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April 13th, 1891. 



Stated Meeting. 



Ten persons present. 



In the absence of officers, Prof. Brition was chosen to pre- 

 side. 



The minutes of March 30th were read and approved. 



The Secretary read an invitation from the New York Micro- 

 scopical Society to their Twelfth Annual Reception, which 

 was accepted. 



The report of the Forestry Committee was read and adopted, 

 and the Secretary was directed to mail a copy to the Legislature. 



New York, April 9th, 1891. 



The Committee appointed by the President to draft resolu- 

 tions concerning the preservation of forest lands in the State 

 of New York, would respectfully submit the following: 



Whereas, The preservation of our remaining forest areas, and 

 especially those in the region of the Adirondacks, is of immense 

 importance to the business interests and the sanitary welfare of 

 the citizens of the State, and should be secured by all safeguards 

 of law; and 



Whereas, Two bills prepared by the New York State Forestry 

 Association are now before the Legislature for action, the one 

 providing for important restrictions upon the building of rail- 

 roads on forest lands belonging to the State, and the other pro- 

 hibiting the construction of permanent dams, which have been 

 so great a cause of forest destruction by overflow in recent years. 



Resolved, That The New York Academy of Sciences re- 

 gards the provisions of these bills as wise, judicious, and timely, 

 and deems their passage a matter of pressing importance; and 



Resolved, That the Academy would respectfully urge upon 



both houses of the Legislature the prompt adoption of these 



measures, as a step toward the protection of our forests and the 



maintenance of the conditions that all experience shows to be 



-demanded by every requirement of an enlightened public policy. 



D. S. Martin, 

 N. L. Britton, 

 J. J. Garrkttson. 



There being no announced paper. Prof. Britton made a few 



