CIIAIRMAN’S PREFACE. 5 
In the Art Gallery our gratitude is due for many valuable gifts, 
-which have, with the purchases, added 40 more items to the 
Permanent Collection. Towards the urgently needed extension 
of the Gallery the late Mr. Thomas Bartlett's legacy of £10,000 
is a welcome and important contribution. There is now ample 
land for the extension in the hands of the Corporation, designs 
have been prepared, and it is to be hoped that there may be no long 
delay before a beginning is made. 
The revised Catalogues of the Libraries and the Art Gallery, and 
the popular Guides to the Museums, are making good progress. 
These are very necessary features in the general scheme of in- 
creasing the popularity and usefulness of all the Institutions. 
FRANK J. LESLIE, 
Chairman. 
