Records of Meetings 



Regular Meeting, October i6, 1909 



The meeting was held in the museum, Borough Hall, Xew Brighton 

 First Vice-President William T. Davis in the chair. 

 About thirt}' persons were present. 



The minutes of the annual meeting of May 15, 1909, were read and 

 approved. 



Dr. Arthur Hollick presented the following 



Report of the Committee 



ON THE 



Annual Prize Competition in Natural Science 



OPEN only to 



Pupils in Curtis High School 



The subject of competition for the school year 1908-1909 was " a col- 

 lection of the leaves and flowers or fruit of not less than twenty-five 

 native and introduced Staten Island trees, with a written discussion of 

 their respective availabilities for shade, ornamental or memorial pur- 

 poses." 



Two collections were submitted in competition, but only one of them 

 fulfilled all the requirements of the conditions imposed, f his one, sub- 

 mitted by Carl Philip Dowell, contained sixty mounted specimens, and 

 seventeen specimens of fruits in boxes, collectively representing forty 

 species, all of them correctly named. 



The accompanying written discussion also complied with the condi- 

 tions imposed. 



The prize was, therefore, awarded to Carl Philip Dowell. 



The other collection, submitted by Thomas Nicholson, was commended 

 for the care and neatness shown in the preparation of the specimens. 



The committee recommends that the prize specimens be displayed in 

 the museum of the Association, and that the written discussion be printed 

 where it may receive the attention which it deserves and be made available 

 for suitable distribution. 



The subject and conditions determined upon for the school year igogH 

 1910 are : 



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