BEPOHT 



OF THE 



CORPORATION ART GALLERY COMMITTEE. 



For the Year ending September 2<)th, 1888. 



THE Art Gallery Committee have much pleasure in presenting 

 their Sixth Annual Report. The past year has been one of 

 steady progress, and the figures tend to show that the 

 popularity and usefulness of the Gallery are both on the increase. 

 The Gallery has been open during the past year on 272 days, of 

 which 45 have been free. The attendance on the free days has been 

 16,331 (an average of 363 visitors daily), and the visitors by payment 

 have numbered 17,492, giving a daily average of 77. The total 

 number of visitors for the year has been 33,823 against 30,150 

 last year. A glance at the subjoined tables will give a good idea of 

 the progress being made, it being borne in mind that the dates 

 of opening and closing the Exhibitions do not correspond with the 

 beginning and ending of the year. 



Autumn Exhibition 

 Spring „ 



Summer ,, 



Pay. 



5704 

 4099 

 3335 



1886-7. 

 Visitors. 

 Free. 

 4456 

 4142 

 4219 



Total. 



10160 

 8241 

 7554 



Receipts. 

 £ s. d. 

 5i 3 S 

 30 19 10 

 16 7 10 



98 11 4 



Receipts. 

 £ s. d. 

 61 2 10 

 50 s 10 

 23 7 11 



Totals ... 18402 16680 350S2 ... 134 16 7 



All the figures tend to show that the free day is much and 



increasingly appreciated, while the visitors by payment show no 

 falling-off 



