INTRODUCTION. XVU 
g: equal to most, and in many parts superior to 
“ any other similar Collection, which any of 
“ them have had opportunities of viewing in 
s ‘ this and other Countries; and that, upon 
i: accurate examination, they had estimated the 
“ value of it at <£13, 727 .”—This sum was ac¬ 
cordingly voted ; and proper dispositions having 
been made, this and the Collection already in 
the Museum, were incorporated, the whole was 
methodically arranged, and the most ostensible 
and interesting parts are now exposed to public 
inspection in the Saloon. 
A considerabledeficiencyin the Library of Print- Grants towards 
J J »ncreasing the 
ed Books, respecting the History and Topography collection 
of the British Islands, and the possessions of the t»sh History, 
British Empire, having been noticed and repre¬ 
sented to the House of Commons, the House 
was pleased to grant in the year 1812, the sum 
of one thousand pounds towards enabling the 
Trustees to make up that deficiency; and the 
like sum was voted the two subsequent years for 
the same purpose. 
In the month of June 1813, an application Hargra** 
rr Library. 
was made to the House of Commons offering 
for sale the Library of Francis Hargrave, Esq. 
one of His Majesty’s Counsel in the Law, Ke¬ 
if' • corder 
