EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT 



OF THE 



Corporation &rt #aller;p Committee. 



THE Art Gallery Committee have great pleasure in presenting 

 their Eighth Annual Report. The Gallery has been open on 

 249 days, and the attendance compares with that of last year as shown 

 in the following table : — 



It will be seen from the above that the number of visitors exceeded 

 those of last year by 3315, although the Exhibition was open 13 days 

 less, while the average daily attendance has also increased — that on the 

 free day by 25 per cent. The highest daily attendance when admission 

 was by payment was on May 26th, Whit-Monday — 449 ; and the 

 highest on a free day was on Whit-Tuesday, when 1267 visitors 

 attended. Other popular holidays ran these numbers very close. 



The Committee regret to report an increase in the sum required 

 to meet the deficiency as compared with several previous years ; but 

 various reasons have contributed to this. Necessary repairs and altera- 

 tions have absorbed nearly ^40, as against £2 last year ; and three 

 exhibitions have been collected and despatched from London, instead 

 of two. The Committee have exercised every possible economy com- 

 patible with the efficient carrying on of the Gallery, which is proving 

 itself year by year more popular, and of greater use to the ratepayers. 

 The picture sales during the year reached the sum of ^714 is. 6d., 

 against ^363 14s. last year. 



