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the Mayer Museum and the Ethnographical Collections acquired from 

 time to time by this Committee. 



The experiment was so successful that the Committee determined on " 

 the erection of an annexe behind the Walker Art Gallery, which is now 

 in progress, for the better display of the permanent collection of Ethno- 

 graphical objects. 



The second part of the Catalogue of the Mayer Museum, including 

 the Mediaeval Antiquities and the Mather Collection of Miniatures, is in 

 the press and will shortly be issued. 



The Lending Libraries and the Museum call for no special remark 

 except that their interest and usefulness, and the public appreciation, 

 have been fully maintained. 



The Walker Art Gallery has received a considerable impulse during 

 the year. Fifteen pictures have been added during the year by donation 

 and purchase, besides other works of art. With one exception (1875) 

 the amount of pictures sold during the exhibition (£11,753) has been 

 greater than in any former year. 



On Sept. 3rd, 1880, the Statue of Sir A. B. Walker, executed in 

 Marble by Mr. Warrington Wood, the expense of which was defrayed 

 by a public subscription, was unveiled by the Mayor in the presence 

 of Members of the Council and other leading citizens. 



The following are the statistics of the several departments : — • 



REFERENCE LIBRARY. 

 Table I. — Showing the books issued during the year : — 



Classification. Volumes. Daily 



Average. 



Theology, Morals, &c 18,786 67 



Xatural Philosophy, Astronomy, &c 16,942 60 



Natural History 6,601 24 



Science and the Arts 29,949 107 



History and Biography 24,311 87 



Topography and Antiquities 6,140 22 



Voyages and Travels 12,237 43 



Miscellaneous Literature (principally collected Works, Maga- 

 zines in volumes, &c. ) 138,733 494 



Jurisprudence, Law and Politics 4,800 17 



Commerce, Political Economy and Statistics 2,989 11 



Education and Language 7,073 25 



Poetry and Dramatic Literature 13,732 49 



Prose Fiction 263,933 938 



Latin and Greek Classics and Translations 5,853 21 



Heraldry, Encyclopaedias and Works of Eeference 25,693 92 



Total 577,772 2,057 



