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desirable that Mr. Curry's Catalogue vshoald be completed, and printed. 

 IS"© funds are at present available for the purpose ; but the Council will 

 keep the object in view, and hope to be able ere long to carry it into 

 effect. 



The Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury have been pleased to 

 sanction the expenditure of £100 a year in the recovery of relics of 

 antiquity through the instrumentality of the constabulary of the several 

 counties ; the articles thus acquired being deposited in the Museum of 

 the Academy, and the value to be paid for them to the finders being fixed 

 by the Committee of Antiquities. For this most important boon the 

 Academy is much indebted to the exertions of Lord Talbot de Malahide, 

 who brought the matter before the Council in 1859, and subsequently 

 co-operated with the Committee of Antiquities in the preparation of the 

 plan which the Government adopted. 



The Committee of Antiquities have used all possible care and dili- 

 gence in endeavouring to discharge the trust reposed in them, in a man- 

 ner satisfactory both to the Government and to the depositors of articles 

 of treasure-trove. Various objects of interest have already been obtained 

 under this regulation, and a careful system of registration of all the 

 articles thus acquired has been adopted by the Committee. A list of all 

 the additions to the Museum during the past year, prepared from a de- 

 tailed statement, furnished by Mr. Hardinge, forms the appendix to the 

 present Report, 



It was announced in the last E-eport, that the Government had pro- 

 vided six suitable cases for the custody of the gold articles. These 

 articles have since been arranged by Mr. Wilde. "We are also indebted to 

 that gentleman for the continuation of his valuable labours in the pre- 

 paration of the Catalogue of the Museum. The third part, comprising 

 all the gold articles in the Museum, now lies on the table. This part 

 consists of 100 pages, illustrated with 90 woodcuts, and contains descrip- 

 tions of 309 objects. The Council have decided on presenting a copy of 

 it gratuitously to each of the members. 



The Catalogue of the silver and iron articles, the coins, and the 

 ecclesiastical antiquities, still remains to be made ; but the Council has 

 not at present at its disposal any funds available for that purpose. The 

 registration of the articles of silver and iron has been made, and three- 

 fourths of the engravings necessary for illustrating the Catalogue of 

 those articles have been executed. 



During the past year there has been received from the sale of copies 

 of Part I. of the Catalogue, a sum of £8 IO5.; from the sale of Part II,, 

 £15 195. Id., making a total of £24 95. Id. 



We are indebted to the zeal and industry of the Eev. Dr. Peeves, 

 Secretary of the Academy, for an accurate index to the first seven volumes 

 of the Proceedings of the Academy, which will greatly facilitate refe- 

 rence to the communications contained in them. A copy of the charter, 

 statutes, by-laws, and regulations of the Academy, carefully revised, 

 and printed in a convenient form, is also ready, and will be supplied to 

 the members. 



E. I. A. PEOG, VOL.VITI. 



