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“26th May, 1845. 
« Srr,—It may be well to have a notice inserted in the minutes 
of the meeting of this evening, of the discovery of three gold anti- 
quities of considerable value, which were found recently in the 
neighbourhood of Naas. 
« The most interesting of these articles is a gold torquis, which 
I have purchased for the Marquis of Kildare’s collection. It dif- 
fers in form from the two in the Academy collection, which were 
found at Tara; and it is smaller than the largest of these, and 
larger than the smaller ; its ends are also larger than those of the 
larger torquis. In form, the ends resemble those of the small tor- 
quis which the Academy purchased from the late Major Sirr. This 
torquis weighs 18 oz. 4 dwts. and 6 grs. The principle of its con- 
struction is quite manifest, for the four gold bands of which it is 
made are not perfectly connected together in several places: thus 
it exhibits a difference in its construction from the gold articles 
from Africa, which resemble those twisted gold ornaments found 
in Ireland. 
“ The other two articles were gold rings, or bent round bars of 
gold, one large enough to go round the neck of a man, and the 
other to go round his wrist. The larger weighs 31 oz. 14 dwts. and 
16 grs.; and the smaller one weighs 7 02. 5 dwts. and 19 grs., being 
a quarter of the weight of the larger. As the weights were ascer- 
tained with great care, they may be depended on. 
“The weight of the torquis has not been yet verified. It is, 
for the present, deposited for inspection in the case with the gold 
ornaments belonging to the Academy. 
‘¢ Your obedient Servant, 
‘* EpwarD CLIBBORN, 
“ Assist. Librarian, R.I. A.” 
The Rev. Dr. Todd read a paper on the ancient Wax 
Tablets which he had presented to the Academy on the 14th 
of April last, on behalf of the Rev. J. Spencer Knox. 
From the words still legible on the tablets it is evident 
that they had belonged to some schoolmaster, who had em- 
ployed them in the instruction of his pupils, or to some 
