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purpose of public exhibition by the president of the borough, 

 Hon. George Cromwell, under the resolution of the Sinking Fund 

 Commissioners of the City of New York. As soon as the cases 

 were available, steps were taken to classify and arrange the 

 museum for public exhibition. 



On June 17, 1907, Mr. Charles Louis Pollard, formerly of the 

 U. S. National Museum at Washington, was appointed curator by 

 the Board of Trustees, and immediately entered upon his duties. 

 The work of installing and arranging the museum specimens and 

 the library has been accomplished by the curator with an or- 

 ganized staff of active members of the Association, as set forth 

 in the report of the Board of Trustees. Other members have 

 also rendered active assistance. To all of these gentlemen the 

 Association is indebted for most skillful, valuable, and useful 

 service. 



In spite of the limited time at our disposal we may confidently 

 expect a creditable showing of the museum on May 23, the date 

 set for the public opening. 



The annual prize bestowed by the Association for work in 

 natural science, open to pupils in the Curtis High School, was 

 awarded last June to Mr. Harold Ludlow, for the best collection of 

 not less than fifty native and introduced wild plants of Richmond 

 County. The prize this year will be awarded for the best collec- 

 tion of not less than 100 specimens of Staten Island insects, in- 

 cluding at least fifty species and four orders. The interest which 

 these prizes have aroused is highly satisfactory and the results 

 attained indicate an encouraging advance in special study and 

 accurate investigation , in natural science. As soon as the funds 

 are available similar prizes should be offered in other schools as 

 incentives to the study of nature. 



Along the line of enlarging the scope of the Association was the 

 adoption of a new bylaw authorizing the formation of sections 

 bv the members for the discussion and study of special subjects. 

 Under this bylaw any five or more members may with the ap- 

 proval of the Board of Trustees organize a section, select their 



