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of five trustees, — four for a term of three years, to fill the vacancies 

 caused by the expiration of the terms of office of William Hinman 

 Mitchill, George Scranton Humphrey, Bradish Johnson Carroll, and Nor- 

 man Stewart Walker, and one for a term of one year, to fill the vacancy 

 caused by the resignation of Arthur Hollick, — and called for the report 

 of the commrttee on nominations. 



The committee reported as follows ; 



William Hinman Mitchill, George Scranton Humphrey, Francis Win- 

 throp White, and George Cromwell, for the full term of three years, and 

 Samuel McKee Smith for the unexpired term of Arthur Hollick. 



The president asked if there were any further nominations, and none 

 others being presented it was 



Voted: that the secretary cast one affirmative ballot for the nominees 

 suggested by the committee. 



The secretary cast the ballot as instructed and the president declared 

 the nominees elected for the terms specified. 



Mr. Howard H. Cleaves presented a report on the work of the Section 

 of Biology for the year 1913-1914, in the form of the Proceedings of the 

 Section. (See this issue, p. 52.) 



Dr. John Q. Adams presented a report on the work of the Section of 

 Art for the year 1913-1914. (See this issue, p. 52.) 



Mr. George W. Tuttle gave a verbal report on the organization and sub- 

 sequent work of the Section of Engineering, and stated that a full report 

 would be prepared and transmitted to the secretary for inclusion in the 

 Proceedings. (See this issue, p. 54.) 



The president then delivered his annual address, in which he suggested 

 that an effort should be made to effect the consolidation or cooperation 

 of all local organizations interested in kindred subjects, especially all such 

 as pertain to the activities participated in or encouraged by the Associa- 

 tion, specifically mentioning a recent proposition to form a Bird Lover's 

 Club, and that the Museum was the logical center to which all such activi- 

 ties should gravitate. 



The curator-in-chief exhibited and discussed the following recent mu- 

 seum accessions : 



From Mrs. Mary Milliken. — A large, colored, framed lithograph, pub- 

 lished in 1859, representing the Washington Greys, Eighth Regiment, New 

 York State Troops, on special duty at Camp Washington [now St. George], 

 September 11-28, 1858, following the burning of the Quarantine buildings 

 by the citizens of Staten Island on September i and 2 of that year. 



From Miss Margaret S. Worth, daughter of the late General William 

 Jenkins Worth, through Dr. John T. Sprague. — Five of the seven swords 

 presented to General Worth on various occasions and deposited in the 

 State Library at Albany, where they were badly injured in the fire that 

 partly destroyed the State Capitol on March 29, 1911. Most of the in- 

 scriptive matter on them is obliterated, but on one the following inscrip- 

 tions may be deciphered : 



