no Staten Island Association of Arts and Sciences 



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



The minutes of the meeting of November 21, 1914, were read and 

 approved. 



The curator-in-chief exhibited and commented upon certain recent ac- 

 cessions, as follows : 



1. Front Mr. William T. Davis. — Ten old woodcuts of local historical 

 interest, supplementary to those presented by Mr. Davis at the October 

 meeting, from Harper's Weekly, Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, 

 and Ballou's Pictorial Drawing Room Companion. Also the front cover 

 and pages 11, 12, and 17-20 of The Picturesque Beauties of the Hudson 

 River and Its Vicinity, etc., by Samuel L. Knapp, published in 1835-36 by 

 J. Disturnell, 156 Broadway, New York. The titles of the pictures and 

 the publications from which they were taken are " Site of the Proposed 

 Fever Station, Seguine's Point, Staten Island," with " Map of New York 

 Bay," showing the location of the quarantine hospital at Tompkinsville 

 and the proposed site at Seguine's Point (Harper's Weekly, May 23, 

 1857); "The Staten Island Ferry-Boat Disaster — The ' Westfield ' Imme- 

 diately after the Explosion," which tragic event occurred on Sunday 

 afternoon, July 30, 1871 (ibid. August 12, 1871) ; "Quarantine War. View 

 of a Portion of the Hospital Buildings Destroyed by the Inhabitants of 

 Staten Island on the Night of the Cable Jubilee, September i, 1858," with 

 " The New Shanties Erected at Quarantine, Staten Island, for the Accom- 

 modation of the Sick," and descriptive text (Frank Leslie's Illustrated 

 Newspaper, September i8[?], 1858); "View of the Seventh Regiment 

 Camp, Staten Island, Looking toward the Lower Bay," with " View of 

 Seventh Regiment Camp, Staten Island — The Regiment in Line" (ibid. 

 July 13, i860) ; "View of Princes Bay" (Ballou's Pictorial Drawing Room 

 Companion, 1857) ; " Pagoda, Chfton Park, Staten Island " (ibid. 1858) ; 

 " South Point of Staten Island and Biddle's Grove," known today as 

 Ward's Point and vicinity at Tottenville (ibid. 1858 [1859?]). The dates 

 were verified, as far as possible, from such files of the publications as 

 were obtainable at the New York Public Library; but these were found 

 to be incomplete and, in several instances, badly mutilated. 



2. From the Standard Varnish Works, Port Richmond, through Mr. 

 Louis L. Tribus.—'EAghi boxes of fossil gums used in the manufacture 

 of varnishes, including Congo copal from the Congo Free State, Africa; 

 Manila copal from the Straits Settlements, India; Borneo copal, first and 

 second grades, from Borneo ; kauri copal, first and second grades, from 

 New Zealand; dammar gum, first and second grades, from the Island of 

 Batavia. 



These specimens will be placed in glass jars, uniform in size with those 

 in which the similar specimens donated by Mr. John B. Pearson and shown 

 at the last meeting are displayed, and the entire series will be arranged as 

 one exhibit. 



Dr. Arthur Hollick exhibited specimens of bayberry or waxberry, 



