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and a considerable sum was realized by the Committee by the rental 

 accruing therefrom, thus alleviating in a great measure the embarrass- 

 ment caused by the insufficiency of the penny rate to meet the current 

 expenses of the three Institutions. 



The Annual Exhibition of the Liverpool Society of Painters in Water 

 Colours was also held in the Gallery during the year, from May the 5th 

 to June the 7th. 



During the month of August the Galleries were placed at the disposal 

 of His Worship the Mayor, Thomas Hughes, Esq., for the purpose of a 

 Conversazione of the Members of the Association for the Reform and 

 Codification of the Law of Nations. 



A fine group in marble, entitled " Play," by Henry Weekes, E.A., has 

 been deposited in the Gallery. 



The Gallery was open on 304 days, and closed for cleaning and other 

 purposes on nine days. 



The total number of visitors was 426,741, being a daily average 

 attendance of 1,403. Included in the above are 64,717 visitors who 

 paid for admission to the Autumn Exhibition, and 12,544 pupils of 

 schools of various denominations admitted free. 



The following Pictures were lent by the Committee during the 

 year : — 



To the Edinburgh International Exhibition — 



" Jeanne D'Arc, by Harold S. Rathbone. 

 To the Arts and Sports Exhibition, Grosvenor Gallery, London — 



" Tried Friends," by William Huggins. 

 To the Royal Cambrian Academy — 



" Elijah in the Wilderness," by Sir Frederick Leighton, p.k.a. 

 To the Peel Park Museum, Salford, and afterwards to the Bolton Art 

 Museum — 



" Motherless," by Arthur Stocks, r..i. 



" One of the Family," by F. G. Cotman, R.i. 



" Don't 'ee Tipty Toe," by John Morgan. 

 To the Royal Hibernian Academy — 



" The Best of Husbands," by Arthur Stocks, R.i. 

 Owing to the numerous applications for loans of important works, the 

 Committee, after much consideration, have found it necessary to make 



