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 and Messrs. Bodley and Garner, which attracted a large number of ' 



visitors. 



The number of students admitted to copy in the Gallery is steadily 

 increasing, the total number of attendances being 3,865, or a daily 

 average of 12. 



The use of the Gallery was granted to the Society of Chemical In- 

 dustry for the purpose of a Conversazione, on the 15th July, in connection 

 •with their meeting in Liverpool. 



The Committee have granted to several firms the privilege of repro- 

 ducing works of which they hold the copyright, and this, in addition to 

 popularizing the respective Pictures, has yielded a sum towards additional 

 purchases. 



Additions. 



Donations — 



Oil Paintings : 



" The Blind Fiddler" (after Wilkie), by W. Weir ; and | 



" Interior of a Butcher's Shop," by Jan Stein; presented by Mr. 

 Alderman Samuelson, J. p. 



Engravings : 



" The Queen and Prince Consort Visiting Wounded Soldiers from the 

 Crimean War" (after Jerry Barrett), by T. 0. Barlow, k.a. ; presented by 

 Mr. Alderman Samuelson, j.p. 



1 Volume of early Italian Prints ; presented by the Trustees of the 

 British Museum. L 



Purchases — 



Water Colours : 



" Bridge over the River Calder at Whalley," by W. J. Bishop. 



