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offered at a recent meeting of the Board of Trustees, he had, on Tuesday 

 evening, January 12, attended the pubUc hearing at which the matter of 

 changing the names of certain streets on the island was discussed. Pro- 

 tests were entered against several proposed changes, and a suggestion was 

 offered that, as a matter of general policy, all main highways, so far as 

 practicable, be designated " roads " rather than " avenues " or " streets." 

 A copy of the report of progress of the old committee of the Natural Sci- 

 ence Association of Staten Island on the renaming of streets and high- 

 ways,^ together with a copy of the final report of the committee, dated 

 April II, 1903, were also presented to the president of the borough, for the 

 consideration of the officials having the matter in charge. 



The secretary suggested that this was one of the most important civic 

 activities in which the Association could be of assistance, and that it was 

 an opportunity which should not be neglected. Further hearings are to be 

 held, and any suggestions made by the Association would undoubtedly be 

 welcomed and would receive careful consideration. 



On motion of Mr. Robert W. Gardner it was 



Voted, that the president be and is hereby authorized and requested to 

 appoint a committee of three members of the Association with power to 

 take such action on behalf of the Association as it may deem advisable in 

 connection with any proposed changes of street names by the borough 

 officials having the matter in charge. 



The president subsequently appointed Mr. William T. Davis, Mr. Ed- 

 ward C. Delavan, Jr., and Mr. Charles G. Hine as such committee. 



Mrs. Robert W. Gardner, on behalf of the loan committee of the Section 

 of Art, announced that the committee had decided to arrange for an 

 exhibit of articles of artistic and historic interest this month and to open 

 it to the public, if possible, on February i. In arranging for this exhibit 

 it was decided to try the experiment of asking each member of the Asso- 

 ciation to loan one article. 



The president called attention to a volume recently donated to the Asso- 

 ciation by Hon. Frank Baker, justice of the Illinois Appellate Court, enti- 

 tled " Baker Ancestry, etc.," which contains a number of references to 

 Staten Island. (See this issue, p. 99.) 



Mr. William T. Davis presented and commented upon a copy of Clute's 

 School Geography issued in 1833. (See this issue, p. 66.) 



The director exhibited and commented upon a recent accession, donated 

 by Mr. John B. Pearson, consisting of a collection of gums and resins of 

 living plants and including tragacanth, Astragalus gummifer Labill. ; 

 mastic," Pistacia lentiscus L. ; sandarac, Callitris quadrivalvis Vent. ; elemi, 

 Canarium commune L. ; and resin of the Georgia pine, Pinus palustris 

 Mill. These products form an interesting supplement to the series of 

 fossil gums recently donated to the museum and shown at the November 

 and December meetings. 



2 Proc. Nat. Sci. Assoc. Staten Is. 8 : 7-10. March 9, 1901. 



