MARCH, 1008. Vol. XXXIII., No. 384. THE ANALYST. PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY OF PUBLIC ANALYSTS AND OTHER ANALYTICAL CHEMISTS. THE annual general meeting of the Society was held on Wednesday evening, February 5 , in the Chemical Society’s Rooms, Burlington House. The President, Mr. E. J. Bevan, occupied the chair. The minutes of the previous annual general meeting were read and confirmed. hlessrs. H. Droop Richmond and John Golding were appointed Scrutators of the ballot-papers for the election of Officers and Council for 1908. The HON. TREASURER presented the accounts of the Society for 1907. These were adopted, and votes of thanks were passed to the Hon. Treasurer, Auditors, and Hon. Secretaries. On the motion of the PRESIUEET, a vote of thanks was passed to the President and Council of the Chemical Society for their kindness in allowing the Society the use of their roonis at Burlington House during the past year.The PI~ESIDENT delivered his annual address. The scrutators having reported that the Officers and Council for 1908 had been elected in accordance with the nominations announced at the last ordinary meeting, hlr. BEVAN vacated the chair in favour of the newly elected President, Mr. R. It. Tatlock. Rlr. TATLOCK said that he was glad to have an early opportunity of offering his sincere thanks to the Council for their kindness in nominating him and making arrangements for his appointment. The distinguished names of his predecessors, his great distance from London, and his advancing age, made him enter upon his ofice with hesitation and diffidence; but the Council had extended to him so much encouragement and kind consideration that he hoped, with their co-operation and that of the members generally, to be able in a small way to assist in the direction of the affairs of the Society and the promotion of its welfare.Mr. HEHNER, after welcoming the new President in the name of his colleagues, moved that a hearty vote of thanks be accorded to Mr. Bevan for his address and for his services in the chair, and that his permission be asked to print the address in THE AN.4LYST. Dr. RIDEAL seconded, and the motion was carried with acclamation.74 THE ANALYST. Mr. BEVAN having responded, Mr. TATLOCK read the list of Officers and Council President.--13. R. Tatlock. Past-Presidents (limited by the Society’s Articles of Association *to eight in number),-M.A. Adams, F.R.C.S. : E. J. Bevan ; Bernard Dyer, D.Sc. ; Thomas Fairley ; W. W. Fisher, M.A. ; Otto Hehner ; Sir Thomas Stevenson, M.D., F.R.C.I’. ; J. Augustus Voelcker, M.A., B.Sc., Ph.D. elected for 1908 as follows : Vzce-PmsicZe?zts.-A Bostock Hill, M.D. ; E. W. T. Jones ; John White. Hon. Treaswer.-E. W. T‘oelcker, A.R.S.M. Hon. Scc~etarics.-Alfred C, Chapman ; P. A. Ellis Richards. Othw MenLbew of CounciZ.-Bertrain Blount ; Cecil H. Cribb, R.Sc. ; J . T. Dunn., D.Sc. ; A. E. Ekins; John Golding ; J. T. Hewitt, D.Sc., Ph.D., MA. ; Arthur R. Ling; L. Myddelton &ash; F. W. Richardson; H. Droop Richmond; G. E. Scott Smith; L. W. Stansell. The ordinary monthly meeting of the Society immediately followed the annual meeting.The minutes of the previous ordinary meeting were read and confirmed. Certificates of proposal for election to membership in favour of Messrs. Charles E. Cassal, F.I.C. ; J. Kear Colwell, F.I. C. ; F. Dent, M.Sc., Ph.D., F.I.C. ; R. Doresa, F.I.C. ; F. S. Earp, M.A., Ph.D., F.I.C. ; and Rudolf Lessing, were read for the second time; and certificates in favour of Messrs. Robert Barton, jun., 48, Wellclose Mount, Leeds, assistant to Rlr. G. W. Slatter; Harold G. Colman, Ph.D. (Wiirz- burg), M.Sc. (Manchester), F.I.C., I, Arundel Street, Strand, JV.C., analytical and consulting chemist ; Frank William Harbord, A.R. S.M., F.I.C., 16, TTictoria Street, Westminster, S. W., analytical and consulting chemist ; Herbert Procter Smith, Shotton Lane, Shotton, Flintshire, chief chemist to Messrs. John Summers and Sons, Ltd., Shotton ; Thomas Tyrer, F.I.C., Sterling Chemical Works, Stratford, l<;. , manufacturing chemist ; and William Henry Withey, B. A. (Cantab.), 85, Lambetli I’alace Road, S.E., analytical chemist, were read for the first time. Messrs. F. H. Duprd, P. IT. Dupr;, J . C. Kirkaldy, and I{. H. Merritt, B.Sc., were elected members of the Society. The following papers were read : “ English Inks : their Composition and DifYerentiation in Handwriting,” by C. A. Mitchell, B.9., F.I.C. ; ‘‘ The Constitution of Indicators,” by J. T, Hewitt, I>.%, Ph.D., M.A. The President, RIr. R. R. Tatlock, occupied the chair.