May 1906.] PROCEEDINGS S. I. ASSN. ARTS AND SCIENCES. 5I 



Disposition of Funds. 



On deposit in Staten Island Savings Bank $316.02 



Corn Exchange Bank, Staten Island Branch 304.13 



Cash in hands of Treasurer 7.45 



$627.60 

 Additional Assets. 



Back dues outstanding $33.00 



Current dues payable 34-50 



$67.50 

 Liabilities. 



Outstanding obligations (estimated) $5.00 



J. Blake Hillyer, 



Treasurer. 



Report of the Honorary Cur.ator. 

 Museum Collections. 



Eight separate donations have been made to the Museum, including 

 4 specimens in botany, 30 in geology, and several hundred in zoology. 



The most important accession is the collection of several hundred 

 shells donated by Rev. Ernest F. Neilson of Newburgh, N. Y., a for- 

 mer member and one of the organizers of the Natural Science x\ssocia- 

 tion of Staten Island. 



By reason of want of space it has not been possible to display any of 

 the recent accessions, which have been placed in the care of the mem- 

 bers of the Association temporarily, and a large amount of additional 

 material has been promised as soon as adequate accommodations can 

 be secured. 



Library . 



A number of historical documents, old local newspapers, pamphlets 

 and newspaper clippings of local interest, pictures, photographs, etc., 

 have been donated, which should be properly classified and arranged 

 under approved library methods. 



The publications received in exchange for the Proceedings has in- 

 creased, although no effort in this direction has been made on the part 

 of the Association. Our regular mailing list now includes eighty-five 

 societies and institutions, from the following of which publications 

 have been received during the past year : 



Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa.; 

 Proceedings, 



