PROCEEDINGS 
OF 
THE NATURAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION 
OF STATEN ISLAND. 
VOL. IX No. 1. 
The twenty-third Annual Meeting of 
the Association was held at the Staten 
Island Academy, with the president in 
the chair. 
Reports of officers for the past year 
were read and approved, as follows: 
Secretary: 
Number of members on roll at date 
of last annual meeting........... 99 
Slabs Sint OME eee 16 
kU EL. elite igh ea ana SP 8 
Weceased fi..2.:.. Raced 
Leaving at date finetuaing 1 life. 
aa MOMOTATY )c06 ce cts sess oes 106 
Treasurer: 
Balance in hand atdate of last 
ental MCEINE. . 2. ee. $326.12 
Wiles PEceived.').-. F246. 9+2-. 202.00 
Subscription to and sales of 
IPROGECCIN GS sro.cix55/s.0 So oe 55.80 
Interests on deposits in savings 
RRB ee rs Ue o's, sie sclcitie «8 ) 3 pie) shai» 10.59 
Total income $674.51 
Disbursements: 
Printing Proceedings ...... $158.61 
Library equipment (binding, 
$54.75; cases, $43.50)........ 98.25 
Public lectures: ...0. 5... 0.0: 67.55 
Postage and expressage. .. . 23.73 
Subscriptions to periodicals... 6.00 
Total disbursements $354.14 
Balance in hand $320.37 
NOVEMBER 14th, 1903. 
Curator: 
Museum: 
Number of separate donations....8 
Number of specimens included 
in the above (approximately)1,158 
Classified as: 
Mineralogy (approximately) 1,000 
Zoology (approximately) . 150 
Geolaey eimcis:.cth bind oes. elec pee 5 
SOLAILY, cise icles efeoimiee ee POR sates 2 
Archaeology...... S ctere aca ha nici 1 
Library: 
Number of societies and institu- 
tions from which exchanges 
were received .......... . 44 
Accessions: 
By exchange: 
Bound VOLUMES ©. 6... <0) aes es 12 
Parts of volumes, unbound. .207 
Separate papers.. .... ....- 52 
By donation: 
Bound vyolumies.......:.-.-..- 10 
Parts of volumes, aiteiuiad, -118 
By subscription: 
Parts of volumes, unbound...17 
Ten sections were added tothe book 
cases, and seventy-two volumes were 
bound. 
The Committee on Public Lectures 
reported upon the success attending the 
course given in connection with the 
Staten Island Academy, and called at- 
tention to the recent death of Mr. 
