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PROCEEDINGS 
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THE NATURAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION 
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eo43:..0F STATEN 
ISLAND. 
VOL. IX, No. 11. 
The regular meeting of the Associ- 
ation was held at the residence of Mr. 
Montague Lessler, Tompkinsville, with 
the president in the chair. 
The executive committee reported fur- 
ther progress in the matter of co-oper- 
ation with the City and advised that a 
law committee be appointed to consider 
and report upon any changesthat might 
be necessary or advisable in the Certi- 
ficate of Incorpcration of the Associa- 
tion or inthe Constitution and By-Laws. 
On motion the chairman was author- 
ized to appoint such a committce, to 
consist of himself and three other mem- 
bers. The chairman subsequently ap- 
pointed Mr. Wm. A. Shortt, Mr. Mon- 
tague Lessler and Mr. ly. C. Delavan. 
On motion the chairman was also 
authorized to appoint a committee to 
consider and report upon suggestions 
for a change in the name of the Associ- 
ation. The chairman appointed Mr. 
Wm. H. Mitchill, Mr. Wm. T. Davis 
and Dr. Arthur Hollick. 
On motion the secretary was instruct- 
ed to issue notices for a special meeting 
of the members of the Association, to 
elect a board of five trustees and to act 
upon any other matters that might arise 
in connection with the reports of the 
above mentioned committees, 
JANUARY 2lst, 1905. 
Dr. Arthur Hollick exhibited speci- 
mens of amber from the Androvette 
clay pit at Kreischerville, together with 
photographs of the locality and of the 
Section exposed in the pit, and readthe 
following: 
ADDITIONAL NOTESON THE OCCURRENCE 
OF AMBER AT KREISCHERVILLE- 
Since the publication of my prelim- 
inary paper on the discovery of amber 
at Kreischerville, in our Proceedings 
for November 12th, 1904, it was found 
that considerable interest had been 
aroused in the subject, which led to the 
preparation of a paper entitled ‘‘The 
Occurrence and Origin of Amber in the 
Eastern United States.’’ This paper 
was read at the Philadelphia meeting 
of the Botanical Society of America, on 
December 30th, and will be published 
in a forthcoming number of the Amert- 
can Naturalist. 
An exhaustive examination of the 
literature concerning amber showed 
very few records of the occurrence of 
of the material in this region. Cape 
Sable, Md., Gloucester, Co.. N. J., and 
Gay Head, Martha’s Vineyard, were 
apparently the only localities mention- 
ed where it had been found.in place, 
although there is oné-rathér ihdedinite 
reference toa large piece which was 
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