ART GALLERY. 73 
In addition to the current insurances on works in the Permanent 
Collection, further insurances amounting to £53,135 were 
effected on recent acquisitions. 
The Committee having granted the necessary leave of absence, 
IT, in company with Alderman John Lea, J.P., paid a visit, at 
mv own expense, to the principal art galleries in Germany, the 
result of which I reported to the Art and Exhibitions Sub- 
Committee at their meeting on the 5th September, as follows :— 
“I have the honour to report that, taking advantage of 
“the leave of absence so kindly granted me by the Committee, 
“T paid a visit to a number of German Art Centres in June 
“last, viz.: Hamburg, Berlin, Dresden, Niirnberg, Miinchen, 
“and Kéln, also seeing the Ghent Exhibition on my home- 
“ward journey. In each city I visited the Permanent 
“Galleries, so far as not already known to me, and the current 
“Exhibitions, besides making the personal acquaintance of 
“a number of prominent German artists:—Professor Franz 
“Von Stiick, Professor Hans Von Bartels, Professor Engel, 
“Professor Carl Langhammer, C. Agthe, Professor F. 
“ Kallmorgen, ete. At Berlin I also came in touch with the 
“ Governmental authorities interested in pictorial and keramic 
“art, and obtained some interesting information in reference 
“to the means taken to advance the knowledge of German 
“art in foreign countries. 
“The time available was by no means adequate to the 
“visitation of all the chief German galleries or as an 
“exhaustive study of the subject as I could have wished, but 
“T was able to systematise and extend considerably my know- 
“ledge of German art, past and present, to an extent that 
“will be most helpful to me in my official work, and my 
“general art knowledge has been enriched by the opportunity 
“of seeing the pictures of other schools which are contained 
‘‘in the German galleries, and of studying the galleries 
“themselves. The glimpse I have had of Germany has served 
“also to give me some knowledge of the extent to which art 
“enters into and affects the life of the people. 
