APPENDIX. 



No. I. 



CORRESPONDENCE, 



READ TO THE ACADEMY, JANUARY 27th, and FEBRUARY 24th, 1845 

 FROM 



THE MINUTES OF COUNCIL. 



" Dublin Castle, \%th Jan., 1845. 

 " Gentlemen, — I am directed by the Lord Lieutenant 

 to transmit the accompanying statement, which has been re- 

 ceived from Sir William Betham, for any observations the 

 Council of the Royal Irish Academy may wish to offer for 

 his Excellency's information. 



" I am, Gentlemen, your obedient Servant, 

 " Eliot. 

 " The Secretaries to the 



Royal Irish Academy, 8fc. 8fc" 



" Dublin Castle, I5th Jan., 1845. 



" My Lord, — I take the liberty of drawing your lord- 

 ship's attention, and that of Her Majesty's Government, to 

 the following brief statement of facts. 



" In the year 1830, the Council of the Royal Irish x\ca- 

 demy put an advertisement into the public journals, offering 

 apremium of fifty pounds, with the Gold Medal, for the best 

 Essay on the Origin and Use of the Round Towers of Ireland. 



" On the 17th December, 1832, they awarded the money 

 and Medal to Mr. George Petrie, one of the members of the 

 Council, for his Essay, as the best of those sent in. The 



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