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2nd, ttie Committee invited the members of the Wesleyan Conference 

 then assembled in the City to a Conversazione, when about 400 were 

 present, including the Eev. Dr. Osborne, the President of the Conference, 

 the Mayor and Members of the City Council. 



On Thursday, November 3rd, the Mayor (Mr. W. B. Forwood) with 

 Mrs. Forwood, held a reception in the Gallery, on which occasion about 

 800 persons were present, including the principal local Artists and 

 many of the leading citizens. 



The most important event connected with the Arts in this Institution 

 during the year has been the purchase of the picture by Mr. Dante 

 Kossetti, entitled *' Dante's Dream." The picture has attracted great 

 attention, and will add to the celebrity of the Gallery, which already 

 contains many works of a very high class. 



In the intervals between the exhibitions it has been usual to open to 

 public view any private collections which might be available. During 

 the past year about 200 drawings by Mr. Barker, of Trefriw, and Mr. 

 Charles Green, of Loudon, were so exhibited, and more recently a 

 similar collection of the works of the late Henry Dawson have been on 

 view. 



The Lecture Season has been attended with great success. The 

 particulars will be found below. 



The following are the Statistics and other information in the several 

 departments : — 



REFERENCE LIBRARY. 



Table 1. — Showing the books issued during the year : — 



Classification. Volumes. A^trige 



Theology, Morals, &c 18,072 64 



Natural Philosophy, Astronomy, &c 17,308 62 



Natural History 6,499 23 



Science and the Arts 28,581 102 



History and Biography 22,574 81 



Topography and Antiquities 6,244 22 



Voyages and Travels 1 1,754 43 



Miscellaneous Literature (principally collected Works, Maga- 

 zines in Volumes, &c.) 113,348 407 



Jurisprudence, Law, and Politics 3,924 14 



Commerce, Political Economy, and Statistics 2,725 10 



Education and Language 6,000 22 



Poetry and Dramatic Literature 12,916 46 



Prose Fiction 231,834 832 



Latin and Greek Classics and Translations 4,214 15 



Heraldry, Encyclopeedias, and Works of Reference 26,645 96 



Total 512,638 1,839 



