Batt—Gold Nuggets found in Co. Wicklow. 317 
Apjohn,' upon what authority is not stated, gives the weight at 
227 oz., and “B. D.” says 22 oz. avoirdupois! which seems a 
curious measure for gold. It would be equal to 26 oz. 18 dwt. 
troy, but then it is inconsistent with the further statement that the 
nugget was sold for £80 12s., or at the rate of £4 per oz.; for in 
that case the weight would only have been 20 oz. 6 dwt. troy. 
Finally, Sir Charles Giesecke said it weighed 25 oz., which, 
combined with the absence of further information, convinces me 
that he never saw the nugget, that it had in fact left Ireland 
before he arrived in 1813. 
Subsequent History.—From the letter signed “ B. D.” to the 
editor of the Gentleman’s Magazine,* which has already been quoted, 
the purchase of the nugget appears to have been made by Turner 
Camac who paid for it, itis said, £801 2s. Turner Camac, as one 
of the partners of the Hibernian Mining Company, was a well- 
known personage. This Company issued tokens which were 
popularly known as Camacs; several varieties were issued during 
the years 1792, 1796. 
The record just referred to goes on to say that the nugget was 
then, January, 1796, already believed to be “in the possession of 
his Majesty ” (George III.), but we are left in doubt as to the 
person or persons by whom the project of presenting it to him, 
originally mentioned in November, 1795, by Lloyd,* had actually 
been carried out. 
A clue has been found, however, in rather a curious way. I 
am informed by Dr. W. J. Fitzpatrick, to whom I referred the 
question, with reference to the George IV. story, that he had 
casually become aware of the fact that a gold nugget had been 
presented to George III. by a gentleman named Abraham Coates, 
and that the discovery was made as follows:—In the papers of 
Mr. Kemmis, Crown and Treasury Solicitor, a payment of £300 
was ordered in the year 1803 to be made to Abraham Coates of 
_ Arklow. Noticing this, Dr. Fitzpatrick instituted inquiries in 
1883 as to what was known regarding Abraham Coates, by his 
1 Catalogue of Minerals in Museum of Trinity College, Dublin. 
2 Vol. 66, Pt. i., 1796, p. 8. 
3 See also Penny Magazine, vol. xiii., 1844, pp. 426-7. 
+ See his letter in Phil. Trans., vol. lxxxvi., 1796, p. 36. 
