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By permission of the Museum of the American Indian, under whose 

 auspices the explorations were made, the collection was presented to the 

 museum of the Association. 



Mr. Skinner also presented a part of an old flint-lock musket, with the 

 flint fixed in the lock, found on the shore of Newark Bay, near the site 

 of a British encampment during the war of the Revolution. 



Announced Program 



Mr. Charles G. Hine exhibited and discussed selections from a collection 

 of about four hundred American and foreign war posters, representing 

 appeals for recruiting, war loans. Red Cross, food conservation, etc. 



Of special interest to Staten Islanders were David Varon's " Liberte," 

 Alice J. Hendee's on food conservation, and Margaret Reeve's in connec- 

 tion with the appeal for books, — all representing the work of local artists. 



Of local historical interest was one issued during the period of the 

 Revolution, notifying Staten Island farmers that two thirds of their hay 

 would be required by the king's troops. 



The meeting then adjourned. 



REGULAR MEETING, MARCH l6, I918 



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

 vesant Place, Staten Island. 



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



The minutes of the meeting of February 16, 1918, were read and 

 approved. 



Announced Program 



Mr. Frank C. Kaye gave a description of the black fox breeding industry 

 in the maritime provinces of Canada, illustrated by lantern slides, which 

 was supplemented by an exhibition by Mr. J. B. Duffies, of silver, silver- 

 gray, silver-black, and black fox pelts, with data in regard to their re- 

 spective commercial values, ranging from about $800 per pair for the 

 first mentioned to about $3500 for the pure black. ' 



The meeting then adjourned. 



REGULAR MEETING, APRIL 20, I918 



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

 vesant Place, Staten Island. 



President Howard R. Bayne in the chair with forty persons present. 



The minutes of the meeting of March 16, 1918, were read and approved. 



The president announced that the act amending the charter of the Asso- 

 ciation by changing the name to Staten Island Institute of Arts and Sci- 

 ences had passed both branches of the State Legislature, was signed by 

 the Governor on March 19, and is now Chapter 57 of the Laws of 1918. 



