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REPORT by E. RIMBAULT DIBDIN, Curator of the 
WALKER ART GALLERY. 
I have the honour to report in reference to the work during the 
year 1911 of the Department under the direction of the Art and 
Exhibitions Sub-Committee of the Library, Museums and Arts 
Committee of the City Council, 
The removal of the registering turnstile at the entrance door 
having been sanctioned by the Council in November, 1910, there are 
not available any statistics as to attendances. There is not, 
however, any reason to doubt that the usefulness to students and 
to the public in general of the collection of works of art in the 
Gallery is fully maintained. The improvement as regards 
convenience and the better appearance of the entrance hall is 
generally recognised. 
The modernisation of the interior, with a view to the better and 
safer housing of works of art, was continued during the year to such 
extent as the funds available permitted. The two ground floor rooms 
on the east side were thoroughly re-constructed and re-decorated ; 
the small front room, formerly used as a cloakroom, being added. 
The heating pipes in the dado were removed, and radiators in the 
‘entre of the floor were substituted. The windows were filled with 
prismatic glass; the walls were panelled with wood; and oak floors 
were laid down. The hanging-space, as well as the lighting of the 
rooms, was considerably increased; and additional hanging-space 
was provided by the introduction of four specially-designed screens, 
Tn all, there are now five rooms instead of three, on this floor. 
available for the display of works of art, and free from the dangers 
ot deterioration due to the old method of heating, with the excep- 
tion that in each front room, there is still one unsatisfactory part 
where a furnace flue is in the wall, which, though not involving 
