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of Ireland, and pm-cliased by tlie British Museum in 1897, the Chief 

 Secretary desii-es me to request that you may be so good as to inform 

 the Council of the Royal Irish Academy, that seeing that the Law 

 Officers hare advised that these ornaments were treasure trove, but 

 that the right to this treasure trove is vested in the Fishmongers' 

 Company, not in the Crown, he would suggest that it might be 

 advisable if two or three members of the Council were to discuss the 

 matter personally with him, with a view to determining what further 

 action should be taken to endeavour to secure the return of these 

 ornaments to Ireland. 



Should the Council concur in this suggestion, the Chief Secretary 

 will be happy to see its representatives here on Monday, the 28th 

 instant, at 12 noon. 



Yours truly, 



L. C. DOWDAU. 



EOBEET AtEIN-SOK, EsQ., LL.D. 



Eesolved that Mr. Garstin and the Secretary of Council be 

 requested to meet the Chief Secretary in obedience to the request in 

 the above letter. 



Council, 4tli February, 1901. 



The Committee appointed to meet the Chief Secretary on the 

 subject of the gold ornaments laid their report before the Council. 



29th January, 1901. 



[Conference of the Chief Secretary with the Secretary of Council 

 and Mr. Garstin, representing the Council, relative to the gold objects 

 found in the Korth of Ireland in 1897, and acquired by the British 

 Museum,] 



In accordance with the resolution of the Council, based on the 

 letter of January 14, from the Chief Secretary, inviting them to 

 appoint two or three members to discuss with him ' ' what further 

 action should be taken to endeavour to secure the return of these 

 ornaments to Ii'eland," we attended, by appointment, at the Castle on 

 Monday, the 28th of January, at twelve o'clock, and were very 

 ■courteously received by Mr. "Wyndham, in attendance on whom was 



