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EXTRACTS 
FROM THE 
JOURNALS OF THE HOUSE OF 
COMMONS. 
12 Geo. III. 
Veneris, 20° Die Martij, 1772. 
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 the 
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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