100 
Acts, and Votes, 8$c. 
Arts connected therewith, that a Collection of 
such acknowledged Excellence should be ac- 
quired and preserved for Public Inspection and 
Use ; and that the Petitioners, in Discharge of 
the Trust reposed in them by Parliament, have 
therefore deemed it to be their Duty humbly to 
submit this Matter to their Consideration. 
Ordered, 
That the said Petition be referred to a Com- 
mittee ; and that they do examine the Matter 
thereof, and report the same as it shall appear 
to them, together with their Observations there- 
upon, to the House. 
22° Die Mali, 1810. 
Resolved, 
That a Sum, not exceeding Thirteen Thou- 
sand Seven Hundred and Twenty-seven Pounds, 
be granted to His Majesty for the Purchase of 
the Collection of Minerals late the Property of 
the Right Honourable Charles Fulke Greville. 
Martis, 14° Die Aprilis, 1812. 
A Petition of the Trustees of the British 
Museum, being offered to be presented ; 
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