Minutes of Proceedings. 399' 



Council, 1st April, 1901. 



" Mr. Garstin moved, and Mr. Westropp seconded, that tlie Presi- 

 dent be requested to ascertain from the Law Oificers of the Crown 

 what the claim of the Fishmongers' Company to the gold ornaments 

 found near Limavady being treasm'e trove is based upon." 

 Passed. 



9th April, 1901. 



The following letter was forwarded : — 



Gold Ornaments found in 



the North of Ireland. 



RoTAL Ieish Academt, 



19, Dawson Steeet, 



Dttblin, 2th April J 1901. 



SlE, 



The Council of the Eoyal Irish Academy have requested me to- 

 ascertain the precise words in the patent of Charles II. granted to the 

 Irish Society for the Plantation of Ulster, which, Mr. Gr. W. Balfour 

 stated in the House of Commons, on 6th August, 1900, had been ascer- 

 tained to be sufficient, in the opinion of the Law Officers of the Crown, 

 to convey the franchise of treasure trove to that Society; or the 

 words, and the document in which they are contained, which conveyed 

 it to the Fishmongers' Company : as the Council can find no words in 

 any document to which they have had access which appear to them in 

 any way to grant or convey such franchise. 



I shall therefore be very much obliged if you will furnish me with 

 definite information which I can lay before the Council. 



lam, 



Sii', 



Your obedient servant, 



EOBEET AxKINSOIf, 



President, Royal Irish Academy. 

 Right. Hon. 



The Chiee Seceetaet, it. p., 

 Dublin Castle. 



