Threepence (16 evenings) ... ... ... 10,445 



54,764 



Season ticket holders : — 



Gentlemen (5s.)... ... ... ... ••• 382 



Ladies (3s. 6d.) 1,445 



Students, &c. (2s. 6d.) 1,133 



and, in addition, complimentary ticket holders numbered 400, 



making a total issue of season tickets of 3,360. 



