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The curator-in-chief exhibited and commented upon certain of the re- 

 cent accessions to the museum collection and library, as follows : 



Personally Collected. — A large fragment of a silicified paleozoic coral, 

 from the Yellow (Pensauken?) Gravel overlying the Cretaceous clay at 

 Kreischerville, about equal in size to a similar specimen found at Prince's 

 Bay and exhibited at the meeting of October 15, 1904. 



Fossils from a Drift bowlder of Schoharie Grit, found in Moravian 

 Cemetery, including Atrypa impressa Hall, Meristella nasuta Conr., Ortho- 

 ceras pelops Hall(?), Pentamerella arata Conr., Stropheodonta demissa 

 Conr., 5". parva Hall, 5". perplana Conr., Strophonella anipla Hall, Dibundo- 

 phyllum sp.(?), and Amplexusf. 



From Charles La Point. — Cannon ball, presumably of Revolutionary 

 age, found near Silver Lake. 



From Frederick Forde. — A chick, with four legs, all equally well de- 

 veloped. 



From Mrs. E. A. Low. — Copies of the Spirit of the Fair, Nos. 1-17, 

 Ap. S-23, 1864, issued by the publication committee of the Sanitary Fair 

 held in New York in aid of the U. S. Sanitary Commission during the 

 period of the Civil War; also copies of The Drum Beat, Nos. 1-13, and 

 extra No., Feb. 22-Mch. 11, 1864, issued by the Brooklyn and Long Island 

 Fair for the benefit of the same commission; also a bill of fare issued 

 in connection with the latter, on which the following items appear : lobster 

 salad .25, roast beef .25, corned beef (hot or cold) .25, sirloin steak .30, 

 ham and eggs .30, grouse .80, quail .40, canvas-back duck 3.00. All fresh 

 vegetables were listed at 10 cts., but macaroni was 15 cts. Pies were all 

 10 cts., and ice cream 15 cts. Interesting comparisons were suggested in 

 connection with the prices of similar items on a modern bill of fare. 



Announced Program 



Dr. Arthur Hollick delivered an address, illustrated with lantern slides, 

 on Swamps, Ancient and Modern. 

 The meeting then adjourned. 



Regular Meeting, February 21, 19 14 



The meeting was held in the assembly hall of the Museum, 154 Stuy- 

 vesant Place, New Brighton. 

 ' President Howard R. Bayne in the chair and thirty persons present. 



The minutes of the meeting of January 17, 1914, were read and approved. 



Dr. Arthur HoUick exhibited and commented upon a number of geo- 

 logical specimens recently collected, including fossiliferous Helderberg 

 limestone, containing Strophomena rhomhoidalis, etc., from the Drift at 

 Prince's Bay, and a fragment of sandstone from the same locality, show- 

 ing unusually well defined joint structure. 



