280 
piece boats; 1 wooden single-piece vessel, in process of formation ; 
1 ancient leather shoe; 2 pieces of bog-butter; 12 plain metal celts 
(4 copper and 8 bronze); 17 bronzed winged celts, or palstabs; 13 
socketed bronze celts; 2 bronze gouges; 2 bronze armour rings; 1 
large solid bronze ring, or armlet; 1 bronze engraved sword-blade; 1 
bronze dagger, with metal handle attached; 1 curved bronze battle-axe ; 
2 bronze spears ; 1 ancient bronze spoon ; 2 bronze sliding-keys; 1 large, 
decorated bronze cauldron; 2 shoe-shaped bronze plates; 2 bronze bridle- 
bits; 4 bronze headstall ornaments; 1 bronze model of gold torque; 1 
plain bronze pin; 3 bronze ring-pins; 8 bronze spring brooches; 2 
whole and 1 half silver bracelets; 1 perfect angular ditto; 1 massive 
silver brooch, with Ogham inscription ; 1 large silver ring-brooch, want- 
ing pin; 1 highly decorated ring-brooch, wanting pin, of white metal, 
covered with gold plate; 1 human figure in skin dress. 
Mr. Wilde also exhibited, on the part of— 
John Murray, Esq., of Edenderry: a bone pick; and a flint arrow- 
head, attached to its wooden shaft by a fastening of gut. 
The thanks of the Academy were given to Lord Castlemaine, Mr. 
Huthwaite, and Mr. Murray. 
STATED MEETING, FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 1860. 
James Hentuorn Topp, D. D., Presipent, in the Chair. 
Tux Secretary of the Council read the following Report from the Coun- 
ceil :— 
REPORT. 
Wuen the last Annual Report was prepared, the following Papers were 
nearly ready for publication in the Transactions of the Academy :—Mr. 
Jukes and Professor Haughton, on the Lower Paleozoic Rocks of the 
South-East of Ireland; Lieutenant Renny on the Constants of the Baro- 
metric Formula, and a Postscript to the same. These have since been 
completed, and are included in the Twenty-third Volume of the Trans- 
actions, which has been issued to the Members. 
Tn addition to these Papers, the Volume contains the following, 
which had been printed before the date of the last Report :— 
IN THE DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE. 
Mr. Donovan on Galvanometric Deflections producible by Attrition 
and Contact of Metals. 
Mr. Haughton’s Discussion of the Tidal Observations made by direc- 
tion of the Academy, in 1850_51. 
Mr. Mallet on the Construction of Artillery. 
Mr. Salmon on the Degree of the Surface Reciprocal to a given one. 
Mr. Forster on the Molecular Formation of Crystals. 
Dr. Robinson on the Lifting Power of the Electro-Magnet. Part III. 
Dr. Lloyd on the Intensity of the Earth’s Magnetic Force. 
Dr. Kinahan on the Genus Oldhamia. 
