THE INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY OF GREAT BRITAIN & IRELAND, INCORPORATED 2nd OCTOBER, 1877, UNDER 30 & 31 VICTORIA CHAP. 131, SEC. 23. LONDON : PRINTED BY A. P. BLUNDELL -dz Go., 26, GARLICK HILL, E.C. 1878. PRESIDENT. E. FRANKLAND, Ph.D., D.C.L., F.R.S., bc. VICE-PRESIDENTS. F. A. ABEL, C.B., F.R.S., &c. ALEXANDER CRUM BROWN, M.D., D.Sc., F.R.S.E., &c. ROBqRT GALLOWAY, M.R.I.A., F.C.S. WILLIAM ODLING, M.A., M.B., F.R.S., &c. R. ANGUS SMITH, Ph.D., F.R.S. AUGUSTUS VOELCKER Ph.D., F.R.S., F.C.8. TREASURER. C. R. ALDER WRIGHT, D.Sc., F.C.S. JOHN ATTFIELD, Ph.D., F.C.S. DAVID HOWARD, F.C.S. JAMES BELL, F.C.S. C. T. KINGZETT, F.C.S. DUGBLD CAMPBELL, F.C.S. A. F. MARRECO, F.C.S. MICHAEL CARTEIGHE, F.C.S. F.A. MANNING, F.C.S. W,CROOKES, F.R.S., F.C.S. E. J. MILLS, D.Sc., F.R.S. G. E. DAVIS, F.C.S. E. NEISON, F.C.S., F.R.A.8. WARREN DE LA RUE, D.C.L., F.R.S.,&c. JOHN PATTINSON, F.C.S. WILLIAM DITTMAR, F.R.S.E., F.C.S. T. REDWOOD, Ph.D., F.C.S. A. DUPRE, Ph.D., F.R.S., F.C.S. J. EMERSON REYNOLDS, M.D. R. J. FRISWELL, F.C.S. M.R.I.A., F.C.S. J. H. GLADSTONE, Ph.D., F.R.S., &c. THOMAS STEVENSON, M.D., F.C.E GEORGE GORE, LL.D., F.R.S. R. R. TATLOCK, F.R.S.E., F.C.S. W. N. HARTLEY, F.R.S.E., F.C.S. R. V. TUSON, F.C.S. DOUGLAS HERMAN, F.C.S. T. WAY, F.C.S. SOLICITOR. JAS. PETTENGILL, 32, Wdbrook, E.O. SECRETARY. C. E. GROVES, F.C.S. MEMORANDUN OF ASSOCIATION OF THE INSTITUTE OF CHE-DIISTRY OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND.1. The name of the Association is “THE INSTITUTEOF CHEMISTRYOF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND.” 2. The Registered Office of the Association will be situated in England. 3. The objects for which the Association is established are- (A) To promote and encourage a thorough study of Chemistry and all branches of Science allied thereto in their application to the Arts, to Agriculture, to Public Health, and to Technical Industry. (B) To adopt such measures as may be necessary’for the advancement of the Profession of Chemistry, and par- ticularly for the maintenance of the Profession of the Consulting and Analytical Chemist, on a sound and satisfactory basis. (c) The doing of all such other lawful things as are incidental or conducive to the attainment of the above objects.4. The income and property of the Association, whencesoever derived, shall be applied solely towards the promotion of the objects of the Association as set forth in this Memorandum of Association, and no portion thereof shall be paid or transferred, directly or indirectly, by way of dividend or bonus, or otherwise howsoever, by may of profit, to persons who at any time are or have been Members of the Association, or to any of them, or to any person claiming through any of them. Provided that nothing herein shall prevent the payment in good faith of remuneration to any Professors, Examiners, Lecturers, Tutors, Secretary, or other officers or servants of the Association, or to any Members of the Association, or other person, in return for any services actually rendered, or goods or other property sold to the Associat’ ion.6 5. The fourth paragraph of this Memorandum is a condition on which a License is granted by the Board of Trade to the Associa- tion, in pursuance of Section 23 of “The Companies’ Act, 1867.” For the purpose of preventing any evasion of the said fourth paragraph, the Board of Trade may from time to time, on the application of any Member of the Association, impose further conditions, which shall be duly observed by the Association. 6. If the Association act in contravention of the fourth paragraph of this Memorapdum, or of any such further conditions, the liability of every Member of the Council of the Association shall be unlimited, and the liability of every Member of the Association who has received my such dividend, bonus, or other profit as aforesaid, shall likewise be unlimited.7. Every Member of the Association undertakes to contribute to the assets of the Association in the event of the same being wound up diiring the time that he is a Member, or within one year afterwards, for payment of the debts and liabilities of the Association contracted before the time at which he ceased to be a Member; and of the costs, charges, and expenses of winding-up the same, and for the adjustment of the rights of the contributories amongst themselves, such amount as may be required, not ex-ceeding fire pounds ;or in case of his liability becoming unlimited, such other amount as niay be required in pursuance of the last preceding paragraph of this Memorandum.8. If upon the winding-up or dissolution of the Association, there remains after the satisfaction of all its debts and liabilities, any property whatsoever, the same shall not be paid to or distributed among the Members of the Association, but shall be given or transferred to some other institution or institutions having objects similar to the objects of the Association, to be determined by the Members of the Association at or before the time of dissolution, or, in default thereof, by such Judge of the High Court of Justice as may have or acquire jurisdiction in the matter. 9. The Association may, in accordance with their regulations for the time being, confer upon any duly qualified person the rank or degree of Fellow or Associate of the Institute of Chemistry, but shall not grant to any person any certificate of proficiency or qualification or of his holding any such rank or degree as aforesaid. 7 WE, the several persons whose names and addresses are subscribed, are desirous of being formed into a Company in pursuance of this Memorandum of Association.Nnmes, Addresses, and Ucscriptions of Subscriberg Witnesa toSignature of Subscribere. LRTEUR J. MASON, Clerk to J. Pettengill, Solicitor, 32, Walbrook, E.C. LRTHUR J. MASON. r. ANDERSONSMITE, Manufacturing Uherniet, Glasgon. ~EORQE GLADSTONE, Gentleman 31,Venkor Villas, Brighton. WALTER NOEL HARTLEY, King’s College, Strand, J.PETTENCIIU,London, Demonstrator of Chemistry SOP. 32, Walbrook, London, FREDERICK ALFRED MANNING, 18, Billiter ABTHUR J. M~son. FRED. WRAGQE, J.P., Co. Stafford, Stoke-on-Trent ARTHVR J. M&.oN. ARTHURJ. MASON. ABTHURJ. MASON. J. PETTENGILL. HUGHPORTER,Merchant,Belfast. ARTHUBJ. M~aon. Dated this 24th day of September, 1877. ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION OF THE INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND. 1. For the purposes of Registration the number of the Members of the Association is declared not to exceed Five Hundred. The Council may, whenever the vrelfare of the Association requires it, register an increase of Members. 2. These Articles shall be construed with reference to the pro- visions of “ The Companies’ Act, 1862,” and “The Companies’ Act, 1867,” and terms used in these Articles shall be taken as having the same respective meanings as they have when used in those Acts.3. The Association is established for the purposes expressed in the Memorandum of Association. BORROWING. 4. The Association shall not borrow any money on the security of any property of the Association, except to the extent authorised, and under the restrictions and according to the conditions imposed by a Special Resolution of the Association in General Meeting. GEKERAL MEETINGS. 5. The first General Meeting shall be held at such time, not being more than four months after the Registration of the Associa- tion, and at such place as the Council shall determine.6. Subsequent General Meetings shall be held at such time and place as may be prescribed by the Association in General Meeting, and if no other time or place is prescribed, a General Meeting ahall be held on the First day of February in every year, at such place as may be determined by the Council. 7. The above-mentioned General Meeting8 shall be called Ordinary Meetings. All other General Meetings shall be called Extraordinary . 10 8. The Council may, whenever they think fit, and they shall upon a Requisition made in writing by not less than Twenty Members of the Association, convene an Extraordinary General Meeting. 9. Any Requisition made by the Members shall express the object of the Meeting proposed to be called, and shall be left at the Registered Office of the Association.10. Upon the receipt of such Requisition, the Council shall forthwith proceed to conrene an Extraordinary General Meeting. If they do not proceed to convene the same within twenty-one days from the date of the Requisition, the Requisitionists or any other Members amounting to the required number may themselves convene any Extraordinary General Meeting, and give the neces- sary notices for that purpose. PROCEEDINGS AT GENERAL MEETINGS. 11. Seven days’ notice at the least (exclusive of the day of giving notice, but inclusive of the day of Meeting), specifying the place, the day, and the hour of Meeting, and in case of special business, the General nature of such business, shall be given to the Members in manner hereinafter mentioned, or in such manner, if any, as may be prescribed by the Association in General Meeting ; but the non-receipt of such notice by any Member shall not invalidate the proceedings at any General Meeting.12. All business shall be deemed special that is transacted at an Extraordinary Meeting, and all that is transacted at an Ordinary Meeting, with the exception of the consideration of the Accounts, Balance Sheet, and the Ordinary Report of the Council. 13. Except as otherwise provided by these presents, no business shall be transacted at any General Meeting unless a quorum of Members is present at the time when the Meeting proceeds to business, and such quorum shall be ten.14. If within thirty minutes from the time appointed for the Meeting a quorum is not present, the Meeting, if convened upon the Requisition of Members, shall be dissolved. In any other case it shall stand adjourned to the same day in the next week, at the same time and yl:ice, and no notice of such adjournment shall be necessary, and at such adjourned Meeting the Members present, whatever may be their number, shall have power to decide all matters which could properly have been disposed of by a quorum at the original Meeting. 11 15. The President of the Council, or, in his absence, one of the Vice-presidents, shall preside as Chairman at every General Meeting of the Association. 16. If there be no such Chairman, or if at any Meeting he be not present within fifteen minutes after the time appointed for holding the Meeting, or be unwilling to act as Chairman of the Meeting, the Members present shall choose some one of their number to be Chairman.17. The Chairman may, unless controlled by a resolution of the Meeting, adjourn any Meeting from time to time and from place to place; but no business shall be transacted at any adjourned Meeting other than the business left unfinished at the Meeting from which the adjournment took place. 18. At any General Meeting, unless a poll is demanded by at least five Members, a declaration by the Chairman that a resolution has been carried, and an entry to that effect in the Book of Pro-ceedings of the Association, shall be sufficient evidencc of the fact, without proof of the number or proportion of the votes recorded in favour of or against such resolution.19. If a poll is demanded by five or more Members, it shall be taken in such manner as the Chairman directs, and the result of such poll shall be deemed to be the resolution of the Association in General Meeting. In the case of an equality of votes at any General Meeting, the Chairman shall be entitled to a second or casting vote. VOTES OF MEMBERS. 20. Every Member shall have one vote. 21. Votes may be given either personally or by proxy. 22. The instrument appointing a prosy shall be in writing, under the hand of the appointer, and shall be attested by one or more witness or witnesses.No person shall be appointed a proxy who is not a Member of the Association and himself entitled to vote. 23. The instrument appointing a proxy shall be deposited at the Office of the Association not less than forty-eight hours before the time for holding the Meeting at which the person named in such instrument proposes to vote ; but no instrument appointing a proxy shall be valid after the expiration of one calendar montb from the date of its execution. 12 24. Any instrument appointing a proxy shall be taken in the following form :-OF CHEMISTRY"THE INST~TUTE OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND. (6 r, of 4' in the County of "a Member of the above Association, and entitled to vote, '' hereby appoint of also a Member thereof, and entitled as my proxy to vote for "me and on my behalf at the (Ordinary or Extraordinary, as ''the case may be), General Meeting of the Association, to be held on the day of and at any "adjournment thereof.''As witness rns hand this day of "Signed by the said 66 99in the presence of CONSTITUTION AND OFFICERS. 25. The Officers of the Association shall be a President, six Vice-presidents, a Treasurer, and a Secretary. 26. The President, Vice-presidents, and the Treasurer shall be ex oj'icio Members of the Council. 27. The Council shall consist of the President, the Vice- Presidents, Treasurer, and 27 ordinary Members. Every Rlember of the Council must be a Member of the Association. 28. The following persons shall for;n the first Council of the Association, and shall continue in office until the first General Meeting which shall be held after theend of the second year after the Registration. FIRST COUNCIL.President : E. FRANKLAND,Ph.D., D.C.L., F.R.S., &c., Vice-president of the Chemical Society, Professor of Chemistry to the Royal School of Mines, Science Schools, South Kensington. Vice-Presidents: F. A. ABEL, C.B., F.R.S., &c., Vice-president of the Chemical Society, Chemist to the War Department, Royal Arsenal, Woolwich. ALEXANDER M.D., D.Sc., F.R.S.E., he., Professor CRUMBROWN, of Chemistry in the University of Edinhnrgh. 18 ROBERT GALLOWAY, M.R.I.A., F.C.S., Professor of Chemistry in the Royal College of Science, Dublin.WILLIAM ODLING, M.A., M.B., F.R.S., &c., Vice-president of the Chemical Society,. Professor of Chemistry in the University of Oxford. R. ANGUSSMITH, Ph.D., F.R.S., Vice-president of the Chemical Society, Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Alkali Works, Manchester. AUGUSTUS VOELCKER, Ph.D., F.R.S., Vice-president of the Chemical Society, Consulting Chemist to the Royal Agri-cultural Society of England. Treaswer : C. R. ALDER WRIGHT, D.Sc., F.C.S., Lecturer on Chemistry, St. Mary’s Hospital Medical School, Paddington, W. Ordinary Mt?mbers of Council: JOHNATTFIELD, Ph.D., F.C.S., Professor of Practical Chemistry to the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain. JANESBELL, F.C.S., Chemist to the Excise Department, Somerset House.MICHAEL CARTEIGHE, F.C.S., Examiner in Chemistry to the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain. W. CROOKES,F.R.S., Vice-president of the Chemical Society. G. E. DAVIS, F.Z.S., Analytical and Consulting Chemist, Man- Chester. WILLIAM DITTMAR, F.R.S.E., F.C.S., Professor of Chemistry in Anderson’s College, Glasgow. A. DUPRE, Ph.D., F.R.S., F.C.S., Lecturer on Chemistry, West- minster Hospital Medical School, London. R. J. FRISWELL,F.C.S., Analytical Chemist, London. J. H. GLADSTONE,Ph.D., F.R.S., President of the Chemical Society. GEORGE GORE, LL.D., F.R.S., Consulting Chemist, Birmingham. C. E. GROVES, F.C.S., Analytical and Consulting Chemist, London. W. N. HARTLEY, F.R.S.E.; F.C.S., Demonstrator of Chemistry in King’s College, London.DOUGLAS F.C.S., Analytical Chemist, St. Helen’s. HERMAN, DAVIDHOWA~W,F.C.S., Kuiufactiiring Chemist, Loidon. 14 C. T. KINQZETT,F.C.S., Analytical and Consulting Chemist, London. A. F. ~RRECO,F.C.S., Professor of Chemistry in the University of Durham. F. A. MANNING,F.C.S., Analytical and Consulting Chemist, London. E. J. MILLS, D.Sc., F.R.S., Young Professor of Technical Chemistry, Anderson’s College, Glasgow. E. NEISON,F.C.S., F.R.A.S., London. JOHN F.C.S., Analytical and Consulting Chemist, PATTINSON, Newcastle-on-Tyne.T. REDWOOD,Ph.D., F.C.S., Professor of Chemistry to the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain. J. ENERSON REYNOLDS, M.D., M.R.I.A., F.C.S., Professor of Chemistry in the University of Dublin.THOMASSTEVENSON,M.D., F.C.S., Lecturer on Chemistry in Guy’s Hospital Medical School, London. R. R. TATLOCK,F.R.S.E., F.C.S., Analytical and Consulting Chemist, Glasgow. R. V. TUSON,F.C.S., Professor of Chemistry, Royal Veterinary College, London. T. WAY,F.C.S., Consulting Chemist, London. Azld one other person who shall be elected by the Council within the space of three calendar months after the Registration of the Association. The Council shall within three calendar months after the Registration of the Association, appoint a Secretary. 29. In case of a vacancy by death, resignation or otherwise, occurring in the office of the President, Treasurer, or any Vice- President or Ordinary Member of the Council, before the first General Meeting which shall be held after the expiration of the second year after the Registration of the Association, or thereafter, between the dates of two yearly meetings, such vacancy shall be filled up by the Council, but any person chosen by them shall retain his office so long only as the vacating Member of Council would have retained the same if no vacancy had occurred.30. The Association in General Meeting may, by a Special Resolution, remove any’Member of Council before the expiration of his term of office, and may by the same or by an Ordinary Resolution appoint another person in his stead. The person so appointed shall hold office during such time only as the Member of Council in whose place he is appointed would have held the same if he had not been rcruoved.16 31. At the first General Meeting which shall be held after the end of the second year after the registration of the Association, nine of the first ordinary Members of Council shall retire from office, bdt shall be deemed to remain in office until the dissolution of the Meeting at which their succe$sors shall be elected. 32. No Member so retiring shall be eligible for re-election to the Council until the next Annual Meeting held after his retire- ment. 33. In every subsequent year there shall be a retirement of the like number of the ordinary Members of Council for the time being, who shall also not be eligible for re-election until after the expiration of one clear year from their retirement.34. During the first three years after the registration of the Association, the Members to retire shall be decided by the Council by ballot, and in every subsequent year afterwards the Members to retire shall be those who have been longest in office. 35. Before such Ballot the Council shall nominate, or if they are not unanimous, shall select by ballot, six persons to supply the places of six of the Members of Council so retiring, and such six persons, with the continuing ordinary Members of Council, shall be nominated by the Council for election, as hereinafter provided. 36. At and af'ter the end of' the second year after the registra- tion of the Association, the Council shall annually nominate a President and six Vice-presidents, Treasurer, and Secretary.37. No President shall be eligible for his Office for more than three successive years, nor any Vice-president for more than two auccessive years, but there shall be no other limit to their re-election. 38. Any five Members, not being Members of Council, may nominate one person, being a Member of the Association, for election as an ordinary Member of Council, but no Member shall nominate more than one such candidate. If more than three candidates are so nominated, the Council shall select out of those nominated the three candidates whose nomination papers bear the greatest number of signatures. The nominations shall be delivered to the Secretary of the Association six weeks at least before the Annual Meeting, and shall be in the following form :-"We, the undersigned, Members of the Institute of '' Chemistry of Great Britain and Ireland, do hereby certify '' that (A B), of &c., a *' Member of this Association, is in our estimation a fit and 16 cc proper person to be an ordinary Member of Council of the ‘‘Association, and we do hereby nominate him a candidate ‘‘for such Membership.” In the event of no candidate or of any less number than three candidates being nominated by Members, the Council shall nominate three candidates, or such less number as may be required in addition to those nominated by them, under the preceding provisions of these Articles.39. One calendar month at least before the date of each Annual General Meeting after the expiration of the second year after registration, the Council shall cause to be forwarded by post to each Member a list of the persons so nominated by them and by the Members, as aforesaid, as Candidates for the Office of President, Vice-presidents, Treasurer, Secretary, and ordinary Members of Council.40. Any Member shall be at liberty to erase any name or names from such list of Candidates, and to substitute the name or an equal number of names of any other Member or Members of the Association for whom he desires to vote, and in that case prerious nomination of such Member or Members shall not be necessary. 41. Each Member shall deliver the list so altered by him personally or by his proxy to the Secretary on the day of election, or if he does not attend the meeting in person or by his proxy, he shall transmit such list in a sealed envelope to the Secretary one clear day before the day of election.42. The said envelopes shall be opened by Scrutators to be nominated by the Chairman and elected by the Members present at the Meeting. 43. The several candidates shall be elected by majority of votes, but in any case of equality of votes the Chairman of the Meeting shall have a easting vote. POWERS OF THE COUNCIL. 44. The Council may exercise all such powers of the Association as are not by Statute or by these Articles required to be done by the Association in General Meeting, subject, nevertheless, to any Regulations of these Articles and the provisions of the Companies’ Acts, 1862 and 1867, and to such valid regulations as may be prescribed by the Association in General Meeting; but no rcgulwtion made I)y the Assuciatiuii in Ciclleriil Mceti~igsliall 17 invalidate any previous act of the Council which would have been valid if such regulation had not been made. 45.Without prejudice to the generality of the powers hereby conferred upon the Council they shall be at liberty to do the following acts :-(A) They may receive entrance fees and subscriptions. (B) Out of the Funds of the Association they may give prizes or found profeworships, lectureehips, or scholarships, and appoint examiners, and other officers and servants, with such remuneration as they may deem fit, and may print aiid publish any report, document, or paper of any kind whatever aa they may deem fit.(c) They may establish and'conduct classes for instruc- tion in the science of Chemistry and the allied sciences. (I))They may purchase apparatus and appliances for chemical experiments or pursuits. (E) They may provide a laboratory and allow the same to be occupied and enjoyed by mch persom and upon such terms as they may deem expedient. 46. Continuing Members of the Council may act, notwithstand- ing any temporary vacancy in their body. PROCEEDINGS OF COUXCIL. 47. The Council may meet together for the despatch of business, adjourn and otherwise regulate their meetings as they think fit, and determine the quorum necessary for the transaction of business which until otherwise provided shall be eight.Questions arising at any Meeting shall be decided by a majority of votes. In case of an equality of votes, the Chairman shall have asecond or casting vote. At the request of any five Members of Council the Sec- retary shall at any time summon a meeting of Council by giving ten days' previous notice to the Members thereof. 48. The President, and in his absence one of the Vice-presidents, shall be the Chairman at all meetings of the Council, but if no such Chairman is present at the time appointed for holding the same, the Council present shall choose some one of their number to be Chairman of such Meeting. 49. The Council may delegate any of their powers to Com-mittees, consisting of such Member or Members of their body as they think fit.Any Committee so formed shall, in the exercise of the powers so delegated, conform to any regulations that may be C 18 imposed on them by the Council. A Committee may elect a Chairman of their meeting. 50. If no such Chairman is elected, or if he is not present at the time appointed for holding the same, the Members present shall choose one of their number to be Chairman of such meeting. 51. A Committee may ineet and adjourn as they think proper. Questions arising at any meeting shall be determined by a majority of votes of the Members present, and in case of an equality of votes the Chairman shall have a second or casting vote. 52. All acts done by any Meeting of the Council or of a Com-mittee of Council, or by any person acting as a Member of Council shall, notwithstanding that it be afterwards discovered that there was some defect in the appointment of any such Member of Council or persons acting as aforesaid, or that they or any of them were disqualified, be as valid as if every such person had been duly appointed and was qualified to be a Member of Council.53. Every deed sealed by the Associationshall be signed by two Members of Council and by the Secretary, as witnesses to the execution thereof. DISQUALIFICATION OF MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. 54. The Office of President, Vice-president, or Member of Council shall be vacated by any person who shall- (1) Hold any office or place of profit under the Bssociation.(2) Become lunatic or of unsound mind. (3) Become bankrupt, or file a petition for liquidation of his affairs. FELLOWS. 55. No one shall be a Member of the Association unless he be a Fellow thereof, but the Council may admit persons to be Fellows of the Association who are not Members thereof; such Fellows, nevertheless, shall have none of the rights of Members, 56. During the first six calendar months after the registration of the Association the Council may admit Fellows and Associates, either as Members or as nun-Members, upon such evidence of fitness or qualification as the Council may deem sufficient, or without any such evidence, at their discretion. After the said first six calendar months, and during the then succeeding thirty calendar months, the Council shall require from any candidate for a Fellowship the following evidence of qualifications :- 19 (1) That he is not less than twenty-four years of age.(2) That he has passed through a course of three years’ training to the satisfaction of the Council in Theoretical and Analytical Chemistry and Physics, and has subsequently been engaged for three years either as Assistant to a Chemist of repute, or as a Professor or Demonstrator of Practical Chemistry at some known University, College or Medical School, or as a Chemist in a technical industry, or has, after three years’ training as above, conducted and published an original research of sufficient merit, in the opinion of the Council, on some Chemical subject necessitating practical work, or (3) That he has been trained and occupied in other ways which in the opinion of the Council are equivalent to fulfilling the Conditions stated in the preceding article.57. Subject to the preceding article each person applying for admission as a Fellow, whether he desire to be a Member or not, shall give evidence that he possesses the undermentioned qualifications :-(1.) That he is not less than twenty-four years of age. (2.) That he has been admitted to the Institute as an Associate. (3.) That he has since his admission as an Associate and for a period of three years therefrom been continuously engaged in the study and practical work of Applied Chemistry in a manner that shall be satisfactory to the Council.58. Where candidates are unable to produce evidence npon the above points satisfactory to the Council an examination shall be imposed. 59. This examination shall be conducted by such Fellows as may be appointed by the Council, and under such regulations as may be prescribed by the Council; and any person may, not- withstanding the foregoing Articles, be admitted a Fellow on passing such examination to the satisfaction of the Council. ASSOCIATES. 60. Subject to the powers vested in the Council, as aforesaid, during the first six calendar months after the registration of the Association each person applying for admission as an Associate of the Amociation shall give evidence that he possemes the under- 20 mentioned qualifications.In the case of each person applying for admission after the said first six calendar months and during the then succeeding 30 calendar months, the Council shall require evidence of the following qualifications :-1. That he is not less than 21 years of age. 2. That he has passed through a course of three years' study of Theoretical and Analytical Chemistry, Physics, and Elementary Mathematics satisfactorily to the Council. 61. After the expiration of the said 30 calendar months, the Council shall require from all persons applying for admission as an Associate the following evidence of qualifications :-1. That he is nbt less than 21 years of age. 2.That he has been educated and trained in such a manner as the Council shall from time to time direct. 3. That he has passed an examination approved by the Council in Chemistry, Physics, and Elementary Mathematics, conducted by a recognised University, College, School or Society, or has passed such other examination as shall have been prescribed by the Council. 62. Associates shall qualify themselves for election a Fellows within a period of five years after their admission as Associates, otherwise they shall cease to belong to the Association, but they shall not be thereby disqualified from being admitted as Fellowrjl at 8 future period. ADMISSION OF FELLOWS AND ASSOCIATES. 63. A31 persons desirous of becoming Fellows or Associates shall be proposed for election in such manner as the Council may from time to time direct.64. The admission of any Fellow or Associate shall be decided by the Council, by show of hands. For a valid election at least fifteen Members must vote ; after the expiration of the first two years after registration of the Association two-thirds negative votes shall be required to exclude. 65. Every person, prior to his admission as a Fellow or Associate, shall, in the presence of a witness, make and subscribe his name to the following declaration :-"I (AB.), of 4' do solemnly and sincerely declare that while a Fellow (or('Associate) of THEINSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY,1 Fill observe '' the Regulations thereof. That I will demean myself 21 (‘honourably in the practice of my profession, and to the utmost of my power maintain the dignity and welfare of “ the Institute.” 66.Every person, prior to his admission as a Fellow or Associate, shall subscribe his name to a Copy of these Articles of Association, with a Statement that he has read the same, in testimony of his having engaged himself to the observance thereof, and pay the fees prescribed. CENSORS. 67. Four Censors shall be elected annually at the first and every subsequent General Meeting by the Members of the Association in the same manner as the Council. The Council shall nominate persons from whom the four Censors shall be elected. 68. The President of the Association shall be ex 08cW a fifth Censor. 69. The Censors shall enquire into any alleged misconduct or infringement of the regulations by Fellows or Associates, and shall carry into effect the Regulations of the Association with regard to such matters, If at any time it be made known to the President that any Fellow, whether a Member or not, or any Associate, has obtained admission to the rank of Fellow or Associate by fraud, or false statement, or imposition, or that any Fellow or Associate has been guilty of any notorious crime, or has, in the opinion of the President, acted in any respect in a dishonourable or unprofessional manner, or has violated any regulation of the Association, the President shall lay the case before the Censors, who may call the Fellow or Associate so offending before them, and, having investi- gated the case, may admonish or reprimatid him, or, if t!iey deem the case of sufficient importance, may call upon the person offend- ing to resign his connection with the Association : and, should he decline, may report such Fellow or Associate to the Association, and thereupon two-thirds of the Members present, and voting by ballot at an Extraordinary Meeting, specially summoned for that purpose, of‘ which at least ten days: previous notice has been given, and at which Meeting, not less than 15 Members shall be present, may declare such offender to be no longer a Fellow or Associate, and such offender shall forfeit all the rights and privileges which he does or may enjoy as a Member, Fellow, or Associate, and his 22 name shall be expunged from the list of Fellows and Associates accordingly; and if he had previously been a Member of the Council he shall thereupon cease to be a Member thereof.FEES. 70. The Annual Subscription of Fellows, whether Members of the Association or not, shall be Two Guineas, The Council may receive from any Fellow a payment of Twenty-five Guineas as a Life Subscription, and during the first six calendar months after registration of the Association receive from any Fellow a payment of 3.21,and thereafter in either case upon payment thereof the liability to pay an Annual Subscription shall cease. 71. The ,4nnual Subscription of Associates shall be One Guinea.. 72. When examination of any person shall be required by the Council, each Candidate shall pay such fee upon examination as the Council shall prescribe.73. An Entrance Fee of Two Guineas shall be paid by every person who shall on or before the 2nd day of February, 1878, be elected a Fellow of the Association, in addition to the Annual Subscription, but in the case of all persons elected after that date as such Fellows, the Entrance Fee sliall be Five Guineas, in addition to the Annual Subscription. 74. If any Fellow or Associate shall allow his Annual Sub- scription to be in arrear for two years, and shall not pay the same within six calendar months after application for payment shall have been made by the Secretary, the Council may, by resolution, declare that he shall cease, and thereupon he shall cease, to be ti Fellow or Associate, but he may, at the discretion of the Council, be readmitted as a Fellow or Associate within six months after declaration, on such terms, and subject to the payment of such fine (if any) as the Council may impose.ACCOUNTS. 75. The Council shall cause accounts to be kept of the sums of money received and expended by the Association, and the matters in respect of which such expenditure is made ; of the credits and liabilities of the Association ; and of all other matters necessary for showing the true state and condition of the Association. The books of account and other books shall be kept at the Registered Office of the Association, and, subject to any reasonable restrictions 23 as to the time and manner of inspecting the mme that may be imposed by the Association in General Meeting, shall be open to the inspection of the Members during the hours of business.76. Once at least in every year the Council shall lay before the Association in General Meeting a Statement, made up to a date not more than three calendar months before such Meeting, of the income and expenditure of the Association, from the foot of the last statement, or, in case of the first statement, from the date of Registration of the Association. 77. The Statement so made up shall show, arranged under the most convenient heads, the amount of gross income, distinguishing the several sources from which it has been derived, and the amount of gross expenditure, distinguishing the expense of the establishment, salaries, and other matters. 78.A general Balance Sheet shall be made out in every year, and laid before the Association in General Meeting, and such Balance Sheet shall contain a summary of the assets and, liabilites of the Association, arranged under conlrenient heads. 79. A printed copy of such Balance Sheet shall, previously to such Meeting, be sent to every Member in the manner in which notices are hereinafter directed to be served. AUDIT. 80. Once at least in every year the accounts of the Association shall be examined, and the correctness of the Balance Sheet ascertained by three Auditors. 81. %'he first Auditors shall be appointed by the Council. Subsequent Auditors shall be appointed by the Association in General Meeting.82. The Auditors may be Members of the Association, but no Member of Council or other Officer of the &4ssociation shall be eligible during his continuance in office. 83. The election of Auditors shall be made by the Association at the Ordinary Meeting iu each year. 84. Each Member who attends the Meeting himself, or by proxy, may nominate one candidate for the office of Auditor, and from the candidates so nominated the three Auditors shall be elected by a majority of votes, but in any case of equality of voteg, the Chairman shall have a casting vote. 85. The remuneration (if any) of the first Auditors shall be 24 fixed by the Council, that of subsequent Auditorsshall be fixed by the Association in General Meeting, 86.Any Auditor shall be re-eligible on his quitting office. 87. If any casual vacancy occurs in the office of any Auditor the Council shall forthwith supply such vacancy. 88. Every Auditor shall be supplied with a copy of the Balance Sheet, and it shall be his duty to examine the same, with the accounts and vouchers reIating thereto. S9. Every Auditor shall have a list delivered to him of all books kept by the Association, and -shall at all reasonable times have access to the books and accounts of the Association. The Auditors may at the expense of the Association, employ Account- ants or other persons to assist them in investigating such accounta, and they may in relation to such accounts examine the Members of Council or any other officer of the Association.90. The Auditors shall make a report to the Members upon the Balance Sheet and Accounts, and such report shall be read, together with the Report of the Council, at the Ordinary Meeting. NOTICES. 91. A Notice may be served by or on behalf of the hsociation upon any Member, either personally or by sending it through the post, in a prepaid letter, addressed to such Member, pt his registered address or place of abode. 92. Any notice, if served by post, shall be deemed to have been served at the time when the letter containing the same would be delivered in the ordinary courrse of the post, and in proving such service, it shall be sufficient to prove that the letter contain- ing the notice was properly addressed, and put into the Post Office.93. No Member who shall be described in the Register as residing out of the United Kingdom, or who shall have omitted to give his address for registration, shall be entitled to receive any notice from the Association, or to make any objection in respect of such notice not having been given. 25 S;lnlcs, Addwascs, mid Descriptions of Subscribers. $:. FRANRLASD, Professor of Chemistry in the Itoya1 Scliool of Nines, South KensingtonMuseum. 17. A. AREL, Chemist of the War Departnlent,Royal Arsend, Woolwich. IYx. ODLIKG, Professor of Chemistry in the University of Oxford. R. ANGUS SMITH, Ph.D., F.R.S., and Government Inspector of Alkali Works, and Inspector under the Rivers Pollution Act..T H. GLADSTOSE, 17, Pembridge Square, London, President of tlie Cliemical Society. RICHARD TINE TUSON, Profewor of Chemistry, Royal Veterinary College, London. WALTER NOEL HARTLEY, Demonstrittor of Chcmiatry, King's College, Str:tnd, London. FREDERICK ALFRED RIXNXISG, lS, Eilliter Street, London, Anii1ytic:il Chemist. 14:. NEISOS, Scientific Club, 7, Snlilc Row, Ana1ytic:d Clicniiat. ROBERT GALLOWAY, Professor of Cliemistry,Royal College of Science, Dublin. CHARLES T. KINGZETT, Analytical and Con-sulting Clieniist, 1,Victoria Street, Westminster, S.W. .TOHN ATTFIELD, Professor of Practical Chemistry to the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, and Analyst, 17, 131oomsbury Square, London.CHARLES R. ALDER WRIGHT, D.Sc., Lecturer on Chemistry, St. Nary's Hospital, W. .TAMES BELL, Principal of the Laboratory,Somerset House. MICHAEL CARTEIGHE, 81, Mornington Road, N.W., Examiuer in Chemistry to the Phar- maceutical Sociely of Great Britain. ALEX. CllUM BROWN, 8, Belqrave Crescent, Edinhurgh, Professor of Chemistry in the University of Edinburgh. WILLIAM CROOKES, F.R.S., Tire-President of the Chemical Society, 20, Morniiigton ltoad, N.W. Witiiris to Signntwe of Subscriber. ARTHUR J. MASON, Clerk to J. Pettengill, Solicitor. 32, Walbrook, K.C. ARTHUR J. RIASOS. ARTHURJ. MASON. W.AXDERSONSMITH, Manufacturing Chemist, G1:ispv. GEORGEGLADSTONE, Gentleman, 31, Yentnor Villas, Brigliton. J. PETTEXGILL,solr' 32, Walbrook, London. FRED.WRAGGE,J.P., Co. Stafford, Stoke-on-Trent ARTHVRJ. Iiasos. ARTHUBJ. MASON. ARTHURJ. BIASOW. J. PE'rTESGILL. HCGRPORTER, Belfitst. Dated this 24th day of September, 18i7.