•384 Royal Irish Academy. 



In jStTr. Coffey's absence, tte Secretary moved that the discussion 

 of Mr. Coffey's motion — " That a revision of the By-Laws is de- 

 sirahle for the purpose of simplifying the method and defining the 

 conditions of the election of President and Council," he adjourned 

 until the first meeting of the Academy in November next. Passed. 



Eead the foUc^ving : 



mijstites axd coerespoin'dexce eelatixg to the 

 gold antiquities potjnd near liitayady in 



1896. 



Council, 1st February, 1897. 



[Attention of Council called to report in the Athenseum of Jan. 30, 

 1897, of a Paper by Mr. Arthur Evans, read at a meeting of the 

 Society of Antiquaries, London, on a remarkable hoard of gold objects 

 found in the North of Ireland.] 



Eesolved — "That the subject of the find of gold ornaments be 

 referred to the Committee of Polite Literature and Antiquities, \rith 



poTver to communicate with the Crown Solicitor on the matter." 



P. L. & A. Com., Sth Feb., 1897. 



[Reference from Council considered. 



The Secretary of Council informed the Committee that he had had 

 an intei-view with the Chief Crown Solicitor, in which he had laid 

 before him the circumstances of the case so far as they had come to 

 his knowledge. The Crown Solicitor stated that the great hindrance 

 to definite action being then taken lay in the absence of precise infor- 

 mation as to the place where the objects were found, the name of the 

 finder, and the ciixum stances of the finding. The Secretary pointed 

 out that these were matters which the Academy had no machinery for 

 ascertaining, and that in all such cases it must be left to the Executive. 



The Academy Council had accordingly drawn attention to the case. 



The following Minute was adopted : — 



"After hearing that there was good reason to believe that the 

 Crown Solicitor had already been put in motion on the matter, it was 

 resolved — That the matter be defen-ed to a subsequent meeting, to be 

 summoned when more definite information has been obtained." 



