JANUARY 1923. Vol. XLVIII. No. 562. THE ANALYST PROCEEDINGS AND OF THE SOCIETY OF PUBLIC ANALYSTS OTHER ANALYTICAL CHEMISTS. AN Ordinary Meeting of the Society was held on Wednesday December 6th at the Chemical Society’s Rooms Burlington House. The President Mr. P. A. Ellis Richards F.I.C. was in the chair. Certificates were read for the first time in favour of Messrs. George Henry Appleyard F.I.C. John Walter Black B.Sc. John Matthew Wilkie B.Sc., F.I.C. and Arthur William Starey A.R.C.S. BSc. A.I.C. Certificates were read for the second time in favour of Messrs. Henry Aldous Bromley Robert Faraday Innes F.I.C. Osman Jones F.I.C. ,41an West Stewart DSc. (Brux.) A.I.C. William Heaton Thorns Walter Horace Clulow, and William Plenderleith Lewellen Hope. The following were elected Members of the Society :-Messrs.Frederick John Martin M.A. (Can!ab) A.I.C.; George Scott Robertson D.Sc. F.I.C.; and Frederick Stanley Shadbolt A.I.C. The following papers were read:-“A Note on the Estimation of Formalde-hyde and Acetaldehyde,” by E. W. Blair BSc. D.I.C. A.I.C. and T. Shirlock Wheeler B.Sc. A.R.C.Sc.I. A.I.C. ; “A Sliding Scale for the Convenient Titration of Strong Liquids by Dilution and Use with Aliquot Parts,” by C. H. Douglas Clark B.Sc. D.I.C. A.I.C.; “Note on the Presence of Sulphur Dioxide in Cattle Foodstuffs after Fumigation,’’ by H. A. Peacock B.Sc. ; “ Some Observations with regard to the Unsaponifiable Matter and Sterols of Edible Fats,” by D. W. Steuart B.Sc.; and “Note on the Sulphuric Acid Test for Fish Liver Oils,” by Norman Evers BSc. F.I.C. and H. J. Foster. Deaths. WE regret to record the deaths of two of our Members: Horace Fabian Cheshire on Nov. 8th 1922. Robert George Grimwood on Dec. 24th 1922. Obituary notices will be published later