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The following donations were presented to the Academy :— 
By Arthur B. Cane, Esq.: a large, white cedar chest, ornamented in 
front with the royal arms and the letters ‘I. R.,”’ supposed to have been 
' part of the baggage of King James IT. 
By Rev. John Hamilton : a silver coin of Elizabeth, and another of 
Philip and Mary, both found near Manorhamilton. 
By Mrs. Thomas Townsend: part of the upper stone of a quern, 
rudely ornamented with a cross; found at Smithville, Castle-Townsend. 
__ By Rey. C. P. Meehan: a copper axe-head, 42 inches long, and ano- 
ther, made of bronze, 72 inches long, both found in the county of Louth; 
some fragments of four “different bronze swords; a cannon-ball, weight 
23 lbs., found near the Obelisk, on the bank of the Boyne. 
Thomas Devine, Esq., of the Crown Lands Department, Canada, 
presented a collection of 45 different specimens of timber, all of native 
growth, and used in the arts; also, two copies of his map of Canada. 
William P. Pike, Esq., presented a collection of autographs. 
Sir Thomas Deane presented Hogan’s head of Minerva, carved in 
wood, his first attempt at classic art. 
STATED MEETING, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1860. 
James Hentnorn Topp, D.D., President, in the Chair. 
Rzav,—The following letter, addressed to the President of the Aea- 
demy :— 
f Ordnance Survey Office, Dublin, 29th November, 1860. 
Srr,—I am directed by Colonel Sir Henry James, Royal Engineers, Su- 
perintendent of the Ordnance Survey, in compliance with the request 
contained in your letter of the 4th August, 1857, to his Excellency the 
Lord Lieutenant, and in accordance with the authority of the Right 
Honorable the Secretary of State for War, to forward to you, for pre- 
sentation to the Royal Irish Academy, 103 volumes of MS. papers, 
containing information relating to the local history and antiquities of 
Ireland, collected during the progress of the Ordnance Survey; together 
with 11 volumes of sketches of various objects of antiquarian interest. 
A list of the volumes is enclosed. 
I am also to state, that the delay which has occurred in presenting 
these papers has been caused by the necessity which existed for arrang- 
ing, indexing, and otherwise preparing the volumes for binding, which 
has been a work of very considerable labour, and could only progress as 
the other avocations of those competent to the task would permit. 
I am further to inform you that a considerable number of additional 
volumes are now ready for binding, and will very shortly be presented 
to the Academy. 
T have the honour to be, Sir, 
your obedient servant, 
GzorcE A, Lzacu, Lieut, -Colonel, R. E. 
