cause mentioned above ; so that the real additional cost of the free 

 day has been about ^12. On the other hand, the sales of catalogues 

 have been much larger, and the catalogue value of pictures sold during 

 the year has risen from ^360 to ^1024, a result gratifying alike to the 

 Committee and to the artists who exhibit. 



The Autumn Exhibition was a very good one indeed, and the Art 

 Union in connection with it realised £117 8s., the highest amount yet 

 reached. 



In the Spring Exhibition, the experiment of the previous year was 

 repeated with much success, a number of good pictures by Continental 

 artists being added. Both years the Committee have been much 

 indebted to the Messrs. W. & J. Dierken, of the Continental Gallery, 

 for valuable and attractive loans. 



For the Summer Exhibition, the Committee were fortunate enough 

 to secure the loan of the " First Travelling Historical Collection of 

 Water Colours" from South Kensington Museum. This interesting 

 collection numbered 176 examples and was of inestimable value to Art 

 Students, as well as interesting to the general public. The Committee 

 wish to gratefully acknowledge the readiness with which the Museum 

 authorities met their request for this loan, as well as for tho endeavours 

 made to meet their wishes when the annual change of loan objects took 

 place. 



The Autumn Exhibition now in progress was opened on October 4th, 

 and seems likely tj be as popular as its predecessors. During the four 

 weeks it has been open, it has been visited by 5,400 persons, and the 

 sales have, up to the present, been satisfactory. 



The picture " Coriolanus " by W. Hamilton, R.A., presented to 

 the Art Gallery by E. H. Pares, Esq, J. P., of Hopwell, and briefly 

 referred to in the last Report, has now been received, and put in position. 

 It is a fine work of art, and will form a valuable addition to the 

 permanent collection. 



The Seventh Season of Saturday Concerts arranged by the Curator 

 was fully as successful as its predecessors. Sixteen concerts were 

 given which yielded a profit of about ,£10. The whole series of concerts 

 during the last seven winters now numbers 125, and the profits to 

 the Art Gallery have reached £i"]o. To the Curator, and all those 

 ladies and gentlemen who have so kindly assisted him, the Committee 

 desire once more to present their heartiest thanks. 



A heavy loss has been experienced by this Committee in the death 

 of Mr. Felix Joseph, in August last. From the time he first set foot in 

 the Art Gallery, he had been its zealous friend and supporter, and his 

 gifts to it had been almost continuous. The magnificent collection of 



