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been for many years in the possession of an ecclesiastic in Drogheda, 
and was purchased from J. Fotterell for . . . oe Soe OU xe 
Coins and Medals.—Fifteen Danish silver pieces, and two Anglo- 
Saxon coins of Ethelred, in a very good state of preservation. They 
were purchased from Mr. R. Murray, of Mullingar, for . £3 0 0 
A small collection of Greek coins, purchased from M. Daly for 1s. 6d. 
Total cost of articles purchased by the Committee of Antiquities 
during the year ending 16th March,1859, . . . . . £4118 1 
The Secretary of the Academy announced that, in pursuance of the 
Resolution agreed to at the last meeting of the Academy, Mr. Wilde’s 
letter had been laid before the Council, “and that the Council assented 
to its being entered on the Minutes of the Academy. 
It was then Resolved—That Mr. Wilde’s letter be entered on the 
Minutes of the Academy, with the exception of certain passages which 
he desired to omit as having a personal reference. 
*¢1, Merrton-squarr, Nort, 
28th February, 1859. 
«‘ Dar Srr,—As there seems to be some misapprehension on the part 
of Members of the Academy respecting the state of the Museum, and 
the second part of the Catalogue, and as a recent resolution of Council 
directed ‘all works whatsoever connected with the second part of the 
Catalogue to be stopped,’—at the same time that the Council recom- 
mended a subscription to be opened for the purpose of completing that 
book, I beg to lay the following statement before the Academy. 
“On the 9th November, 1857, the following resolution, recommended 
by the Council, was passed by the Academy :—‘ That all moneys de- 
rived from the sale of the Catalogue, after the expense of advertising, 
&c., be devoted to the publication of the second part of that work.’ 
“Coincident with that recommendation the following Resolution was 
adopted by the Council :—‘ That Messrs. Carson, Haughton, Gilbert, 
and Wilde, do form the Committee to whom the full control of the 
sale of the Catalogue shall be intrusted.’ 
“‘The Treasurer has long since been furnished with materials for 
making out an exact account of the receipts from the sale of Part I., 
and the expenditure incurred in the preparation of Part II. of the Ca- 
talogue, up to the 16th March, 1858. By that account, when it is 
brought before the Academy, may be seen how I have disposed of the 
moneys voted for the preparation of Part IT. 
“Tn the Report of Council, read at the last Annual Meeting, all par- 
ticulars of the Museum and its Catalogue were fully laid before the 
Academy. That Report says—‘ The MS. Catalogue is now in process 
of completion, irrespective of any cost to the Academy, out of the price 
of Part I., which it is expected will also pay for the completion of the 
illustrations, provided the Members who have not already subscribed 
will do so. Thus, in process of time, should the Academy be in funds, 
