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either brass or copper, about eighteen inches long and three 

 inches wide, which was figured or carved round its edges, but 

 this has not been recovered or traced." 



Colonel Jones presented, on the part of the Board of 

 Works, some coins found in the river Inny, about a quarter of 

 a mile below Ballycooly bridge, County Westmeath. 



By command of His Excellency the Lord Lieutenant, 

 Colonel Jones exhibited five gold rings or bracelets, found 

 near Strokestown, County Roscommon. 



Dr. Petrie and Sir William Betham made some remarks 

 as to the probable age of these rings, which Mr. Petrie was 

 disposed to think might come down so late as the silver brace- 

 lets found frequently in Ireland and England, as these gold 

 bracelets very much resembled them in form and design. 



Dr. Madden stated, in reference to the gold rings exhi- 

 bited by Colonel Jones, that he had frequently seen, both on 

 the east and west coasts of Africa, rings worn by the women 

 exactly similar. These rings, he also explained, passed as the 

 currency of the country. The fact of the discovery of these 

 rings in Ireland appeared to indicate ancient commercial rela- 

 tions between this country and Africa. 



