12 peesident's addeess. 



put together, and the council trust to have it in the hands of 

 our members in a short time. 



Since our last meeting, no matter of particular interest to 

 our society has come under my notice, but I have brought for 

 your inspection an interesting silver ring, dag up near the site 

 of the old college of Glasney, at Penryn ; it bears a letter S with 

 branches of what may be palm on each side, and is well cut. 



I have also obtained a short account of a small gold ring, 

 found some time since in a parish abutting on Falmouth 

 Harbour, the only mark on it being a fleur-de-lis. I regret that 

 this ring is lost to Cornwall, having passed into a large collec- 

 tion of rings out of the county. It was pronounced to be a very 

 early sample of a rare kind of French ring. 



The Rev. W. lago exhibited to us a short time since a 

 bronze ring, with the head of a serpent, found by a lady ; it was 

 embedded in freshly formed sandstone, under the cliffs in Trevone 

 bay, near Padstow, but I regret to say this ring was broken in 

 taking it out. 



I have taken no particular subject for study this year, but 

 have made a variety of notes on Cornish matters which have 

 come under my observation, the reading of which may be 

 interesting to many. 



Notes on Coenish Mattees. 



Miss Collins, of Bodmin, has presented a most interesting 

 set of the original matrices of the seals of the archdeacons of 

 Cornwall, and others, amongst them that of the Leper Hospital 

 of St. Laurence, near Bodmin. This matrix, with a brass 

 candlestick, was bought in one lot at a sale, for a small sum. 



COINING OF TIN. 



In the years 1661 to 1671, Christopher Bellot, of Bodmin, 

 and Samuel Enys obtained (through Lord Arundel it would seem) 

 the coinage of tin for the county of Cornwall, and the account 

 books show the amount of tin coined during those years. I have 

 selected from these books such extracts as I thought would be 

 of interest, and a list of such persons as have descendants or 

 representatives still existing in the county. 



