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would do much to improve attendance at, and interest in, the 
exhibition. It is not, however, possible to do so without some 
expenditure of money. 
On 18th October, a miniature No. 1,993 ‘‘ Fiona’’ by Miss E. 
Macpherson was stolen by some visitor to the exhibition, and 
though every possible effort was made, with the assistance of the 
police, to detect the thief, no clue was obtained. 
On 5th July a proposal to hold an Art Union in connection 
with the Autumn Exhibition was approved by the City Council, 
and a Committee was formed, with the Right Honourable the 
Lord Mayor as President, and Councillor P. Charles Kelly as 
Chairman, to carry on the enterprise, which had for its sole object 
to aid the Autumn Exhibition by increasing the sales. The project, 
after it had been launched, met with a good deal of unexpected 
opposition, and this, combined with the delays thereby caused, 
greatly hampered the Committee in its work. The sale of tickets 
was, however, considerable, the total amount taken being 
£1,168 12s. 5d., and out of this—although the preliminary expen- 
diture, much of which was in the nature of capital outlay, was 
necessarily very heavy—the Committee were eventually able to give 
40 prizes, with which the winning ticket holders purchased from the 
Autumn Exhibition 75 works of the total catalogue value — of 
£635 3s. 6d. 
By the much-regretted death of Alderman Stolterfoht, on 8th 
March, the Art and Exhibitions Sub-Committee lost a valued 
member since 1896, who had, since 1899, acted as Hon. Treasurer of 
the Autumn Exhibition account. On 24th April, Mr. Willam 
Evans was elected to succeed him in that capacity. 
EDW. RIMBAULT DIBDIN. 
