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Staten Island Association of Arts and Sciences 



The gift to the Association by Dr. N. L. Britton of the Cub- 

 berly House, and its acceptance by the Board of Trustees, to be 

 " preserved by the Association as an example of old colonial cot- 

 tage architecture," was announced and fully explained at our 

 January meeting. No plans have as yet been formulated for the 

 care and maintenance of the property ; but a committee of the 

 Board was appointed, consisting of Dr. J. Q. Adams, Mr. F. Win- 

 throp White and the president, to arrange and determine all the 

 legal formalities for its transfer and acceptance in accordance 

 with the deed of gift. 



The art loan exhibit which was installed last autumn has been 

 removed since the last issue of the Bulletin and a new one has 

 been installed which is of exceptional interest by reason of the 

 variety of material represented. In order to economize space, 

 and at the same time to fully describe everything, each article is 

 numbered and all descriptive matter is entered under its proper 

 number in a typewritten catalog. A list of the contributors and 

 a general description of the exhibits will be printed in the next 

 Bulletin. 



Several new exhibits have been arranged elsewhere in the 

 museum. In the upper hallway may be seen a series of six 

 framed pictures showing lightning in its various forms, as de- 

 picted by modern photographic methods ; and it is hoped to sup- 

 plement these, for purposes of comparison, by pictures made pre- 

 vious to the era of instantaneous photography, in which lightning 

 is represented in the old conventional manner. Any such pictures 

 which members may be able to contribute will be welcome. 



In the geology room our collection of old wall maps of Staten 

 Island has been rearranged and these now form an interesting 

 historical series. 



In the same room, on the mantlepiece, our entire collection of 

 fossil and recent gums and resins has been arranged in glass jars, 

 making a very creditable display, which could be made an almost 

 complete exhibit of its kind by the addition of a few more speci- 

 mens easily obtainable, such as gum arabic, gum camphor, etc. 



In the table case adjoining the mantlepiece a series of speci- 

 mens has been arranged, from some of the material which is 

 stored in the Annex, representing various forms of the mineral 

 quartz— quartz crystal, agates of various kinds, chalcedony, jas- 

 per, bloodstone, amethyst, onyx, carnelian, etc. 



Accessions to the Museum and Library not previously ac- 

 knowledged in the Bulletin have been received from Frank 

 Baker, Howard R. Bayne, Samuel Brick, Jr., Howard H. Cleaves, 

 Wm. T. Davis, Arthur Hollick John B. Pearson, Hartwell Stafford 

 and L. L. Tribus. 



