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The follo-\ying Donation to the Museum -was acknowledged, and 

 thanks ordered to be sent to the Donor : — 



Penannular object of twisted gold, African : weight, 5 dwts. 10 grs 

 Presented by ITr. Myers, Birmingham. 



Also on Deposit, a two-handled Chalice of Silver, with Gold, 

 Bronze, and Enamel Ornamentations, 7 inches in height and 9^ inches 

 in diameter. Cup of White Metal, and four massive Brooches of 

 Silver, gilt — all found in September, 1868, in the Fort of Eeerasta, 

 near the village of Ardagh, county Limerick, and deposited on the 

 part of H. M. Government by Mr. W. L. Joynt, Crown Solicitor to 

 the Treasury. 



[Per an account of these remarkable Treasures see a Paper by the 

 late Earl of Dunravenin the Transactions of the Academy, Yol. XXIY., 

 PoKte Literature and Antiquities: "On an Ancient Chalice and 

 Brooches lately found at Ardagh, in the County of Limerick."] 



The Purchases made for the Museum since last meeting of Academy, 

 14th December, 1874, are as follows: — 



Eleven Silver Pennies of Edward, viz., six Irish ; two Episcopal ; 

 one (Eorgery of the period) ; one Sterling ; one do. (John of Luxem- 

 burg) ; and one of Alexander of Scotland — all found in the ruins of 

 Knockane Castle, county Mayo. 



Celt of Basalt, 10^ inches in length — found in a garden at Harold's- 

 cross, county Dublin, in August, 1874. 



Silver Bank of Ireland Token — Tenpence — date 1813. Shilling of 

 James I. 



The Academy then adjourned. 



