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EXTRACTS 



FROM THE 



JOURNALS OF THE HOUSE OF 

 COMMONS. 



12 Geo. III. 



Veneris, 20° Die Marti}, 1773, 

 Resolved, 



That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 

 That the Collection of Etruscan, Grecian, 

 and Roman Antiquities, brought from Italy, 

 by Sir William Hamilton, Knight of the most 

 honourable Order of the Bath, be purchased, 

 for the Use of the Public, and vested in tliQ 

 Trustees of the British Museum* 

 Resolved, 



That it is the Opinion of this Committee* 

 That a Sum not exceeding Eight thousand 

 Four hundred and Ten Pounds, be granted to 

 His Majesty, to enable His Majesty to pur* 

 chase for the Use of the Public the said 



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