MUSEUM BULLETIN 



OF THE 



Staten Island Association of Arts and Sciences* 



JBRARV 



NEW YOK 



No. 28. Published Monthly at New Brighton, N. Y. NOVEMBER, J9 



EDITED FOR THE PUBLICATION COMMITTEE 



BY CHARLES LOUIS POLLARD, CU RATOR- I N-CH I EF 



THE NEXT MEETING OF THE ASSOCIATION 



will be held in' the Museum, Borough Hall, St. George, on Saturday evening, 

 November 19, igio, at 8.15 o'clock. The scientific program, under the auspices 

 of the Section of Biology, will consist of an illustrated lecture by Henry E. 

 Crampton, Ph. D., professor of zoology in Barnard College, and curator of the 

 department of invertebrate zoology in the American Museum of Natural History. 

 The subject will be "Volcanoes and their history in the South Seas." Members 

 are reminded that visitors are welcome at meetings of the Association. 



J. Q. ADAMS. 



Acting Secretory. 



We are pleased to annouce that the Board of Estimate and Apportionment 

 has made an apropriation of $9,000.00 for the Association in the budget of ign. 

 While this is a slight reduction from the sum originally asked by the board of 

 trustees, it is sufficient for the rental and upkeep of new quarters for the museum, 

 and for the necessary corresponding enlargement of our administrative staff. 

 At the time of writing, the budget has not been finally approved by the Board 

 of Alderman; but we trust that in the next issue of the BULLETIN we shall be 

 able to report the completion of all arrangements for the transfer of the museum 

 early next year. 



Dr. Arthur Hollick, Secretary of the Association, leaves for Washington this 

 week, where he will spend the next six months in special paleobotanical work for 

 the United States Geological Survey. During his absence Dr. J. Q. Adams has 

 been appointed acting Secretary by the board of trustees. 



The committee on art loan exhibits of the Section of Art has recently installed 

 in the Museum a miscellaneous exhibit of unusual interest. One case is devoted 

 to antique silver and ivory jewelry and ornaments, including a number of old 

 watches lent by Mr. Charles P. Benedict. Several carved ivory fans in this case 

 are of great beauty. Another case is filled with hand painted fans, loaned 

 chiefly by Mrs. Lester W. Clark and Mrs. William G. Willcox. The display of 

 old-fashioned tortoise-shell combs is also noteworthy. Two cases are devoted 

 to general objects, including several daguerreotypes and silhouettes, an old sex- 

 tant, snuffboxes, etc. 



The exhibit will remain on view until January 1, and possibly longer, depend- 

 ing upon the removal of the museum. ; 



Entered as second. class matter in the Postoffice at New Brighton, X. Y., under Act of Congress of July 16, 1894 



