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equal to most, and in many parts superior to 
any other similar Collection, which any of 
“ them have had opportunities of viewing in 
“ this and other Countries: and that, upon 
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 ostensi¬ 
ble and interesting parts are now exposed to pub¬ 
lic inspection in the Saloon. 
In the month of June 1813, an application 
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, Re¬ 
corder of Liverpool, &c. A committee was 
named to take the same into consideration, and a 
very favourable report having been received, 
the House readily voted the sum of ^8,000, the 
value at which it was estimated by the Com¬ 
mittee, and the Library is now deposited in an 
appropi'iate apartment at the Museum. This 
acquisition is of considerable importance to the 
Establishment, which till now was particularly 
deficient in Law Books. Professional and in- 
D quisitive 
Hargrave 
Library* 
