THE INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND FOUNDED 1877. INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER, 1885. Patron -H.M. THE KING. JOURNAL AND PROCEEDINGS. PART IV: 1940. Issued under the supervision of the Publications Committee. RICHARD B. PILCHER, Registrar and Secretary. 30, RUSSELLSQUARE, W.C.I.LONDON, August, 1940. Publications Commit tee, 1940-41. A. L. BACHARACH (Chairman), J.J. FOX (President), W. M. AMES, M. BOGOD, R. R. BUTLER, A. COULTHARD, F. P. DUNN, A. E.DUNSTAN, L. EYNON, W.GODDEN, E. GREGORY, A. A. HALL, J. W. HAWLEY, T. P. HILDITCH, H. H. HODGSON, W. HONNEYMAN, R. H. HOPKINS, H. HUNTER, G. KING, P. LEWIS-DALE, G. W. MONIER-WILLIAMS, A.C. MONKHOUSE, H. W. MOSS, J. R. NICHOLLS, T. J. NOLAN, D. W. PARKES, SIR ROBERT PICKARD, F. M. ROWE, S. B. WATKINS. 243 Editorial. Sir Jocelyn Thorpe, C.B.E., D.Sc., F.R.S. : President, 1933-1936.-With the passing of Sir Jocelyn Thorpe, British Science has lost a great chemist, whose natural intuition, keen observation and experimental ability resulted in his contributing numerous records of important original work in organic chemistry almost without a break for upwards of 40 years. Sir Jocelyn, who was so devoted to his science, had not only a fine record as a chemist-briefly related in this Part of the JouRNAL-but throughout his career was a keen and active worker in the interests and welfare of his profession. He occupied many honorary offices and gave freely of his time and services to the Chemical Society, the Institute, the Chemical Council and other bodies.He contributed generously-often anonymously-to benevolent and other deserving causes. He travelled to many parts of the world to give lectures or to act as a British delegate at international chemical congresses and celebrations, and was universally esteemed by a wide circle of scientific colleagues at home and abroad, with whom his genial good nature willlong remain a cherished memory. The Chemical Council and Co-operation-The Council has approved and recommends for adoption the suggested Agree- ment and new Scheme of Co-operation between the threechartered Chemical Bodies-lately received from the Chemical Council and now published in this Part of the JOURNAL AND PROCEEDINGS.The Scheme constitutes an offer to Fellows and Associates of the Institute who are neither Fellows of the Chemical Society nor Members of the Society of Chemical Industry to share the privileges of membership of those Societies, including the supply of their publications on very advantageous terms. For example, when the scheme is in operation, an Associate, if he so desire, will be able for a subscription of IOO units* (at present E5) to acquire membership of both Societies, retain his membership of the Institute, obtain publications to the value of 70 units* from the Societies and be entitled to purchase other publications at specially reduced scheduled prices.* The unit at present is 1s. The Institute’s part in the Agreement is to encourage, by every means, its Fellows and Associates to participate in the scheme, in order that the publishing societies may look forward to attaining a secure financial position in the furtherance of their work. At the present time their publications can only be maintained with the help of funds supplied by the Chemical Council, derived largely from the members of the Association of British Chemical Manufacturers, who have agreed under Deed to continue their subscriptions, amounting to about L4,ooo a year, until 1942. It will be seen, therefore, that it is essential that as many chemists as possible should participate in the scheme, in order that the Societies may not continue indefinitely to be dependent on such assistance. The Chemical Council has established, in addition, an endow- ment fund, which should amount altogether to about &24,000, the income from which willalso be available to supplement- the resources of the Societies.A General Meeting of the Institute will be held at which the members will be asked by the Council to adopt the suggested Agreement, and in accordance therewith, the Council will then urge every Fellow and Associate to participate in the scheme. Two features of the Agreement must be emphasised. First, although it of course provides for the continuance of the Insti- tute’s contribution towards the maintenance of the Library of the Chemical Society-in return for the facilities granted-it does not in any other way add to the Institute’s liabilities.Second, for the Fellows and Associates of the Institute the scheme is a voluntary one. There is, however,.-a there should . be-this element of compulsion; that every member should feel morally bound not only to support the scheme at his Local Section meeting and elsewhere, but also to participate in it. The Council of the Institute desires to impress on every member one simple cardinal fact. His chemical qualification depends, ultimately, on the publication of a mass of knowledge made available, in the first instance, entirely through the scientific journals. Of these a large majority are published by scientific societies; in British Chemistry the bulk of such publishing is financed by the Chemical Society and the Society of Chemical Industry.Those members of the Institute who have not yet joined either Society are, there- fore, in debt to one or the other or to both. They will, it is hoped, feel called upon to make good that debt in a practical 245 way. In so doing, they will, incidentally, benefit themselves by being kept in touch with advances in chemistry through the journals that they select. In addition, and not less important, they willbe playing their part in securing that in future chemists shall be no less well supplied with literature about their science, as Fellows of the Chemical Society and Members of the Society of Chemical Industry, than they have been hitherto.A SUGGESTED AGREEMENT AND A NEW SCHEME OF CO-OPERATION FOR THE THREE CHARTERED CHEMICAL BODIES. C.S. = Chemical Society. I. of C. = Institute of Chemistry. S.C.I. = Society of Chemical Industry. SUGGESTEDAGREEMENT. AN AGREEMENT made this day of 1940 BETWEEN THE CHEMICAL SOCIETY (Incorporated by Royal Charter 1848) having its registered address at Burlington House Piccadilly London W.I (hereinafter called “the C.S.,’) of the first part THE INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND (In-corporated by Royal Charter 1885) having its registered address at 30 Russell Square London W.C.1 (hereinafter called “the I. of C.”) of the second part THE SOCIETY OF CHEMICAL INDUSTRY (Incorporated by Royal Charter 1907) having its registered office at Clifton House Euston Road London N.W.1 (hereinafter called “the S.C.I.”) of the third part and THE CHEMICAL COUNCIL having its office at 30 Russell Square aforesaid (hereinafter called “the Council ’,) of the fourth part.SUPPLEMENTAL to an Agreement (hereinafter called “the Principal Agreement” dated the 1st day of July 1935 made between the parties of the first three parts (hereinafter called ‘‘ the Constituent Bodies ”) which set up the Council and provided the terms of its constitution. WHEREAS for the further and better promotion of the objects of the Council the Constituent Bodies have agreed to a 246 scheme of extended co-operation between themselves and the Council the provisions of which scheme (hereinafter called “the Scheme”) are set out in the Schedule hereto NOW IT IS HEREBY AGREED AND DECLARED by and between the parties hereto as follows:- I.As from the day of I9 the provisions of the Scheme set out in the Schedule hereto shall come into effect and this Agreement shall be deemed to be an extension of the Principal Agreement for the purpose of carrying the provisions of the Scheme into effect. 2. THIS Agreement is to be for a period of seven years from the day of 19 and shall continue thereafter for successive periods of three years subject to like provisions to those contained in Clause (14)* of the Principal Agreement. The Principal Agreement shall as from the said day of 19 be read and construed for all purposes as if the word “twe1ve”t were sub- stituted in all places in Clause (14)thereof where the word (‘seven ” now appears.3. IN the event of the collective contributions of the C.S. and the S.C.I. as provided by the Scheme being insufficient to defray the expenses of the running of the Department known as The Bureau of Chemical and Physiological Abstracts (hereinafter called “the Bureau”) carried on jointly by the C.S. and the S.C.I. then the Council will during the continuance of this Agreement contribute to such extent commensurate with the Funds of the Council then available as the Council shall in its own discretion think fit towards such expenses but any deficit in the said expenses remaining after any such contribution by the Council will be borne by the C.S.and the S.C.I. 4. THE Bureau may with the consent of the Chemical * (14) This Agreement is to be for a period of seven years from the date hereof and shall continue thereafter for successive periods of three years subject to the right of any one of the constituent bodies to retire therefrom at the end either of the &st seven years or of any triennial period upon giving one year’s previous notice in writing to the other constituent bodies. Provided always that it shall be competent for the constituent bodies by mutual Agreement at any time during the currency of this Agreement or any extension thereof to set up a permanent and centralised body to take the place of the present arrangement. t The word “twe1ve” was inserted on the assumption that this Supple- mental Agreement would operate as from 1st July, 1940.247 Council at any time during the subsistence of this Agreement be reconstituted as a body having a separate legal entity but any such reconstitution shall not in any way relieve the C.S. and the S.C.I. from any liability to maintain the Bureau pursuant to the terms of this Agreement but upon any such reconstitution all contributions from the Council shall continue to be made direct to the C.S. and the S.C.I. 5. The Councils of the parties hereto shall have power from time to time by agreement amongst themselves to make or modify such rules and regulations as they shall think fit for the better working of the Scheme but no such powers shall be exercised except in accordance with the respective Charters and By-Laws of each of the Constituent Bodies.6. Except as varied by this Agreement the terms of the Principal Agreement shall remain in full force and effect IN WITNESS whereof these presents have been entered into the day and year first above written. (To be signed and sealed in accordance with the Charters and By-Laws.) THE SCHEDULE above referred to THE SCHEME. The provisions of the Scheme are divided into three groups:- GROUPA. I. The C.S. will keep its annual membership subscription at 60 units* for Fellows having full privileges but will limit the supply of Abstracts which a Fellow can obtain in addition to the JOURNAL (without extra charge) to any two sections of Abstracts A.2. The S.C.I. will increase its annual membership subscrip- tion from 50 units to 60 units with power (with the consent of the Chemical Council) to reduce where possible or desirable any membership fee for special groups or sections. 3. The C.S. and the S.C.I. will be responsible as at present for the joint management of the Bureau. The Bureau will * The Unit for the present represents one shilling; any alteration to be subject to paragraph 3 above. 248 arrange subject to the approval of the C.S. and the S.C.I. for the publication and sale of Abstracts and for securing revenue from advertisements and other sources. GROUPB. I. Fellows and Associates of the I. of C.will be urged to become joint members of all three bodies by payment of an annual joint membership subscription of 105 units in the case of Fellows and IOO units in the case of Associates. This joint subscription will cover all the privileges of the Fellowship or Associateship of the I. of C. and of membership of the C.S. and the S.C.I. except that the total amount of publications obtainable without extra charge shall not exceed 70 units in scheduled value (see Schedule of Prices); publications up to this value may be chosen from among all those in the schedule but Fellows and Associates shall not be required to pay for lectures published by the I. of C.; additional publications may be purchased at the scheduled prices. The I. of C. will collect such joint membership subscriptions and, after deducting 42 units in the case of an F.I.C.and 31-5units in the case of an A.I.C. will remit the balance in equal proportions to the C.S. and the S.C.I. 2. Members of the C.S. or the S.C.I. who are not Fellows or Associates of the I. of C. will be accepted as joint members of the two Societies on payment of an annual joint membership subscription of IOO units. This joint membership subscription will cover all the privileges of membership of the C.S. and the S.C.I. except that the total amount of publications obtainable without extra charge shall not exceed IOO units in the scheduled value ; unrestricted choice of scheduled publications and condi- tions for purchase of additional publications will be allowed to such members in a manner similar to that prescribed for Fellows and Associates of I.of C. in paragraph B(I). The C.S. or the S.C.I. will collect such joint membership subscriptions and will divide the same equally between them. GROUPC. I. Any of the bodies may, with the approval of the Chemical Council, enter into agreements with other Societies or Institutions .for the establishment of joint membership subscriptions. 249 2. The Bureau may, with the approval of the Chemical Council, make arrangements with other Societies or Institutions for supplying them or their members with Abstracts on special terms, such as the arrangements already in existence with the Physiological Society, the Biochemical Society and the Anatomi- cal Society.3. The I. of C. willdo what it can on the foregoing lines to support the work of the Bureau. 4. The Bureau shall consist of representatives of those Bodies which afford substantial support to it. PROVISIONAL OF PRICESSCHEDULE OF PUBLICATION. Prices to Non-Members Schedule of GroupsPrice. A, B or C. Journal of the Chem. SOC. .. .. 26 units Abstracts A I .. .. --19'5 ,, I? A 11 .. .. --19'5 7) ,, A I11 .. .. . . 21.5 ,, Trans. of the S.C.I. . . .. .. I5 ,, "Chemistry and Industry " .. .. 225 ,, (To be Abstracts B .. .. .. .. 27.5 ,, decided.) ,, 1ndex"A" . . .. * * 3'0 I, ), Index "B" .. .. . . 2.5 ,, Annual Reports, pure . . .. * * 5'5 >, ,, ), applied .. . . 10.5 ,, Inst.of Chem. Lectures . . .. *' 5t J> Chem. SOC.lecture reprints . . * -5'5 12 NOTES. I. A member of only one of the three Chartered Bodies shall not be entitled to receive publications of the other Chartered Bodies except at the full published price. 2. The above Schedule of Prices of Publications is subject to periodic revision by the Chemical Council with the agreement of the Councils of the Constituent Bodies. 3. No reduction in the price of publications will be permitted to persons other than members of the affiliated Societies and Institutions. t Free of charge to Fellows, Associates and Registered Students of the Institute. 250 Proceedings of the Council. Council Meeting, 21st June, 1940.-Correspondence was received from the Ministry of Labour in answer to the repre- sentations made by the Institute regarding the Schedule of Reserved Occupations, with which the Ministry was in general agreement.(A new edition of the Schedule of Reserved Occupations was published on 18th June, i.e. three days before the Council Meeting, and on 20th July all chemists defined in a Government Order were required to make application for enrolment on the Central Register of the Ministry of Labour, unless serving in the Armed Forces or already enrolled on the Central Register.) Dr. Harold G. Colman was reappointed to represent the Institute on the British National Committee of the World Power Conference. The Council recorded with deep regret the death of Sir Jocelyn Field Thorpe, C.B.E., F.R.S., Past President, and stood in silence as a tribute to his memory.A letter of sympathy on the death of Sir Jocelyn was received from the City and Guilds of London Institute. On the nomina- tion of the Council, Sir Jocelyn had acted as Chairman of the Advisory Committee of the City and Guilds of London Institute on the Dyeing of Textiles since it was set up ten years ago. The Council also recorded with regret the death of Sir Arthur Harden, F.R.S. A letter of protest was received from a Fellow, who objected to the appearance on the Appointments Register of the Institute of the appointment of a chemist and bacteriologist to a small water undertaking at l375 per annum. The Council did not consider that the circumstances warranted a protest.The Emergency Committee reported on arrangements made for maintaining a duplicate of the Register of the Institute, and on the alterations made by the Holborn Borough Council in the premises of the Institute for the more efficient provision of a public air raid shelter. The Committee had also made provision for the safer custody of the records and other property of the Institute. Reports were received from the Publications Committee, the Publicity Committee, the Finance and House Committee, the Benevolent Fund Committee and the Nominations, Examinations and Institutions Committee. The Council resolved to lend LI,OOOto the Government without interest. The names of z Fellows and 14 Associates were removed from the Register under By-law 66 for non-payment of their subscript ions.The Benevolent Fund Committee reported that the sum of f146 10s. had been returned on loans account. The Council received from the Chemical Council copies of the suggested Agreement and new Scheme of Co-operation between the three Chartered Bodies-the Chemical Society, the Institute, and the Society of Chemical Industry-together with letters from the Solicitors and Opinion of Counsel relating thereto. The President, as one of the representatives of the Institute on the Chemical Council, gave the opinion that the Agreement and Scheme did not commit the Institute to any financial obliga- tion-beyond the continued contribution to the maintenance of the Library of the Chemical Society-and emphasised that the proposals regarding the participation of Fellows and Associates in the scheme were optional.The Council was in favour of the Scheme, but held that it should be made known to the Fellows and Associates generally, and requested, therefore, that the consent of the Chemical Council be obtained to the publication of the documents, which, in accordance with the advice of Counsel, should eventually be brought to the notice of a general meeting of the Institute. It was understood that several minor questions,-for example, the position of life members in the matter,-had yet to be determined. The main aim of the scheme was to encourage chemists generally to bear a fuller share of the cost of the publications of the Chemical Society and of the Society of Chemical Industry.The President undertook to discuss the matter with the Honorary Secretaries of Local Sections at a Conference to be held on the following day. Dr. A. E. Dunstan was nominated as a representative ofthe Institute on the Chemical Council in the place of the late Sir Jocelyn Thorpe. The Council resolved to execute a Deed of Indemnity in respect of the representatives of the Institute on the Chemical Council. Council Meeting, 19th July, 1940.-A letter was received from the Chancellor of the Exchequer thanking the Institute for lending E~,oooto the country, free of interest. It was reported that the Register of Fellows, Associates and Students-without address, descriptions of appointments and occupations-was ready for printing.The Council directed that the work should be put in hand. The Canadian Institute of Chemistry offered homes for some children of chemists: five girls and seven boys between the ages of 4 and 12 years could be placed in Protestant homes, provided that private passages were paid; boats would be met, and the offer might possibly be increased. The Council expressed its grateful thanks to the Canadian Institute for the generous offer made by its members and directed the Registrar to notify the matter in the JOURNAL AND PRO-CEEDINGS in order that members might be able to take advantage of it when the time was opportune. (See p. 267.) (It should here be noted, however, that subsequent considera- tion of evacuation proposals, by authorities both at home and in Canada,-including the responsibiliiy for maintenance and guardianship of children in circumstances which cannot be foreseen,-has put a check on the suggested arrangement.) In answer to a letter addressed to the Ministry of Home Security on matters raised at the Conference of Honorary Secretaries of Local Sections, referring to the Gas Identification Service, the Institute was informed that the Ministry would enquire into the points which had been raised; that some of them had already been met in a Bulletin recently issued to Gas Identification Officers, and that Public Analysts should be making contact with such Officers in connexion with the examination of food suspected of gas contamination, on which the Ministry of Food had recently issued a memorandum.253 An acknowledgment was received from Sir William Beveridge, Commissioner for Man-Power Survey, in answer to the suggestion that national work might be found for teachers and students during the vacation. Dr. Francis H. Carr, C.B.E., Vice-Presideutt, was elected a Censor to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Sir Jocelyn Thorpe. The Honorary Treasurer submitted a letter from Lord Leverhulme enclosing a copy of a Resolution which had been agreed to by the representatives of various chemical societies who attended a meeting to consider the establishment of a memorial to the late William Alexander Skeen Calder. The Resolution was to the effect that it was important and necessary to recognise, develop and strengthen the inter-connexion between pure and applied chemistry; that a memorial to Calder might form the basis of a scheme to be developed later through the agency of the scientific societies, trade organisations and other approved channels; that a fund be opened to be called “The Calder Memorial Fund” to be devoted to the furtherance of the ideas expressed above and that, as the development of the connexion between pure and applied chemistry will be among the most urgent problems to be faced after the war, one aim of the fund should be to aid in the introduction of the younger generation to the scientific needs of industry, and the co-ordination to scientific and technical aspects with the commercial. Reports were received from the Standing Committees and from the Joint Committee of the Institute and the Scottish Education Department re National Certificates in Chemistry.On the Report of the Finance and House Committee, the Council requested that the Publications Committee should include periodically in the JOURNAL AND PROCEEDINGSnotifica-tion of “Addresses Required” of Members and Students whose communications have been returned through the post. The Council received the Report of the Conference of Honor-ary Secretaries of Local Sections and approved of the clauses relating to the Appointments Register, the arrangements for meetings of the Sections, the Benevolent Fund, and reports on Local Section meetings.The Council referred to a Special Commit tee the consideration of the Bylaws governing the composition and nomination of the 254 Council-the Committee to consist of The President, the Hon. Treasurer, Messrs. A. Findlay, George King, J. H. Lester, G. Roche Lynch, and S. B. Watkins, with Messrs. A. L. Bacharach and M. Bogod as alternatives. The reply from the Commissioner for Man-Power Survey, to the suggestion that teachers and students might be employed on work of national importance during the vacation, and the reply from the Ministry of Home Security, on the points relating to the Gas Identification Service which had been raised at the Conference, had already been reported. The Council further agreed that, with the concurrence of the Chemical Council, the new Agreement and suggested Scheme of Co-operation between the three Chartered Chemical Bodies pro- posed by the Chemical Council, should be published in the JOURNAL AND PROCEEDINGS,and that the Fellows and Associates of the Institute should be urged to approve of and support them.(See pages 243-249.) Chemists and National Service.-The Executive Officers of the Institute are prepared, so far as they are able, to deal with enquiries regarding chemists and national service. The business of the Institute has been carried on without interruption at its headquarters since the outbreak of war. Should Members, Registered Students or other correspondents find difficulty in communicating with the Institute, enquiries may be addressed-for the present-to the Registrar, at 9, Westbury Road, Woodside Park, Finchley, N.12.Telephone Number : Hillside 1859. 255 Local Sections. [The Institute is not responsible for the views expressed in papers read, or in speeches delivered during discussioiz,s.] Cardiff and District.-The Fifth Annual General Meeting of the Section was held on 3rd May, in the Queen’s Hotel, St. Mary Street, Cardiff, Dr. N. M. Cullinane presiding. The Reports of the Hon. Secretary and Treasurer were read and adopted. Mr. S. B. Watkins made a statement on his activities as District Council Member, which was much appreciated. The Officers and Members of the Committee for the forth- coming year were elected, as follows:-Chairman, Dr.N. M. Cullinane; Hon. Secretary and Treasurer, Dr. J. F. J. Dippy; Committee, Mr. H. F. Adams, Dr. S. T. Bowden, Mr. H. G. Davey, Mr. A. G. Fishburn, Mr. P. V. Lloyd, Mr. W. D. Williams; ex-oflcio, Mr. S. B. Watkins, District Member of Council. The meeting was followed by a very successful event, namely, a Congratulatory Dinner in honour of Dr. J. H. Quastel on the occasion of his election to the Fellowship of the Royal Society. It was held in company with local members of the Chemical Society and the Society of Chemical Industry. The health of the guest of the evening was proposed by Dr. J. Pryde, and supported by Mr. F. Bird and Mr. S. B. Watkins. Dr. Quastel having responded, thanks were accorded to the chairman on the proposal of Mr.D. Hicks. East Anglia.-The Annual General Meeting of the Section was held at Stowmarket on 27th April,-Mr. W. Lincolne Sutton in the Chair. The Reports of the Hon. Secretary and Hon. Treasurer were received and adopted. The Officers, Committee and Auditors were re-elected. The Section will hold occasional informal meetings in various centres in order to maintain social contact among the members for their mutual interest. London and South-Eastern.-By the courtesy of Messrs. Kodak, Ltd., members of the Section visited the Works and Laboratories of the Company on the 19th and 26th June. On each occasion the guests were received by Dr. H. Baines and members of the Research Staff, and were conducted in the first place to the Museum.To have explored this in detail, with its specimens showing the historical development of the camera and photographic processes, including the most recent ones for photo- graphy in colour, would have occupied the full afternoon, but time permitted only a brief survey. The operations in progress in the numerous buildings of the Works were explained by the aid of a scale model, and the party then toured the shops devoted to the mass production of the popular type of camera, and the lens grinding processes. To afford an insight into the usual method of coating layers of light sensitive material on to film base, which could not be seen to satisfaction in the dim light prevailing for such operations, a visit was made to the department where paper is coated with baryta and afterwards dried in festoons which are conveyed through drying galleries.Operations upon sensitised film for cine purposes were glimpsed in the dim red light permitted for ordinary film, and included the cutting of sheet film into strips of suitable width, the punching of perforations in these strips, and checking of reels before packing in the familiar cans. Similar operations were heard and felt in the complete darkness of the rooms devoted to panchromatic film, where operatives are guided solely by sound and touch. Most careful measurements are made upon the work coming from machines used in the darkened shops; these machines, after a short period of running, are brought into daylight for overhaul and performance on test strips of film.In all the film departments conditioned air is circulated. The Research Laboratories were next inspected. Separate laboratories for physics, photometry and colorimetry, physical chemistry, and purely chemical investigations were seen, and recording apparatus for the sensitivity of film was described and operated. The Laboratories are equipped with complete plants for air conditioning. South Yorkshire.-At the Annual General Meeting held at Rotherham Technical College, on zIst May, Dr. G. Lawton occupied the Chair in the unavoidable absence of Dr. E. Gregory. 257 The Officers and Committee for 1940-41 were elected as follows :-Chairman, Mr. B. W. Methley ; Vice-chairman, Mr.A. H. Dodd; Hon. Secretary, Mr. G. Parkin; Hon. Treasurer, Mr. W. W. Stevenson; Auditor, Dr. A. W. Chapman ; Committee : Mr. W. F. Andrews, Mr. R. Belcher, Mr. S. D. Carson, Prof. R. D. Haworth, Dr. G. Lawton, Mr. P. Lord, Mr. E. W. Moore, Mr. J. Picken, and Nir. E. J. Vaughan. Thanks were accorded the retiring Officers for their services. The Committee has decided to continue the activities of the Section, so far as circumstances permit, and a programme of social excursions and lectures has been tentatively arranged. 258 Report of the Eighth Conference of Honorary Secretaries of Local Sections. 22nd June, 1940. The Eighth Conference of Honorary Secretaries of Local Sections was held at the Institute on Saturday, 22nd June, 1940, at 10a.m. Present:-Dr.J. J. Fox, President, in the Chair; Mr. J. C. White, Honorary Treasurer, and Mr. A. L. Bacharach, Chairman of the Publications Committee. The President welcomed the following :-Mr. E. E. Ayling, South Wales (Swansea). Dr. H. Burton, Leeds Area, vice Mr. W. A. Wightinan.Dr. A. Coulthard, Manohester and District. Dr. J. F. J. Dippy, Cardiff and District. Mr. D. M. Freeland, London and South Eastern Counties. Mr. G. Colman Green, East Anglia, vice Dr. J. W. Corran. Mr. G. IF’. Hall, East Midlands, vice Mr. J. Ratcliffe. Mr. F. P. Hornby, Bristol and South Western Counties. Mr. E. M. Joiner, Birmingham and Midlands. Dr. A. G. G. Leonard, Dublin. Mr. G. Parkin, South Yorkshire. Dr.F. J. Smith, Liverpool and North Western. Mr. W. M. Todd, Aberdeen and North of Scotland. Mr. F. H. Walker, Newcastle upon Tyne and North-East Coast, vice Dr. E. E. Aynsley. The Registrar and the Assistant Secretary were also present. Mr. G. E. Dodds (Edinburgh and East of Scotland), Mr. J. G. Duncan (Glasgow and West of Scotland), Dr. E. H. Goodyear (Huddersfield) and Mr. C. S. McDowell (Belfast) sent messages of regret that they were unable to be present. Similar messages were received from Honorary Secretaries who were represented by deputies. The President said that it was a great pleasure to him to welcome the Honorary Secretaries. The annual conference served a very useful purpose in affording the Honorary Secre- taries an opportunity not only of expressing their views upon 259 various matters of interest to their Sections, but of meeting one another in a spirit of co-operation for the general benefit of the Institute and its members.It had been his intention to make visits to the Sections, and he hoped that it might yet be possible for him to do so before he relinquished office. The Council appreciated very highly the work which the Honorary Secretaries and Committees of Local Sections did for the Institute. (1)APPOINTMENTSREGISTER.-Reference was made to certain difficulties in supplying the Appointments Register to Fellows and Associates in neutral countries. The Institute was obliged to conform to regulations and was not permitted to publish lists of vacancies indiscriminately abroad.However, it was felt that if the Officers could be informed of the names of such members who wished to be given opportunities of securing work in this country, possibly something could be done to help them. (2) CIRCULARS AND POSTAGE : JOINT MEETINGS.-Mr. Joiner opened a discussion on arrangements for calling meetings. It was generally agreed that joint meetings with other societies were desirable, and that means could be adopted to ensure that those who are members of more than one society should not receive more than one notice. The question was raised whether members who seldom came to such meetings should receive anything beyond a notice or programme issued at the beginning of a session; but that suggestion was not acceptable because such programmes were liable to be modified, and it was agreed that every member was entitled to notice of every meeting to be held by his Section.In the present circumstances, it was regarded as very desirable that local groups should keep in touch with one another, as much as possible, without necessarily forming definite sub-sections. In some Sections, definite representatives of the main centres were appointed as representatives on the Section Committees, and acted ‘as local agents to whom members of the Institute could address enquiries when necessary. Reference was also made to the heavy expense of notifying works visits to members of large Sections when perhaps only 25 or 50 could participate in such visits.A special circularisation to all members in a large Section in such instances was not justified. The Sections should endeavour to maintain their activities, in the interests of their members and the Institute as a whole, but economy in printing, stationery and postage was desirable, 260 Joint Meetings should be held with other bodies, not only because the expense could be shared, but because they were better attended. Business meetings of individual Bodies (e.g. meetings of the Institute devoted to professional matters) could be held prior to the joint meetings. Such arrangements were left to the Local C.ommittees. The Honorary Secretaries were reminded of the request of the Press Censorship to take proper precautions when reference might be made to matters likely to be of interest to the enemy. Members introducing visitors to meetings should give the necessary guarantees of their integrity and loyalty.(3)BENEVOLENTFuND.-on the proposal of Mr. Freeland the Conference considered means of obtaining increased help for the Benevolent Fund. In the opinion of the Conference the Fund was quite inadequate to enable the Committee to respond satisfactorily to all appeals for assistance which were received. The President mentioned that he had intended to refer to the Fund when he visited the Sections. The Benevolent Fund Committee had suggested that a Member of the Committee or an Officer of the Institute should occasionally address meetings of Local Sections on the subject, not with a view to making collec- tions at such meetings, because those who most frequently attended were, in the main, regular subscribers, but in order that some might undertake to act as collectors of “group” subscrip- tions among their colleagues on the staffs where they were employed. Even 2s.6d. a head would make a substantial sum if every member would help, and it was hoped that Officers and Committees of Local Sections would make every effort to assist in the realisation of this suggestion. The result of such an endeavour by the Sections would enable the Benevolent Fund Committee to deal more adequately with appeals than they could possibly do with the funds at their disposal at present. A personal letter from the President and Honorary Treasurer should be helpful, and the appeals might be more emphatic. Bankers Permanent Cheques for annual subscriptions should be used more frequently.Each Section might appoint one or more Benevolent Fund representatives or a Committee to promote the fund among the members. Particulars of cases dealt with might be published in the JOURNAL AND PROCEEDINGSwithout disclosing the identities of those receiving help. 261 (4) REPORTSOF LOCALSECTIONSMEETINGS.-BY direction of the Council, the attention of the Conference was called to the gist of the Report of the Publications committee published in JOURNAL AND PROCEEDINGS,Part 111, 1940 (pages 169 and 170). The Publications Commit tee had recommended, and the Council had approved the proposals that ,-beginning with Part IV, 1940-(a) reports of Local Sections should be restricted to the record of business transacted and of discussions on matters of professional interest ; (b) summaries of lectures (up to about 500 words) prepared by the lecturers should be published in another Part of the Journal, the Publications Committee reserving the right of deciding what should be published; and (c) lecturers should be invited to lodge typed copies of their lectures at the office of the Institute for the perusal of members generally.Some Honorary Secretaries felt that there had been no general guidance on the matter; but it was known to others that, from time to time, it had been suggested that only summaries by lecturers should be forwarded, and that they should not ordinarily occupy more than about two pages of the Journal, although the Publications Committee had allowed considerable latitude in interpreting that suggestion.Reports frequently needed careful editing; sometimes the discussion was at least as interesting as the lecture; but it was difficult to report discussions without requiring each speaker subsequently to revise his remarks, and perhaps his tendency would be to write what he meant to say rather than what he actually said. Then, if one speaker altered his statement, the report was rendered inconsequent or irrelevant. Lecturers did not always want their remarks to be published; in fact some objected to publication because they were prevented from repeating their lectures elsewhere or because they preferred to speak extempore. Summaries should be prepared by the lecturers themselves because it was unreasonable to expect the Honorary Secretary of any Section to be able to formulate a suitable report on the subject of every lecture.The question of publishing correspondence in the Journal was again raised, but it was held to be unsatisfactory in a publication issued only bi-monthly . The Publications Committee, however, 262 was glad to receive communications and suggestions. It was mentioned that the question had been raised whether the Institute should publish scientific lectures at all; where papers of sufficient importance were submitted, it was well to bear in mind, however, that the JOURNAL AND PROCEEDINGSOF THE INSTITUTE had a circulation of 8,500 and was thus a valuable means of spreading knowledge.Whether or not it was possible to have more uniform reports, the discussion showed that the members expected to see reports of the meetings held by their Sections and, moreover, that fairly frequent application was made for the perusal of complete copies of lectures which were lodged at headquarters. The recommenda- tions of the Publications Committee were approved and would be adopted in the next few Parts of the Journal,* so that members would be able to judge whether the new arrangement was an improvement. It was agreed that the Honorary Secretaries should be sent a short statement on the proposed procedure. (5)BY-LAWS GOVERNING ELECTION OF THE COUNCIL.-Mr.Ayling, in introducing for discussion a resolution adopted by the South Wales Section, asked the Conference to endorse a proposal that the number of District Members of Council should be increased to 19,so that one might be elected to represent each Section in the British Isles and one to represent Overseas members. He urged that each Section should have direct representation on the Council, as was the case when the office of District Member of Council was first instituted in 1921. The increase in the number of Sections since 1921 had not been followed by a similar increase in the number of District Members. It was felt that such direct representation was desirable not only in the interests of the Sections, but also in the interests of the Institute and of District Members of Council whose constituencies included more than one Local Section. Actually, there was no need to alter a by-law in order to effect the proposed change as it could be put into force at the next General Meeting according to the provisions of By-law 30.If it were objected that the proposal involved an increase in the number and the expense of the Council, then the number of * The arrangement will be adopted when reportsof lectures given before Local Sections are received. 263 General Members of Council might be reduced under the provi- sions of By-law 17. The second point embodied in the resolution referred to By-law 27, which stipulates that the balloting list shall indicate which of the candidates have been nominated by the Council.Members of the South Wales Section felt that this distinction gave an undue advantage to such candidates and that the Council nominees were not always representative of the average member. Usually these nominees were eminent chemists in assured posi- tions, who might not always be able to visualise the aspirations and struggles of the younger members in times very different from their own younger days. Frequently Associates and younger Fellows felt that they were not represented, and this view might well account for the frequent suggestion that Associates should be eligible for membership of the Council.More use could be made of the younger Fellows. It was also thought, with reference to the nominations made by the Council, that there was too big a proportion of Fellows who had already served on the Council and that the proportion of London members was too high. It had been advanced that a high proportion of London members was necessary in order to secure attendance at Committee meetings, but some London members were not appointed to Committees, and in one or two other cases the records of attendance could have been better. The retiring Council had too much influence in nominating their successors and there seemed to be no good reason for the special distinction accorded to Council nominees under the provisions of the By-law. With reference to the question of the eligibility of Associates for membership of the Council, members of the South Wales Section held very diverse views. Some thought that a limited number of seats on the Council should be allotted to Associates, but others opposed this view since they felt that it would lessen still further the tendency for Associates to proceed to the Fellowship. Mr.Ayling concluded by proposing that the Council should be asked to consider the proposal for an increase in the number of District Members, but that the second point, involving an alteration in the By-laws, should not be pressed in view of the immediate national emergency. The President suggested that it was reasonable to re-nominate members until they had served the full period of three years allowed by the By-laws, in order to maintain continuity of policy, and that, in instances where members who had previously served on the Council were re-nominated, such members were known to be keen and earnest workers for the interests of the Institute and the profession.If the Associates and younger Fellows thought they were not being properly represented, they clearly had the right to vote for somebody else. Under the existing By-laws, Associates could not be Members of Council, and in his (the President’s) view the cure for this was that all who rendered themselves qualified should proceed to the higher grade and thus become eligible for the Council. The circumstance that a large proportion of the members was apathetic about utilising their votes was deplored.Dr. Burton said that, as a young man, he had been a Member of Council, and he had looked upon himself as one of “the smaller fry,” but he did not feel that he was particularly representing his District; he was acting as one who was interested in the business of the Institute as a whole. Mr. Bacharach remarked, incidentally, that it had frequently occurred to him that it was a disadvantage that the Council could not nominate a member for election if he had already been nominated under By-law 26. Dr. Dippy supported the views of Mr. Ayling. He suggested that, in future, the Honorary Secretaries should have oppor- tunities of consulting their Local Sections on the matters which were coming before the Conference.Mr. Hall was in favour of increasing the number of District Members of Council on the lines suggested by Mr. Ayling, but he had less objection to the provisions of By-law 27. The Conference agreed unanimously that the Council should be asked to consider the proposal: That the number of District Members of Council be increased to 19,so that one may be allocated to each Section in the British Isles and one to Overseas Members. BY-LAWS REBERRED TO UNDER (5). Constitution 17. The Council shall consist of:-of the Council. (a)The President, Vice-presidents and Treasurer, who shall be Members of the Council ea: o@io. (b) Twenty-seven General Members of the Council (or such other number aa a General Meeting may from time to time determine), who shall be nominated as hereinafter provided and elected at the Annual General Meeting in the manner hereinafter prescribed.(c) District Members of the Council, one of whom shall be elected, in the manner hereinafter prescribed, by the Members in each of such Districts m may from time to time be determined and defined as provided in By-law 30. 26. (1) Any twenty Members, not being Members of the Council, &OgAggsmay nominate one eligible Fellow as a candidate for election as a General of Member of the Council but no Member shall nominate more than one such candidates Fellow. for election. (2) Any nomination made under this By-law shall be delivered to the Secretary six weeks at least before the Annual General 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 (registered “address) , a Fellow of this Institute, is, in our “estimation, a fit and proper person to be a General Member of the “ Council of the Institute, and we do hereby nominate him as a Candidate “for election as a General Member of the Council.” (3) Any such nomination may consist of several documents in like form, each signed by one or more Members. 27. (1) One calendar month at least before the date of each Annual Bdoting General Meeting the Council shall cause to be sent to every Member, in the $:znFd manner hereinafter prescribed for serving notices, a balloting list containing the names of the candidates nominated for election as President, Vice- Presidents, Treasurer and General Members of the Council and, in the case of the last-mentioned, the balloting list shall indicate which of the candidates have been nominated by the Council.(2) Each Member desirous of voting (or, in the case of a Member residing abroad, his proxy)- (a)Shall record his vote for the President, any of the Vice-presidents or the Treasurer either by leaving the name of the nominated candidate standing or by erasing his name and substituting that of any other eligible Fellow for whom he desires to vote in which case previous nomination of such Fellow shall not be necessary. (b) Shall record his vote for a General Member of the Council by making a cross against his name provided that no Member shall vote for more than twenty-seven candidates (or such other number of candidates as for the time being shall have been fixed as the number of the General Members of the Council).(c) Shall deliver or transmit his balloting list in a sealed envelope bearing on the outside the signature of the Member (or proxy) addressed to the Secretary at the Office of the Institute, so that it be received not later than twenty-four hours before the time fixed for the Annual General Meeting. 30. (1) For the purpose of the election of District Members of the Election of Council, a General Meeting may from time to time determine and define g:Ernofany number of Districts, either in Great Britain or Ireland, or in the British the Council, Dominions or Protectorates beyond the Seas, or in the Empire of India, the Members in each of which districts shall be entitled to elect one District Member of the Council.266 (2) Theelection of a District Member of the Council shall be by nomina-tion and election by the Members having their registered addresses in any District as aforesaid, and shall take place at such time and place and be conducted in such manner as the Council shall from time to time determine. (3.) Subject to the provisions of By-law 21 for filling casual vacancies District Members of the Council shall be elected annually and they shall take Office as Members of the Council at the Annual General Meeting of the Institute held next after their election.(6) INIS IS TRY OF LABoUR.-The question was raised whether teachers and students could be used with advantage during the summer vacation, and it was suggested that a communication should be addressed to the Ministry of Labour in order to ascer- tain whether there was any possibility of their services being utilised. (7) GASIDENTIFICATIONSERVIm-The Conference discussed a number of matters relating to the Gas Identification Service, including the qualifications of personnel, attachments to respirators, provisions for transport, equipment, the safeguarding of industrial works, and the decontamination of food. On the last subject, a communication was read from Mr.Duncan (Glasgow and West of Scotland Section), and it was mentioned that the Society of Public Analysts had given particular attention to suspected contamination of food with war gases. Public Analysts and chemists concerned with food industries could apply to the Society for information. (8) CHEMICAL CouNcIL.-The President brought to the notice of the Honorary Secretaries a draft of a new Agreement and proposed new Scheme of Co-operation between the three Chartered Bodies, which he hoped the Chemical Council would allow the Institute to make public in the near future. The Conference concluded with a vote of thanks to the President. The Honorary Secretaries were entertained to luncheon at the Russell Hotel. 267 Notes. The Benevolent Fund.-Help is now urgently needed for the Benevolent Fund. With definite commitments amounting to over l435 to be found for regular allowances to aged members, widows and dependents of members, before the end of the year, and a prospect of further appeals for help during the intervening period, the Benevolent Fund Committee finds that it has a Balance on Current Account of only &IO, and is obliged to beg all Fellows and Associates who have not yet forwarded contribu- tions for 1940not to delay any longer sending their cheques or postal orders to the Hon.Treasurer. The Benevolent Fund Committee has pleasure in reporting, with grateful acknowledgments, that the capital account has recently benefited by the receipt of a gift of L500, for immediate investment in National War Bonds, from a Fellow who has previously subscribed generously for many years and desires to remain anonymous. For the Children of British Chemists.-As reported under Proceedings, the Council received in July from the Canadian Institute of Chemistry an offer to place a number of children of British chemists in the homes of Canadian chemists, provided that the necessary official permits were obtained and their passages paid.The Council expressed its grateful thanks to the Canadian Institute for this generous intention. Owing to numerous questions which have since been raised, there are now doubts whether the scheme can be eventually effected, but any Fellow or Associate who would desire to take advantage of such a scheme is advised to communicate with the Registrar.Science and Civilisation.-At the Annual General Meeting of the Society of Chemical Industry, held in London on 9th July, Viscount Samuel, the recipient of the Messel Medal, delivered an admirable philosophical address on “Science and Civilisation,” which gives much food for thought, though the theme is not new. 268 Science is praised for the good it has done. Science is misused: science is abused. Science has done so much and advanced so quickly that we cannot keep pace with it: it has rendered life so much more rapid and complicated. Viscount Samuel quoted Einstein-“The present troubles in the world are due to science having advanced faster than morality ; when morality catches up with science, those troubles will draw to an end.” He added, “And in the end, that will surely be.For mankind has a choice: between, on the one side, cynicism, materialism, contempt of knowledge, bringing violence and constant wars; and, on the other, a loftier ethic, fostering thought and learning, and bringing tranquility and peace.” In 1938,the same theme, or something very like it-“The Social Relations of Science”-was the subject of a supplement in Nature, and of the deliberations of the British Association at Cambridge, as well as of an Editorial comment in Part I11 of the JOURNAL AND PROCEEDINGSof the Institute. Much the same sentiments were expressed by Fridtjof Nansen in an address entitled “Science and the Purpose of Life,” published by the Rationalist Press Association, Ltd., as long ago as 1909.During the intervening years the pace of life has further accelerated and vastly more so than it did during the nineteenth century, when, with the advent of steam and, later, of electricity, philosophers expressed similar views. Science, in its search for truth, brings a new light on our ideas of life and faith, and impresses upon us the realisation that each successive generation must be educated to cope with the diffi- culties and problems of its own environment. A certain amount of lag is unavoidable, but the education of man never ceases, and it is to be hoped that each succeeding generation will not only harness the power of science, but live for others as well as for themselves, become more self-reliant and, by self-control and deliberate purpose, make the best of their natural abilities and characters. Compulsory Registration.-On 20th July, by public advertisement, the Ministry of Labour and National Service issued an Order that all chemists and physicists falling within certain definitions should apply in writing before the 26th July for forms of enrolment on the Central Register.The Order did not apply to chemists serving in the Armed Forces (except Home Guard) or to persons already enrolled on the Central Register 269 either directly or through any professional institution. Those who were required to register were defined as follows:- 1. (a)A person who has taken an Honours Degree of any University of the British Empire in Chemistry, or the Associateship (or Fellowship)of the Institute of Chemistry, or a qualification which is recognised as equivalent to any of the foregoing, and who is normally engaged in chemical practice, or chemical industry, including research production, development, management, control, consulting or analytical work, and post-graduate study.(b) A person who has taken a Bachelor of Science Degree of any University of the British Empire including Chemistry as a finals subject, and has been normally engaged in chemical practice for the two years immediately preceding the date of the coming into force of this Order or immediately preceding any subsequent date.(c) A person who has passed the Intermediate Examination of anyUniversity of the British Empire for the Degree of Bachelor of Science, or who has obtained a Higher School Certificate including Chemistry, the Higher National Certificate in Chemistry, or the Scottish Education Department Group Leaving Certificate including Chemistry, and has been normally engaged in chemical practice for the five years im-mediately preceding the date of the coming into force of this Order, or immediately preceding any subsequent date. (d) A person who has taken an Honours Degree of any University of the British Empire in Chemistry and (a) is normally engaged in teaching Chemistry at st University, University College or Technical College, or (b)being under 30 years of age, has been normally engaged in the teaching of Chemistry in schools for not more than five years since obtaining the said Degree.Unemployment Insurance Act, 1940.-On 25th July this Act was passed-“to increase the rates of benefit and con-tributions payable under the Unemployment Insurance Acts, 1935to 1939,to amend section thirty-five of the Unemployment Insurance Act, 1935,Part I1 of the First Schedule thereto, and section thirty-six of the Unemployment Assistance Act, 1934, and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.” Under Section 4-“(I) Paragraph g of Part I1 of the First Schedule to the principal Act (which includes among excepted employments employment otherwise than by way of manual labour at a rate of remuneration exceeding two hundred and fifty pounds a year) shall have effect as if the words ‘four hundred and twenty pounds’ were substituted for the words ‘two hundred and fifty pounds’ in both places where those words occur.“(2) This section shall come into operation on the second day of September nineteen hundred and forty.” This legislation will apply, no doubt, to a large number of chemists, and will be brought to the notice of the Council of the Institute. 270 Physical Problems in Industry.-In order to assist pro- fessional men who in the present emergency find themselves presented with technical problems in applied physics of which they do not happen to have had previous experience, it has been decided to extend the facilities of the Institute of Physics’ panel of Consultants.Through this medium enquirers are put into touch with physicists likely to be able to offer immediate practical suggestions in any particular case. In the first instance the contact is informal; subsequent arrangements are a matter for agreement between those concerned. The subjects which can be dealt with cover physical measurements and testing, the design and supply of scientific instruments for special purposes, and the control of processes by physical means. Enquiries about this scheme should be addressed to The Secretary of the Institute of Physics, The University, Reading, Berks. Association of British Chemical Manufacturers.-Mr. R. Murdin Drake and Mr. Allan J. Holden, FeZZow, have been appointed Joint Assistant Secretaries and Assistant Managers of the Association, following the release of Mr.J. Davidson Pratt, FeZZow, General Manager, for special service. Mr. Drake has also been appointed Acting Secretary of the Association of Tar Distillers, and Mr. Holden has also been appointed Secretary of the British Colour Makers Association. The Council of the City and Guilds of London Institute has conferred the distinction of F.C.G.I. upon Dr. C. H. Desch, F.R.S., Fellow. A course of lectures and practical work in the Chemistry and Microscopy of Foods, Drugs and Water, at the Chelsea Poly- technic, will begin in September. The enrolment date is Thursday, 19th September,-day students, 10 a.m. to 12 noon; evening students, 6 to 8 p.m.Particulars can be obtained from the Principal of the Polytechnic, Manresa Road, London, S.W.3. 27 1 Obituary. HGGHCHARLES LOUDONBLOXAMdied at Newcastle upon Tyne on 14th July, in his 69th year. He was the son of William Bloxam, M.D., of Mount Street, London, and was educated at the Mercers’ School. From 1886 to 1888 he was a junior assistant in the laboratories of Dr. A. Wynter Blyth and of Messrs. Sulman & Berry, and attended courses at Finsbury Technical College. In 1889 he became assistant to Professor Vivian B. Lewes and to the late W. Popplewell Bloxam, his brother, in the Royal Naval College, Greenwich. While there he also acted as demon- strator, and later lecturer, in chemistry in the Royal Naval School, Eltharn.Between 1891 and 1896 he was a demonstrator at the Goldsmiths’ Techni- cal Institute, and was also engaged in teaching at the Haberdashers Company’s School for Girls, Hatcham, and at St. Bernard’s School for Girls, Surbiton. From 1896 to 1902 he was chief assistant and, subse- quently, head of the Chemical Department of the Northern Polytechnic, London. From 1902 to 1910 he went to South Africa as analyst and, later, manager of the laboratory of Messrs. Heynes Mathew & Co., manufacturing chemists, at Cape Town, and during part of that period and until 1908 was consulting chemist and, subsequently, general manager of the Maganite Explosives Factory, near Cape Town. While in South Africa he was an Examiner in Chemistry for the University of the Cape of Good Hope, and practised as an analytical and consulting chemist, being engaged from time to time by the Cape Government, by the Cape Town Gas Light and Coke Co., and by other important undertakings.In 1910 he was appointed chief chemist to the Chilian Navy, at Valparaiso, occupying that position until 1919, when he went to India and started in consulting practice at Calcutta until 1922, but he was obliged to return to England for reasons of health, and in the following year joined the late Dr. J. T. Dunn in the firm of J.and H. S. Pattinson, of Newcastle upon Tyne, in which he continued until his death. Jointly with Dr. Dunn, he was Public Analyst for Northumberland, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tynemouth, Gateshead, South Shields and Sunder- land; Official Agricultural Analyst for Gateshead, Sunderland, South Shields and Tynemouth; Gas Examiner for South Shields and Hebburn, and Water Examiner for Gateshead, South Shields, Newcastle upon Tyneand Wallsend. He was elected a Yellow of the Institute in 1909 and served a Member of Council from 1925 to 1928.BRADBROOKERICCHARLES FLOWER died at Manchester on 10th March, in his 28th year. Born at Ipswich, he was educated at the Felix- stowe County Secondary School and the Northgate School, Ipswich. He studied at the Imperial College of Science and Technology, where he obtained the Associateship of the Royal College of Science, and graduated B.Sc. (Lond.) with first-class honours in chemistry in 1933. He continued as one of a team of workers with Professor K.P. Linstead, who were engaged in the study of the phthalocyanine pigments, and later was awarded the degree of Ph.D. for a thesis on Dicyanonaphthalenes, derived Naphthalocyanines and related Compounds. He subsequently joined the staff of the Research Department of I.C.I. (Dyestuffs) Ltd., at Blackley, where he continued until his death. His work formed the subject of a num- ber of patent applications. He was elected an Associate of the Institute in 1936. 272 JESSE CARL ALBERT BRIERLEY died at Silver Hill,Crawfordsburn, Co. Down, Northern Ireland, on 7th July, in his 62nd year. He gradu- ated at the University of Manchester in 1906 with first-class honours in chemistry, and three years later proceeded to M.Sc. After a short period at the Bede Collegiate School, Sunderland, he became, in 1907, assistant science master to the Royal Belfast Academical Institution and, in 1911, was appointed headmaster of the Science Department of that school.In March, 1939, he was appointed Principal of the Institution. During the war of 1914-1918 he was engaged for two years as Textile Adviser to the Admiralty, and subsequently received a commission in the Royal Engineers (Chemical Warfare Department), retiring in 1919 with the rank of Captain. He was an assistant examiner for London University for some years and, on the recommendation of the Council of the Institute, was an exaininer for the Ministry of Education, Northern Ireland, in connexion with the award of National Certificates in Chemistry.He was elected a Fellow of the Institute in 1923, and served as a Member of the Council from 1932 to 1935. JOHNHUNTERHALDANEdied, after an operation, on 6th June, at the age of 40 years. Educated at Cowdenbeath Public School and Beath Secondary School, he served for some months with the Royal Air Force in 1918 and 1919 before beginning his study at Edinburgh University, where he graduated B.Sc. in 1922, subsequently proceeding by research to the degree of Ph.D. in 1924. He was then appointed chief chemist to Messrs. Begg, Sutherland & Co., Ltd., at their sugar factory at Cawnpore, India, and eventually had charge of the laboratories of six factories, two distilleries and a castor oil mill controlled by the same firm,with whom he remained until his deat,h.He was a Member of tho Council of Sugar Cane Technologists (India) end of the Committee of the Internat'ional Society of Cane Sugar Technol- ogists, and was representative for India on the Committee for the Standardisation of Chemical Control of Cane Sugar. He contributed a number of articles to the International Szcgar Journal. He was elected an Associate of the Institute in 1924 and a Fellow in 1928. SIRARTHURHARDENdied at Bourne End, Bucks., on 17th June, in his 75th year. The son of A. T. Harden, he was born at Moss Side, Man- Chester, and was educated at Victoria Park School and Tettenhall College, Staffs. He proceeded to Owens College, gained the Dalton Research Scholarship in 1886, and continued his studies at Erlangen University, where he graduated Ph.D.From 1888 to 1897 he was lecturer and demonstrator in chemistry at Owens College and, during this period, produced with Sir Henry Roscoe, A New View of the Origin of Dalton's Atomic Theory. From 1897 until his retirement, in 1937, he was head of the Biochemical Department of the Lister Institute and Professor of Biochemistry, University of London. He was awarded the degree of D.Sc. in the Victoria University of Manchester, and the Honorary Degree of LL.D. in the same University, and in 1909 was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society. He was also Hon. D.Sc. (Athens) and Hon. LL.D. (Liv.).In 1929 the Nobel Prize for Chemistry was divided between him and Pro-fessor von Euler of Stockholm. In 1935 he received the Davy Medal of the Royal Society for his work in biochemistry, especially in the chemistry of fermentation.He served on the Council of the Royal Society from 1921 to 1923. He was knighted in 1936. From 1913 to 1937 Sir Arthur was joint editor of the Bwchemic&l Jourd. He made numerous contributions to the Journal of the Chemical 273 Society, Berichte der Deutschen Cliemischen Gesellschaft, and other chemical journals, and was joint author with P.C. Garrett of an Elementary Course of Practical Orga,nic Chemistry (1921), and author of Alcoholic Fermentation (3rd Edition, 1923). He passed the examination for the Associateship of the Institute in 1885 and was elected to the Fel1ov;ship in 1904.He served as Examiner in Biochemistry from 1906 to 1910 and from 1920 to 1925; he was Member of Council from 1913 to 1916, and a Vice-president from 1916 to 1919. ROBERTIRVINGdied at Salford Royal Hospital, on 13th June, in his 28th year. Born at Motherwell, he was educated at Lanark Grammar and Secondary Schools, and became an assistant in the laboratory of Messrs. Stewarts and Lloyds, Ltd., before he took his training for his profession at the Royal Technical College, Glasgow. He graduated B.Sc. (Glas.), with first-class honours in chemistry and obtained the Diploma of A.R.T.C. with distinction. In August, 1936, he joined the staff of Messrs. Thomas Hedley & Go., soap manufacturers at Manchester, with whom, six months later, he became control laboratory manager, and continued as a depart- mental manager until he met with an unfortunate scalding accident, from the effects of which he died.He was elected an Associate of the Institute in 1937. WILLIAMCOLEBROOKREYNOLDSdied on 20th March at AnlabyPark, Hull, in his 72nd year. He studied at Leeds Technical School, at Owens College-now the University---ManChester and, after obtaining a National Scholarship, at the Royal College of Science, London, where he continued for four years (1895-1898), graduating B.Sc. (Lond.) and gaining the Associateship of the College. He was for some time demonstrator in chemistry at St. Bartholomew’s Hospital before joining Messrs. Burroughs, Wellcome & Co.as assistant manager of the chemical department, where he was in charge of alkaloidal and synthetic products. He remained with the company for thirteen years (1899-1911) and then obtained an appointment with Jeyes’ Sanitary Compounds, Ltd., where he remained for 5$ years. He proceeded to the degree of D.Sc. (Lond.) in 1921. He published various papers, alone or jointly, in the Journal of the Chemical Society and in the Journal of the Society of Chemical Industry. He was elected a Fellow of the Institute in 1917. SIRJOCELYNFIELDTHORPEdied at The White House, Cooden Beach, Sussex, on 10th June, in his 68th year. The sixth son of William George Thorpe, Barrister-at-Law of the Middle Temple, he was educated at Worthing College, at King’s College School, King’s College and the Royal College of Science, London, and, under Victor Meyer, at the University of Heidelberg, where he obtained the degree of Ph.D.in 1895. In the same year he was appointed a Research Fellow, under Prof. W. H. Perkin, jun., at Owens College, Manchester, where he continued as assistant lecturer in organic chemistry from 1896 to 1899 and lecturer from 1900 to 1908. He was awarded the degree of M.Sc. (Manc.) in 1905, proceeding to D.Sc. in 1908. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in the latter year, and a Fellow of King’s College, London, in 1911. He was senior lecturer in chemistry and lecturer in biochemistry in the University of Manchester from 1908 to 1910 and he held the Sorby Research Fellowship of the Royal Society, at the University of Sheffield, from 1909 to 1913.In 1914 he was appointed to the Chair of Organic Chemistry in the Imperial College of Science and Technology, where his great interest in 274 teaching and research achieved full expression. He trained an ever-increasing band of exceptional students, drawn from home and overseas, and became the centre of an enthusiastic research school which, in the years following the last war, expanded rapidly and became a quickening influence in the research activity of this country and of the Dominions and India. The enhanced reputation of Great Britain in organic chemistry to-day is due in no small measure to his inspiration and versatility. His researches carried out under Perkin were the beginning of a varietyof studies which ranged through terpinic, alicyclic, aliphatic and aromatic chemistry.His work on the structure of the glutaconic acids carried out at Sheffield was the first of many investigations on tautomeric phenomena which have contributed in an important degree to the modern conceptions of structural chemistry ;his researches on imino-compounds (including the reaction with which his name is associated), cyanoacetic ester, the modified strain theory, the glutaric acids and the numerous types of ring-formation are now incorporated in current chemical science and theory. His con- tributions to chemical literature have been widely extended by his collabora- tors-Ingold, Kon, Farmer and Linstead-who became members of his st&.He retired, with the title of Emeritus Professor, in 1938. From 1916 to 1922 he was a member of the Advisory Council of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research ; also during the War of of 1914-1918 he was an associate member of the Ordnance Committee and a member of the Chemical Defence Committee. In 1917 he was appointed a Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire in recogni- tion of his services. In 1919 and 1920 he visited India as President of the Indian Chemical Services Committee. He was a member of the Safety in Mines Research Board, Chairman of the Explosives in Mines Committee of the Department of Mines, and a member of the Dyestuffs Development Committee of the Board of Trade.From 1923 to 1925 he was a Member of the Council of the Royal Society; from 1922 to 1928 he was Honorary Treasurer, and from 1928 to 1931, President, of the Chemical Society. He was also an Honorary Member of the Society of Public Analysts. He was Honorary Treasurer of the Chemical Council from its inception in 1935, in which capacity he was instrumental in securing much support for the fund for chemical publications. He retained the HonoraryTreasurership until his death. He received the Longstaff Medal of the Chemical Society in 1921 and the Davy Medal of the Royal Society in 1922. He was an Officier de la LBgion d’Honneur and received the honour of Knight Bachelor in 1939. He was joint author with J. C. Cain and, later, with R.P. Linstead, ofa work on Synthetic Colouring Matters (7th edition, 1933) and, with C. K. Ingold, of a work on Vat Dyes (1923). At the British Association Meeting at Leicester, in 1933, he contributed a paper on the Work of the Safety in Mines Research Board. With Dr. M. A. Whiteley, he was joint author of a Student’s Manual of Organic Chemical Analysis (1925). He made very numerous contributions to the Journal of the Chemical Society and, in recent years, devoted himself largely to the preparation of a supplementto Sir Edward Thorpe’s Dictionary of Applied Chemistry, and afterwards to a new edition of this work-an immense labour in which he was also assisted by Dr. Whiteley, who had been associated with him as a colleague throughout the whole period of his work at South Kensington. He was elected a Fellow of the Institute in 1913, served as a Member of Council for three periods 1917-1918, 1924-1927, and 1932-1933; as a Vice-president for two periods, 1927-1 930 and 1936-1939: as President, 275 from 1933 to 1936, and as a Censor since 1933.He was thus intimately associated with the work of the Institute for over twenty years. On his retirement from the Presidential Chair, the Council recorded its very high appreciation of the great attention and care which he had given to the affairs of the Institute, and recalled especially his able chairmanship on the occasion of the celebration of the Charter Jubilee of the Institute in 1935, when Professor and Mrs.Thorpe presented the Institute with a handsome silver inkstand as a memento. The Council also referred to his numerous visits to the Local Sections, in which he was often accompanied by Mrs.-now Lady-Thorpe, to the valuable addresses which he had given, arid acknowledged his unfailing courtesy on all occasions. At the service at Golder’s Green, on 13th June, the Institute was represented by the Registrar. A sheaf of flowers was sent as a tribute of esteem from the President, Council, Fellows and Associates. THOMASNORMAN MORTIMERWILsMom died on 12th June at Clare- mont, Western Australia, in his 73rd year. Born at Melbourne, he studied at the University of that city and graduated B.Sc. in 1890, pro-ceeding to M.Sc. in 1892 and D.Sc. in 1909.From 1890 to 1894, he was engaged in research and technical work in Melbourne. From 1894 to 1897, he continued research under Professor-later Sir William-Ramsay and Professor Norman Collie, at University College, London and, from 1897 to 1901 worked with Professor Nernst in the University of Gottingen. In 1901, he went to the Federal Polytechnic at Zurich, where he became first assistant in the Department of Physical and Electro Chemistry. In 1903, he was appointed assistant lecturer and subsequently assistant professor of chemistry in University College, London, and from 1913 until his retirement at the end of 1937 he held the Chair of Chemistry in the University of Western Australia. From 1914 to 1918, however, he was granted leave of absence and rendered valuable assistance to the Ministry of Munitions in London.He published some important papers on Electrode Potentials and on Keten and its derivatives. He was Vice-president of the Australian National Research Council and a Member of the Institution of Chemical Engineers. He was elected a, Fellow of the Institute in 1917. 276 Books and their Contents. The following books have been kindly presented by the authors and publishers, and may be seen in the Library of the Institute. Brewing, Science and Practice. H. Lloyd Hind. Vol. 11. Brewing Processes. Pp. xiv + 507 to 1,020. (London: Chapman & Hall, Ltd.) 56s. net. Brewery equipment. Wort production and composition: the grist; mashing; decoction mashing systems; the influence of mashing condi- tions on wort composition; reaction of the mash and composition of spargings; starch conversion and proteolysis in the mash.Wort boiling and cooling : brewing room calculations and British Excise regulations. Fermentation: fermenting rooms, storage cellars and their equipment; principles of fermentation; top fermentation; bottom fermentation systems and bulk carbonated beers; racking and cellar management. Microbiology and biochemistry of fermentation : yeasts and moulds ; bacteria; yeast nutrition ; the nature of fermentation and respiration; stability of beer, oxidation-reduction potential, non-biological hazes ; name and subject indexes. Chemical Analysis, Lunge and Keane's Technical Methods of.2nd Edition by Charles A. Keane and P. C. L. Thorne. Vol. IV. Pp. xvi + 964. (London and Edinburgh: Gurney & Jackson.) &4 4s. net. Coal gas : raw materials ; carbonization of coal; purification of gas;products of carbonization; ammoniacal liquor and ammonium salts ; coal tar and tar products: raw materials; intermediate products; final products ; calcium carbide ; acetylene; ingredients and raw materials ; analysis of explosives; stability tests; matches; primings and fireworks; textiles and textile chemistry; atomic weights and atomic numbers ; author and subject indexes. Dictionary of Chemistry, A New. Edited by Stephen Miall, with the assistance of many well-known chemists. Pp. xvi + 576. (London, New York and Toronto: Longmans Green & Co., Ltd.) 42s.net. The late Sir Gilbert Morgan, in the foreword, commented on the concise- ness of the publication, into which has been compressed a remarkable amount of information. It is not only a dictionary of chemical processes and materials but includes a roll of chemists of the past and present generations, with information regarding their more outstanding achieve- ments. A handbook for ready reference. 277 Thorpe’s Dictionary of Applied Chemistry. Edited by Sir Jocelyn Thorpe and M. A. Whiteley. 4th Edition. Revised and Enlarged. Volume IV : Digallic-Feeding Stuffs. Pp. xxiv + 604. (London, New York and Toronto: Longmans Green & Co.) 70s. The Dictionary--originaIly compiled by Sir Edward Thorpe-provides a summary of the position of chemical science at the present day.Electrochemistry and Electrochemical Analysis. A Theoretical and Practical Treatise for Students and Analysts. H. J. S. Sand. Vol. 11. Gravimetric Electrolytic Analysis and Electrolytic Marsh Tests. Pp. x + 150. (London and Glas- gow: Blackie & Son, Ltd.) 5s. net. Apparatus for gravimetric electrolytic analysis; technique of electro- analytical depositions; quantitative deposition and separation of individual metals ;separations ;applications to the analysis of industrial alloys; internal electrolysis; electrolytic micro-analysis ; electrolyticMarsh tests : arsenic, antimony, germanium. Index. Forensic Chemistry. Henry T. F. Rhodes. Pp. viii + 214. (London: Chapman & Hall, Ltd.) 12s.6d. net. Application of chemical methods to t,he identification of the person ; application of chemical methods to the proof of Corpus Delicti : stains; firearms and explosives ;chemical examination of questiciied documents : counterfeit, money ;toxic agents. References ;name and subject indexes. Latex Work, Practical. H. J. Stern. Pp. 104. (Leicester: The Blackfriars Press, Ltd.) The raw material; preparing the mix ; compounding ingredients; dipping met.hods and equipment ; vulcanised lattex ; latex spreading ; costing in latex manufacture. Starch and its Derivatives. J. A. Radley. Vol. XI of a Series of Monographs on Applied Chemistry, edited by E. Howard Tripp. Pp. x + 346. (London: Chapman & Hall, Ltd.) 22s.Part I. The structure and reactions of starch: historical; the structure of starch from chemical evidence ; the physical chemistry of starch ;the reaction of starch with iodine; ethers and esters of starch. Part 11. The manufacture of starch and starch products : root starches; cereal starches ; modified starches ; glucose and maltose ; ethyl alcohol and acetone; dextrin and British gums. Part 111. The industrial applications of starch and starch products; adhesives from starch and destrin ; the paper industry; the textile industry;miscellaneous uses of starches and dextrins ; utilization of the by-products of starch manufacture ;antiseptic agents and preservatives;preparation of enzymes used in the starch industry. 278 Part IV.The examination and analysis of starch and starch products: general examination of starches; the determination of starch; the analysis of dextrin ; methods of determining the activity of enzyme-preparations; photomicrogmphs; subject and author indexes. The Tools of the Chemist: Their Ancestry and American Evolution. Ernest Child. Pp. 220. (New York: Reinhold Publishing Corporation.) 21s. Part I-People and events in American chemistry ; Part 11-Ancestry and development of American chemical laboratory apparatus,-balances, glassware, porcelain ware, silica ware, filter paper, heating apparatus, metal laboratory ware, platinum, alundum, rubber ware, optical appara- tus. Part 111-Distributors of laboratory apparatus. Index. Illustrations.Yeast, The Manufacture of Compressed. F. G. Walter. Pp. viii + 254. (London: Chapman & Hall, Ltd.) 15s. net. The yeasts; the isolation of yeast cultures; mashing: and the filtration and division of wort; the differential fermentation of a grain brew; compressed yeast production from molasses and inorganic nitrogen ; yeast production from spirit fermentations ; dried yeast and yeast foods ; t,he yeast factory. Index. The Universe Through Medicine. J. E. R. MCDONAGH. Pp. vi + 390. (London: William Heinemann (Medical Books), Ltd.) 25s. net. From the beginning of activity undergoing condensation to the birth of the atom; from the birth of the atom to that of the molecule; chemical combination; the colloid state; the vegetable kingdom; the animal kingdom; epilogue.Bibliography. Index. On 15th June, the Institute received from the Union Inter- nationale de Chime the following Reports :-International Table of Atomic Weights ; International Table of Stable Isotopes ; Rules for Naming Inorganic Compounds. The British Standards Institution has published recently :- No. 903-1940. Methods of Testing Vulcanised Rubber. (5s. net, 5s. 4d. post free.) (This standard, prepared by a Technical Committee of the Rubber Industry Committee, is recommended for adoption wherever possible. The companion specification dealing with unvulcanised rubber and latex will follow shortly.) 279 No. 12-1940. Ordinary Portland and Rapid-Hardening Portland Cements. No. 915-1940.High Alumina Cement. No. 914-1940. Tests for Laboratory Porcelain. (2s. net, 2~.3d. post free.) The British Standards Institution has also published Slips containing War Emergency Revisions for Specifications :-C.F. (ME) 5995 for B.S. 24 Part 1-1928. Locomotive, Car- riage and Wagon Axles. C.F. (ME) 5996 for B.S. 24 Part 2-1928. Locomotive, Car- riage and Wagon Tyres. C.F. (ME) 6008 for B.S. 468-1932. Solid Rolled Steel Rail- way Wheels and Disc Wheel Centres. C.F. (B) Go46 for B.S. 449-1937. The Use of Structural Steel in Building. (Note.-This slip supersedes the slip C.F. (B) dated November, 1939.) C.F. (ME) 6107 for B.S. 18-1938. Tensile Testing of Metals. P The Institution realises that it is impossible, owing to diffi- culties arising from war conditions, for manufacturers in certain cases to adhere strictly to all the requirements of existing British Standards.Organisations are sometimes obliged, on account of urgency, to take steps to secure general agreement to contract out of the existing B.S. specification requirements. Such organisations should immediately communicate with the B.S.I. A Directory of British Fine Chemicals produced by members of the Association of British Chemical Manufacturers has been published by the Association and is being distributed gratis to bona Jide users of fine chemicals, but only on direct application by them to the Association, 166, Piccadilly, London, W.I. The International Society of Leather Trades Chemists has published a small “British Section Handbook,” giving particulars of the history and activities of the Society and the list of Members and Associates of the British Section.(Published by the British Section, I.S.L.T.C., Bank Chambers, 92, Tooley Street, London, S.E.1.) 280 A Brochure of Witherite (Natural Barium Carbonate) and Its Industrial Uses, has been issued jointly by the Holm- side and South Moor Collieries, Ltd. and the Owners of Settling- stones Mines, Ltd. Introduction ;historical and geological ;washing and grading;chemical industrial uses :blanc fixe ;barium chloride, nitrate, peroxide, oxide and hydroxide; sugar extraction; brick and tile industries; purification of brine; water softening; case-hardening of steel; glass and enamel industries; Portland cement ; paints; rat poison; refractories; chrome bricks.Barium; its alloys and other compounds; table of solubilities and physical constants. Bibliography. Index. “Science in War.”-A “Penguin” (Special) written anonymously by 25 men of science contains much valuable information on the utilisation of science in war as well as much criticism of its neglect. The chapters deal with-things science has done; science in the conduct of war ;the wounded ;food ;the background of industry ; persuasion and efficiency. The introduction, in critical vein, deplores that what is lacking is not the ability to deal with ad hoc problems as they arise, but the ability to foresee them and to have solutions ready so as to obviate so far as possible the inevitable delays of research and development.It is suggested that the task of general and scientific survey and prevision seems to be nobody’s business, and that even when a problem is seen, it is often difficult to get it adequately dealt with and, although there is in the country a great wealth of expert knowledge outside existing service departments, it is largely unused and almost wholly unorganised. The authors can, no doubt, visualise the problems they have in mind, and will take appropriate steps to deal with them. They protest that the attitude of both business men and civil servants towards scientists is still that they must be treated as consultants, and that scientists are excluded from discussions on policy and more so from decisions.As a result of such treatment, even the most authoritative scientific com- mittees often flounder in the dark, and their work, however excellent and to the point, may lie unused for vital months. The generalisations set forth in the introduction and the claims made for the place of sclence in administration, summar- ised in the conclusion, fully deserve consideration. 281 The Register. At the meetings of Council held on zIst June and 19th July, 1940, 2 new Fellows were elected, I Fellow was re-elected, 12 Associates were elected to the Fellowship, 52 new Associates were elected, 2 Associates were re-elected, and 12 Students were admitted . The Council records with regret the deaths of 7 Fellows and z Associates.New Fellows. Bishop, Laurence Robert, M.A., Ph.D. (Cantab.), MSc. (Birni.), The University, Ecigbaston, Birmingham. Myddleton, William Whalley, D.Sc. (Q.U.B.), 3, Woodlands Avenue, New Malden, Surrey. Re-elected Fellow. Hay, James Gordon, Central Laboratory, Messrs. Joseph Rank, Ltd., Deptford Bridge Mills, London, S.E.8. Associates elected to the Fellowship. Dixon, Joseph Keith, M.Sc. (N.Z.), Ph.D. (Lond.), D.l.C., Cawthron Institute, Nelson, New Zealand. Parrington, Franklin, B.Sc. (Lond.), Moor Edge, Chapeltown Road, Turton, nr. Bolton. Geake, Arthur, B.Sc. (Lond.), Ph.D. (Bris.), Cotswold, Parkway, Wilmslow, Cheshire. Houston, Armand Joseph Henri, M.Sc., Ph.D. (Lond.), 4, ThurleighAvenue, London, S.W.12. Jarrett, Maurice Eugene Decimus, B.Sc., Ph.D.(Lond.), 31, West Leigh Road,Lammack, Blackburn. Kruger, Rudolph John, B.A. (Cape Town), Kingsbury, Grotto Road, Rondebosch, Cape, S. Africa. Lindsey, Arthur James, M.Sc., Ph.D. (Lond.), 32, Bromefield, Stanmore,Middlesex. Lumb, Clarence, B.Sc. (Lond.), A.M.I.Chem.E., Sewage Department, Salterhebble, Halifax. Morton, Frank, M.Sc.Tech. (Manc.), Ph.D., c/o Trinidad Leaseholds, Ltd., Pointe-a-Pierre, Trinidad, B .W.I. Pavitt, William Frank, A.M.I.Chem.E., 48, Skeena Hill, London, S.W.18. Rodrigues, Gabriel, Imperial College of Tropical Agriculture, Trinidad, B.W.I. Stewart, Alan West, D.Sc. (Brussels), 25, Highview, Pinner, Middlesex. New Associates.Addison, James Burnside, B.Sc. (Glas.), 81, Lennox Avenue, Scotstoun, Glasgow, W.4. Allenby, Wilfrid Ernest, B.Sc. (Leeds), 13, Albany Road, Norton-on-Tees. Ayers, John Gordon, B.Sc. (Lond.), The Nurseries, Clement Street, Swanley, Kent. Bailey, Norman, M.Sc. (Manc.), Woodhouse Grove School, Apperley Bridge, Bradford. Ballad, William Edward, 46, Fellows Lane, Harborne, Birmingham, 17. Birtwell, Stanley, 24, Whalley Road, Sabden, nr. Blackburn. Booth, Frederick Leslie, 3, Middleborough Road, Coventry. Bradley, Herbert Brian, B.Sc. (Leeds), Morley, Ulster Avenue, Dunmurry, Belfast. Brockie, William, B.Sc. (Edin.), 45, High View Avenue, Grays, Essex. Chandrasekera, Nanayakkara Kudehettige Titus, B.Sc. (Lond.), 67, Wackwella Road, Galle, Ceylon.Chinn, Robert Pinder, B.Sc.(Liv.), 46, Weir Street, Falkirk, Stirlingshire. Clay, Hubert, B.Sc., Ph.D. (Lond.), 47, Hums Road, Skipton, Yorks. Coates, Alan Harry, B.Sc. (Lond.), L.N.E.R. Station House, Elinton Road, Creswell, Worksop. Cook, Arthur Herbert, B.Sc., Ph.D. (Lond.), 108, Raleigh Drive, London, N.20. Cuthbertson, William Francis Jack, B.Sc. (Lond.), Physiology Institute, Newport Road, Cardiff. Dalley, Robert Ernest, B.Sc. (Lond.), 118, Chesterfield Road, London, E.lO. Davies, John Vernon, B.Sc., Ph.D. (Wales), 35, Clarendon Road, Whalley Range, Manchester, 16. Docherty, Kenneth William Thomas Cromb, I3.Sc. (St. Andrews), 7, RydalDrive, Bexley Heath, Kent. Douglas, Robert, B.Sc. (Glas.), 4, Montraive Street, Farme, Rutherglen, Lanarkshire.Freeman, Hugh Cameron, 32a, Ryebank Road, Manchester, 16. French, Miss Cecilie Mary, B.Sc., Ph.D. (Lond.), 16, Malvern Avenue, London, E.4. Garner, Walter, M.Sc. (Leeds), High Toft, Menston, nr. Leeds. Gratton, Gerald, M.Sc. (Wales), 29, Eglinton Street, Saltcoats, Ayrshire. Hayward, Lionel Alan Walter, B.Sc. (Lond.), 9, Dean Court, Wembley, Middlesex. Henderson, William, A.R.T.C., 133, Wishart Street, Glasgow, E.l. Hewlett, Vernon Anthony, M.Sc. (Wales), 4, Kings Road, Doneaster. Hutt, Harold Hamilton, 32, Woodyear Road, Bromborough, Cheshire. Jackson, Robert Henry, B.Sc. (Lond.), B.Pharm., Ph.C., 11, Kenilworth Road, Beeston, Notts. Jarrett, Derek Evan, B.Sc. (Lond.), B.Pharm., 50, Compton Avenue, Brighton, 7.Johns, Alan Tutton, M.Sc. (N.Z.), 94, Glandovey Road, Fendalton, Christ- church, New Zealand. Keen, Harry Montague, B.Sc. (Glas.), A.R.T.C., 19, Calderwood Road, Newlands, Glasgow, 5.3. Kidson, Miss Elsa Beatrice, M.Sc. (N.Z.), Cawthron Institute, Nelson, New Zealand. Kimber, Kenneth George, B.Sc. (Lond.), 115, Fernside Road, London, s.w.12. Kirk, Ernest William, 12, The Crescent, Chaddesden, Derby. Lee, Miss Margaret Helen, M.Sc. (Manitoba), 70, Parklawn Avenue, Epsom, Surrey. 283 MacDougall, William, B.Sc. (Glas.), 50, Northpark Street, Glasgow, X.W. Montgomery, Henry, B.A. (Cantab.), 56, Osborne Park, Belfast. Niyogi, Purna Chandra, B.Sc. (Lond. and Calcutta), 35, Rash Behari Avenue, Calcutta, Bengal, India. Owen, Clifford Alfred, B.A.(Cantab.), 85, Kiln Lane, St. Helens. Pinder, Harold William, A.Met. (Sheff .), 25, Hallam Grange Road, Fulwood, Sheffield, 10. Rhodes, Charles England, B.Sc. (Leeds), 11, Fairfax Terrace, Otley, Yorks. Ritchie, David, M.P.S., 439, Gilmerton Road, Gilmerton, Midlothian. Robinson, Henry Walter, B.Sc. (Lond.), 2, Whitley Rod, Hoddesdon, Herts. Rule, Tom Edgar, 13, Outram Street, Stockton-on-Tees. Scott, Dan, B.Sc. (Leeds), 47, The Plaisaunce, Newcastle, Staffs. Shah, Chandulal Chhotalal, M.Sc. (Bombay), Ph.D. (Lond.), Kothi Pole, Baroda, India. Smart, Stanley Gordon, A.R.T.C., c/o Sankey Sugar Co., Ltd., Earlestown, Lancs. Thompson, Reginald Harold, B.Sc. (Lond.), A.R.C.S., D.I.C., 33, Links Road, West Wiokham, Kent.Walkley, Albert James, A.R.C.S., 30, Southfield Road, Gloucester. Ward, Leslie James, B.Sc. (Lond.), 42, Derry Downs, St. Mary Cray, Kent. Wilde, William Trevor, B.Sc. (Sheff.), 67, Marsh House Road, Sheffield, 11. Yonge, Dudley Arthur, B.Sc. (Lond.), Thornleigh, Vicar’s Cross, Chester. Re-elected Associates. Brocklebank, John Roger, 112, Fairfield Road, Widnes. Morris, Benjamin Stephen, B.Sc. (Glas.), Glentarf, Viewfield Avenue, Lenzie, Glasgow. New Students. Andrews, Kenneth John Maynard, 36, Common Road, Kensworth, Dun-stable. Bell, James, 296, New Chester Road, Port Sunlight. Cousins, Robert Kemp, Chosen, Upper Shoreham Road, Shoreham-by-Sea. Dornan, Harry, No. 3 Holding, Greenhead, Stevenston, Ayrshire. Hardy, William David, 65, Forest Drive East, London, E.ll.Holmes, Alexander, 29, Malden Hill Gardens, New Malden, Surrey. King, Harold Campbell, 32, Phrosso Road, Worthing. Marvin, Denys Nicol, 64, West End Drive, Ilkeston, Derbyshire. McDowell, Charles Alexander, 8, Thiepval Avenue, Belfast. Moore, Thomas Harold, 59, Upper Tichborne Street, Leicester. Pinner, Solomon Harris, 292, Amhurst Road, London, N.16. Tresadern, Frank Harold, 137, Vaughan Rod, West Harrow, Middlesex. DEATHS. Fellows. Hugh Charles Loudon Bloxam. Jesse Carl Albert Brierley, M.Sc. (Manc.).John Hunter Haldane, Ph.D. (Edin.). Sir Arthur Harden, Ph.D. (Erlangen), Hon. D.Sc. (Athens), D.Sc. (Manc.), Hon. LL.D. (Manc. & Liv.), F.R.S. William Colebrook Reynolds, D.Sc. (Lond.), A.R.C.S.284 Sir Jocelyn Field Thorpe, C.B.E., Officier de la L6gion d’Honneur, Ph.D. (Heid.), D.Sc. (Manc.), F.R.S., Paat Predent. Norman Thomas Mortimer Wilsmore, D.Sc. (Melb.), M.1.Chem.E. Associates. Eric Charles Flower Bradbrook, BSc. (Lond.), A.R.C.S., Ph.D. Robert Irving, B.Sc. (Glas.), A.R.T.C. ADDRESSES REQUIRED. The Registrar will be grateful to Fellows and Associates who can supply the present addresses of any of the following:-BRYANT, Frederick James, B.Sc., Ph.D. (Lond.), A.R.C.S., D.I.C. A. 1937 BURY, Frank Ward, M.Sc. (Manc.) . . .. ..A. 1923. F. 1933 CLINTON, Thomas Gerard John .’. .. .. .. .. A. 1936 C~aow,Frederick Stanley, B.Sc. (Lond.), A.R.C.S. . . .. A. 1920. COLES, Mrs. Georgina Elizabeth, M.Sc. (Q.U.B.) .... A. 1933 Corns, Gordon Lemuel, B.Sc. (Lond.), A.R.C.S. .. A. 1925 CRITCHLEY, George Norton, B.Sc., M.Sc. (Sheffield), A.M.I.Chem .E . .. .. .. .. .. .. A. 1933 CROSLAND,Eric Bentley, M.Sc. (Leeds) .. .. .. A. 1923 ELVINS, Oliver Cecil, M.Sc. (Bim.), A.M.1.Chem.E. .. .. -4. 1922 EVANS, James Simpson, B.A. (Oxon.) .. .. .. .. A. 1936 EVANS, Thomas Leslie, B.A. (Cantab.) .. .. .. .. A. 1936 FAIRLEY, Henry, B.Sc. (Edin.) .. .. .. .. .. A. 1921 FARBER,Louis Nathan, B.A., B.Sc., Ph.D. (Cape) .. .. A. 1931 Fox, Charles James John, B.Sc. (Lond.), Ph.D. (Breslau) .. F. 1925 GARDINER,William Alfred, B.Sc. (Lond.) .. .. .. A. 1936 GARLICK,Reginald Stanley, B.Sc. (Lond.) . . .. .. A. 1934 GORDON,Roy Robert, M.A., B.Sc., Ph.D. (Glas.) . . ..A. 1937 GRESHAM,Harold Ernest, B.Sc. (Lond.) .. .. .. A. 1931 HALL, Donald Hugh, B.Sc., Ph.D. (Lond.), A.R.C.S., D.I.C. .. A. 1934 HARDEN,Harold Lawrence, B.Sc. (Lond.) . . .. .. A. 1934 HODSON,William Brook,A.C.G.F.C. .. .. .. .. A. 1927 HOLE, Ernest George, B.Sc. (Birm.) .. .. .. .. A. 1919 JACKSON,Emmanuel, B.Sc. (N.U.I.), A.R.C.Sc.1. .. .. A. 1927 JAVES, Archie Ronald, B.Sc. (Lond.) . . .. .. .. A. 1930 JOHNSON,Sydney Walgate, B.Sc. (Dunelm), Ph.D. (Lond.) .. A. 1928 JOHNSTON,Alexander, B.Sc. (Glas.) . . .. .. .. A. 1934 KAY,John Louden, A.R.T.C. .. .. .. .. .. A. 1924 LAURIE, Leonard Llewelyn, M.Sc. (Lond.) . . .. .. A. 1935 LINZELL, Leslie, A.C.G.I. .. .. .. .. .. .. A. 1919 MAHDIHASSAN,Syed, Dr. Phil. (Giessen), Dip.Agric. (Oxon.) .. A. 1937 MANSELL, Richard Ivor, B.Sc. (Lond.), A.R.C.S. .. .. A. 1932 MATHESON,Donald, M.*4., B.Sc., Ph.D. (Aberd.) . . .. A. 1927 MCGREGOR,Thomas, M.A., B.Sc., Ph.D. (Glas.) .. .. A. 1927 MEIN, Henry Cranston, B.Sc. (Edin.) .. .. .. .. A. 1924 MITRA, Bhupendra Nath, D.Sc. (Dacca) .. .. .. A. 1939 MORRIS,John Vernon, B.Sc. (Lond.) .. .. .. .. A. 1939 MOSDEX.Frederick William, B.Sc. (Glas.) . . .. .. A. 1938 285 NORRIS, Walter Ernest, B.Sc. (Lond.) .. .. .. . . A. 1936 NORTH,Harry Ernest, B.Sc., Ph.D. (Leeds) . . .. .. A. 1933 NORTON,Albert, B.A. (Oxon.) .. .. .. .. . . A. 1939 PEARSON.Archibald Ramsden. LL.B.. M.Sc. (Lond.1. A.R.C.S., D.I.C. . . .. .. .. .. .. . . A. 1915, F. 1918 PEARSON,Ernest Leigh, M.Sc.Tech.(Manc.) .. .. . . A. 1922 PEMBERTON,Douglas Gordon, M.Sc. (Manc.) .. .. .. A. 1929 REID, John Fountain .. .. .. .. A. 1907,F. 1914 RICEWOOD,Albert Edward,'B.Sc. (Lond.) . . .. .. A. 1934 ROBERTSON,William Stirling, B.Sc. (Glas.) . . .. .. A. 1937 SEAL, Ralph John, MSc. (Lond.), A.C.G.F.C. .. .. . . A. 1923 SHARPLES,Edwin Holroyd, M.Sc.Tech. (Manc.) .. .. A. 1924 SPRAGUE,John Mortimer, MSc. (Birm.) .. .. .. A. 1939 STANSBIE,John Henry, B.Sc. (Lond.) .. .. .. .. F. 1890 TAYLOR,William Edward Leslie .. .. .. . . A. 1937 TONEIN, James Henry, B.Sc. (Lond.) . . .. .. .. A. 1936 WALDEN, Alfred Edward, B.Sc. (Lond.) .. .. . . A. 1919 WALKEY,Wilfrid Alan, B.Sc. (Lond.) .. .. .. .. A. 1932 WALLER,Cecil, M.Sc. (Lond.) .... .. .. . . A. 1929 WHINFZELD,John Rex, M.A. (Cantab.) .. .. .. A. 1922 WIQRAM,Peter Woolmore, B.A. (Cantab.) .. .. A. 1934 WILDMAN,Harry, B.Sc. (Manc.) .. .. .. A. iiis,~.1924 WILLIAMS,Benjamin Haydn, B.Sc., Ph.D. (Liv.) .. .. A. 1935 WILT,IAMS,Frank Archer, M.Sc., Ph.D. (Lond.) .. . . A. 1926 YEATS, Howard, B.Sc. (Lond.) . . .. .. .. . . A. 1919 286 General Notices. Examinations.-It is hoped to arrange an Examination for the Associateship to be held in January, and Examinations for the Associateship and Fellowship in April, 1941,but it will be realised that in war time it is not easy to notify, so far in advance as usual, the exact times and places at which they will be held. Intending candidates are therefore asked to complete and return forms of application for admission to the Examinations as early as possible, and, if they wish to present themselves in January, 1941,not later than Monday, 11th November, 1940.Candidates whose applications have been accepted will be given full information at the earliest moment, and may then forward their entry froms and pay the required fees. Associates who desire to present themselves for Examination for the Fellowship are also asked to forward their applications for consideration by the Council, and not to wait for a notification in the JOURNAL of the exact times and places of the Examinations. In order to facilitate identification, Fellows and Associates are asked to give their full initials on communications addressed to the Institute.In the prevailing circumstances, Fellows and Associates are also asked not invariably to expect formal acknowledgments of communications addressed to the Institute unless replies are necessary. Active Service.-Fellows, Associates, and Registered Students who are on active service with the Navy, Army and Air Force are requested to notify the Registrar of the Institute, giving such particulars as may be permissible, as to their rank, unit, etc. Beilby Memorial Awards.-Out of the interest derived from the invested capital of the Sir George Beilby Memorial Fund, at intervals to be determined by the administrators representing the Institute of Chemistry, the Society of Chemical Industry, 287 and the Institute of Metals, awards are made to British investiga- tors in science to mark appreciation of records of distinguished work.Preference is given to investigations relating to the special interests of Sir George Beilby, including problems connected with fuel economy, chemical engineering and metallurgy, and awards are made, not on the result of any competition, but in recognition of continuous work of exceptional merit, bearing evidence of distinct advancement in science and practice. In general, awards are not applicable to workers of established repute but are granted as an encouragement to younger men who have done original independent work of exceptional merit over a period of years. The administrators of the Fund-the Presidents, Honorary Treasurers, and Secretaries of the three participating institutions, -will be glad to have their attention drawn to outstanding work of the nature indicated, not later than 1st November, 1940.All communications on this subject should be addressed to the Convener, Sir George Beilby Memorial Fund, Institute of Chemistry, 30, Russell Square, W.C.I. Lectures.-Dr. J. H. Quastel, F.R.S., Director of Research, Cardiff City Mental Hospital and Honorary Lecturer in Bio-chemistry in University College, Cardiff, has kindly consented to give a lecture before the Institute on “The Chemistry of Enzyme Action ” in October next. Further particulars will be announced in due course. The Meldola Medal (the gift of the Society of Maccabzeans) is normally awarded annually to the chemist whose published chemical work shows the most promise and is brought to the notice of the administrators during the year ending 31st December prior to the award.The recipient must be a British subject not more than 30 years of age at the time of the completion of the work. The Medal may not be awarded more than once to the same person. The next award will be decided in January, 1941. The Council will be glad to have attention directed, before 31st December, 1940,to work of the character indicated. Sir Edward Frankland Medal and Prize for Registered Students.-A medal and prize (LIO 10s.) for the best essay, not exceeding 3,000 words, may be awarded in January, 1941,and 288 presented at the next Annual General Meeting, or at a meeting of the Local Section to which the successful competitor is attached.Entries are limited to registered students who are less than 22 years of age at the time of forwarding the essays. The object of the essay is to induce Registered Students to develop a sense of professional public spirit and to devote thought to questions of professional interest and to the position of chemists in the life of the community-the essay to be on a subject of $rofessionaZ, rather than technical or purely chemical importance. Having due regard to the objects stated above, Registered Students are informed that the Council is prepared to consider an essay on any subject which has a bearing on chemistry or chemical work, provided that it does not deal with any purely chemical, technical, or historical subject. Each essay must be sent to the Honorary Secretary of the Local Section of the district in which the competitor resides (see list of Local Sections at the end of the JOURNAL) on or before the 31st December, 1940,and must be accompanied by a signed ,declaration that it is the independent work of the competitor.Essays will be valued partly foE literary style and technique, but mainly for the thoughts and ideas contained therein. The Committee of each Local Section will be asked to select, from those received, not more than three essays considered to be worthy of the award. The essays selected by the Local Sections will be referred to assessors appointed by the Council. On the report of the assessors the Council will decide whether, and to whom, an award shall be made.The award will not be made more than once to any individual competitor. Notices to Associates.-The Council desires to encourage all Associates to qualify for the Fellowship. Copies of the regulations and forms of application can be obtained from the Registrar. Appointments Register.-A Register of Fellows and Associates who are available for appointments, or are desirous of extending their opportunities, is kept at the offices of the Institute. For full information, inquiries should be addressed to the Registrar. 289 Fellows and Associates are invited to notify the Institute of suitable vacancies for qualified chemists.Students who have been registered as Students of the Institute for not less than six months and are in the last term of their training for the Associateship, may receive the Appointments Register of the Institute, provided that their applications for this privilege are endorsed by their professors. Lists of vacancies are forwarded twice weekly to those whose names are on the Appointments Register. Fellows and Associates who are already in employment, but seeking to improve their positions, are required to pay 10s. for a period of six months. Members and Students who are without employment are ordinarily required to pay 6s. 6d. for the first period of six months, and, if not successful in obtaining an appointment will thereafter be supplied with the lists gratis for a further period if necessary.For the time being the payment of 6s. 6d. is suspended. The Institute also maintains a List of Laboratory Assistants who have passed approved Preliminary Examinations and, in some cases, Intermediate Science Examinations. Fellows and Associates who have vacancies for Registered Students or Laboratory Assistants are invited to communicate with the Registrar. The Library.-The Library of the Institute is open for the use of Fellows, Associates, and Registered Students between the hours of xo a.m. and 6 p.m. on week-days (Saturdays, 10a.m. and I p.m.), except when examinations are being held. The Library is primarily intended for the use of candidates during the Institute’s practical examinations.Under the Deed of Agreement between the Chemical Society, the Institute of Chemistry and the Society of Chemical Industry, dated July, 1935,the comprehensive Library of the Chemical Society is available for the use of Fellows, Associates and Registered Students of the Institute wishing to consult or borrow books. Owing to the war, the Library cannot now be available during the usual hours. It will be open from 10a.m. to I p.m. and from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. on week-days (Saturdays from xo a.m. to I p.m.). Members and Students of the Institute using 290 the Library of the Society are required to conform to the rules of the Society regarding the use of its books. The Institute has entered into an arrangement with The Science Library, Science Museum, South Kensington, S.W.7, whereby books may be borrowed on production of requisitions signed by the Registrar or the Assistant Secretary of the Institute. In addition to its comprehensive sets of literature on cognate subjects, which are not available in specialised libraries, this Library contains an exceptionally extensive collection of works on chemistry.Nine thousand scientific and technical periodicals are received repilarly in the Library. All publications added to the Library are recorded in its Weekly Bibliography of Pure and Applied Science, which has a wide circulation among research workers and institutions. Boots' Booklovers Library.-Under the arrangements made on behalf of Fellows and Associates of the Institute, subscriptions to Boots' Booklovers Library expired on 1st March.The subscriptions rates are 6s. 6d. for Class B, and 16s. 6d. for Class A. Application forms can be obtained from the Registrar of the Institute. Further information is obtainable from the Head Librarian, Boots' Booklovers Library, Stamford Street, London, S.E.I. Lewis's Lending Library .-Any Fellow or Associate who is not already acquainted with this Library of scientific and technical books may obtain a copy of the Prospectus from the Registrar of the Institute. Covers for Journal.-Members who desire covers (IS. zd. each) for binding the Journal in annual volumes, are requested to notify the Registrar of their requirements, indicating the years for which the covers are required.Arrangements may be made with Messrs. A. W. Bain & Co., Ltd., 17-19,Bishop's Road, Cambridge Heath, London, E.z, to bind volumes of the JOURNAL AND PROCEEDINGSon the following terms: buckram cover, IS. 2d.; binding, 2s. gd.; postage and packing, gd.; in all, 4s. 8d. 291 Lantern Slides for Lecturers.-A collection of slides is kept at the Institute for the use of members who are giving lectures. Enquiries should be addressed to the Registrar. As the slides are frequently in demand, members are requested to notify their requirements at least 14 days before the date on which the slides are to be used. Changes of Address.-In view of the expense involved through frequent alterations of addressograph plates, etc., Fellows, Associates and Registered Students who wish to notify changes of address are requested to give, so far as possible, their permanent addresses for registration.All requests for changes in the Register should be addressed to the Registrar, and not to the Honorary Secretaries of Local Sections. Copies of The Profession of Chemistry" (Fourth Edition, 1938) will be supplied gratis to any Fellow, Associate or Regis- tered Student who has not yet received one, on application to the Registrar. 292 Institute of Chemistry Benevolent Fund Founded in 1920 as a memorial to Fellows, Associates and Students who died in the service of their country, 1914-18. Contributions may be forwarded to The Hon. Treasuurer, FUND,BENEVOLENT INSTITUTEOF CHEMISTRY, 30, RUSSELLSQUARE, W.C.1.LONDON, APPOINTMENTS REGISTER Fellows and Associates are reminded to notify the Institute of suitable vacancies for qualified chemists.All communications to be addressed to the Registrar.