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WALKER ART GALLERY. 



Since the date of the last report the Gallery has been open on 260 

 days and closed for 53 days for cleaning and the re-arrangement of the 

 permanent pictures in the upper rooms. 



610,779 persons have visited the gallery during the j^ear, being a 

 daily average of 2,349. Of this number 77,830 attended the Autumn 

 Exhibition, and 6,820 school children, invited by the Committee, are 

 included in the gross total. 



Since the opening of the Art Gallery, permission to copy the works 

 in the Permanent Collection has been granted to upwards of fifty 

 Students, and on Fridays, the day set apart for the purpose, there has 

 been an average attendance of fourteen. 



AUTUMN EXHIBITION OF PICTURES. 



1880. 1879. 

 Number of Pictures and other Works of 



Art exbibited 1,081 1,356 



Number of Pictures sold 271 267 



Amount realised ))y sales £11,753 7 6 £9,159 15 



Season Tickets 2,672 499 16 2,991 566 7 6 



Admissions at one shilling 28,991 1,449 11 30,332 1,516 12 



Ditto sixpence 10,969 274 4 6 8,483 212 1 6 



Ditto threepence 35,198 439 19 6 30,287 378 11 9 



Catalogues sold . : 509 7 3 504 9 3 



Commission on sales 544 3 3 364 16 



Amount received exclusive of sales 3,172 18 3 3,178 2 



The Autumn Exhibition has now completed the first decade of its 

 existence, and the Committee are gratified with the success that has 

 attended their efforts in this direction. 



The following table will be read with interest by all concerned in the 

 culture of Art : — 



