APPENDIX. 
No. I. 
CORRESPONDENCE, 
READ TO THE ACADEMY, JANUARY 271Tn, anp FEBRUARY 2473, 1845, 
FROM 
THE MINUTES OF COUNCIL. 
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‘© Dublin Castle, 18th Jan., 1845. 
“ GENTLEMEN,—I am directed by the Lord Lieutenant 
to transmit the accompanying statement, which has been re- 
ceived from Sir William Betham, for any observations the 
Council of the Royal Irish Academy may wish to offer for 
his Excellency’s information. 
* T am, Gentlemen, your obedient Servant, 
«© Evior. 
“© The Secretaries to the 
Royal Irish Academy, §c. §c.” 
** Dublin Castle, 15th Jan., 1845. 
“My Lorp,—I take the liberty of drawing your lord- 
‘ship's attention, and that of Her Majesty's Government, to 
the following brief statement of facts. 
‘In the year 1830, the Council of the Royal Irish Aca- 
_ demy put an advertisement into the public journals, offering 
_ apremium of fifty pounds, with the Gold Medal, for the best 
__ Essay on the Origin and Use of the Round Towers of Ireland. 
“On the 17th December, 1832, they awarded the money 
1 . and Medal to Mr. George Petrie, one of the members of the 
- Council, for his Essay, as the best of those sent in. The 
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