396 Royal Irish Academy. 



I am directed by the Cotuicil to request you to ascertain if His Excel 

 lency tlie Lord Lieutenant is in a position to notify any further progress 

 in this matter, and, if so, to request that the Council might he furnished 

 with information thereon. 



I am, 



Sir, 



The Undee Secrexabt, 

 Dtiblin Castle. 



Tour obedient servant, 



KOBEKT AtKCNSON, 



Secretary of Council. 



Council, 17tli December, 1900, 

 Eead the following letter : — 



[22832] Chief Seceetaet's Oepice, 



Dublin Castle, Decemler 8th, 1900, 



SZE, 



I am directed by the Lord Lieutenant to acknowledge the receipt of 

 your letter of the 5th instant, and to state, for the information of the 

 Council of the Royal Irish Academy, that the question of the Celtic 

 gold ornaments is still under consideration, and that it is hoped that 

 it will soon be possible to announce a decision. 



I am, 



Sir, 



Tour obedient servant, 



J. B. DOTJGHEETT. 



The Seceetaet oe Cotmcn,, 



EoYAL Ieish Academy, 



19, Dawson -street, Dublin. 



Council, 21st January, 1901. 



Eead the following letter : — 



DtiBLrN' Castle, 



nth January, 1901. 

 Deae Sie, 



With reference to the official correspondence which has taken 

 place on the subject of the Celtic gold ornaments found in the ]S"orth 



