PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE % 



STATEN ISLAND ASSOCIATION OF ARTS 

 AND SCIENCES 



[Late Natural Science Association of Staten Island.] 

 Vol. I. January-May, 1906. Part II. 



REGULAR MEETING. 

 January 2oth, 1906. 



The meeting: was held at the residence of Mr. Lester W. Clark, Sr.. 

 New Brighton. 



President Howard R. Bayne in the chair. 



Twenty-six members were present. 



The minutes of the meeting of December i6th, 1906, were read and 

 approved. 



The following were elected to active membership: 

 Thomas A. Braniff, Tompkinsville. 

 Timothy F. Donovan, West New Brighton. 

 Richard Fair, Stapleton. 



Dr. Arthur Hollick exhibited specimens of charred wood, lignite, 

 and amber, from the Cretaceous deposits at Kreischerville, and read 

 the following papers: 



' A Fossil Forest Fire. 



At our rneejting of January 21st, 1905, in a paper entitled "Additional 

 Notes on the Occurrence of Amber at Kreischerville" {Proc. Nat. Set. 

 Assn. S. /., vol. ix, 1905, pp. 35, 36), I referred briefly to the pres- 

 ence of charred wood, associated with the lignites and amber, in the 

 following words: "Another exceedingly intereresting phenomenon is 



