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The Galleries were open on all week-days as follows :— 
November, December, January. 10 am. to 4 p.m.; February, 
10 a.m. to 4.30 p.m.; March and October, 10 a.m. to 5 p-m.; April 
to September, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; also on Saturdays until 8 o’clock 
throughout the year, and on Sundays from 2 to 4.30 p.m., during 
the months of October to May inclusive. 
The Autumn Evshibition was open 78 days, from 4th October, 
1915, to 3rd January, 1914. The catalogue comprised 2,551 items, 
as against 2,614 in 1912, and the collection was similar in plan 
to that of 1912, including amongst its special features a room devoted 
to Continental art, a complete exhibition of works (84 in number) 
by members of the Royal Society of Miniature Painters, an 
important black and white section, and a collective exhibit of 
works by members of the Pastel Society. 
In Room G there was a special memorial collection of 35 
pictures in oil and watercolour, and in Room X 9 drawings in 
black and white by the late Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, O.M., 
R.A., kindly lent by members of the artist’s family and other 
owners. 
The Denys Hague Collection of Modern French and Dutch 
artists was displayed in the same room. 
A special exhibition of paintings and sculpture by Emil Fuchs, 
M.V.O., of 42 items, was arranged in Room N, which also proved 
a very attractive feature. 
The Subscription Banquet to inaugurate the opening of the 
43rd Annual Autumn Exhibition was held on Wednesday, Ist 
October. Ninety-seven ladies and gentlemen attended, including 
the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor and the Lady Mayoress 
(Sir Harmood and Lady Banner). The financial deficiency of 
£30 lis. was met by Alderman John Lea, J.P. 
425 works were sold, of the catalogue value of £6,155 4s., as 
against 369 works of the catalogue value of £6,609 17s. 3d. in 
1912. The shrinkage is accounted for by the absence of considerable 
purchases for the Permanent Collection other than those acquired 
