Twelfth Annual Report 



Tfie Gorporafioi\ jHiff ©allery Gomn\itiee. 



^HE Committee of the Art Gallery have much pleasure in present- 

 let), ing their Twelfth Annual Report to the Town Council, and in 

 congratulating them on the continued popularity and usefulness of the 

 Institution committed to their care. The Gallery has been open 250 

 days, and the number of visitors during the last three years is shown 

 by the following Table : — ■ 



These figures clearly show that increased interest is taken in the 

 Art Gallery. It will be noticed that while the average attendance on 

 the paying days remains practically the same, there is a considerable 

 increase on the free days. In 1889-90, when the Gallery was open 

 249 days, the attendance was only 31,274. During the past year the 

 largest attendance on a free day was on Oct. 28th, when 1,883 persons 

 passed the turnstiles, the attraction being the exhibition of the beautiful 

 Dessert Service manufactured by the Royal Crown Derby Porcelain 

 Company, as the wedding present from the Borough of Derby to their 



