154 THE ANALYST. SOCIETY OF PUBLIC ANALYSTS. A MEETING of this Society was held on the 14th November, at Burlington House, Piccadilly, the President, Dr. Duprb, F.R.S., in the Chair. The following gentlemen were balloted for and declared unanimously elected as members :-Louis Biebold, F.C.S., Manchester ; Thomas Jameson, F.C.S., Aberdeen ; Thomas Wm. Drinkwater, F.R.P.S., Edinburgh ; and James John Day, F.C.S., Derby.The following gentlemen mere proposed for election as members :-J. It. Martin, F.R.M.S., London ; J. W. Gatehouse, Bath ; J. Whitla, Bdonaghan ; and they will be balloted for at the next Ordinary Meeting. The President said their first business that evening mas rather important ; the German government were thinking of introducing an Adulteration Act, but before doing so they wished to enquire in various countries how food and drugs were dealt with, and they sent a commissioner (Dr.Rottenburgh) here, among other countries, to inquire into the matter. He seemcdtobe greatly impressed with ihe good work which the Society had been doing here, and that was certainly very gratifying, because unfortunatcly they usually got more abuse than praise. He (Dr.DuprB) had had several interview with the Com- missioner, who had also been to one of the Secretaries (Mr. Wigner), and they had given him a good deal of information, with which the Commissioner was so -sell pleased that he had expressed his wish to be allowed to submit a nilmber of questions to the Society at large. These questions and answers thereto had been considered at one or two council meetings, and would now be laid before this meeting.There were a good number, and they would require careful attention, but he (Ur. Duprk) thought it was well Korth their while to devote that attention to them. I n the first place as replying to the inquiries made, and secondly because it would be a good opportunity for them to express their opinion as a Society upon the working of the Sale of Food and Drugs' Act.On the whole he thought it had worked satisfactorilF, but difficulties had cropped up here and there, and some hardships had been felt by analysts which i t would be advisable to correct in the future. No doubt in a short time there would be some amendments proposed in the Act, and when that time came they would be prepared to say what they wanted done,THE ANALYST.155 “he questions submitted by Dr. Hottenburgh, and the answcrs suggested by the Council, were then considered, and after a lengthy discussion, the mattsr was referred back to the Council for farther consideration, to take what course they thought bcst with regard to it, and it was understood that a Special Meeting should be called in the course of two or three wceks to disposc of the matter.Nr. 0. Hehner rend a paper ‘‘ On the Analysis of Five Mineral Waters,” and another paper, ‘( Notes on Water Analysis.” Nessrs. Piesse, Allen, Jnrmain, Heisch, Dr. Duprb, and other gentlemen, took part in the discussion which ensued, and Mr. Hehner replied. The Secretary read a paper by Mr. Carter Bell, ( ( On Nilk Analysis.” The Secretary also read a paper by Nr.Young, “On a New Nethod for the Estimation of Sulphuric Acid in Vinegar, &c,” and a discussion followed, in which Nessrs. IIehner, Allen, Heisch and Dr. Dupr6 joined. A paper, by Nr. Wynter Blyth, (‘ On Methods of Separating Salicylic Acid,” was also read by the Secretary. An Extraordinary General Neeting of the Society of Public Analysts will be held a t Burlington House, Piccadilly, on Friday, December 7th, a t five O’CIOC~, to receive thc report of the Council, with reference t o the resolution of Uny 3rd, 1876, as t o the question of changing the name of the Society, and to pass any resolution thereon. It will be proposed to alter the name of the Society, by omitting the word ‘( Public.” A Special General Meeting will be held a t the same time and place, t o consider the amended report of the Council, in reference t o the replies t o be made by the Society t o the questions submitted by Dr.Rottenburgh, on behalf of the German Government. Nr. A. Anthony Nesbitt will be proposed for election as a member. The Council has recommended the following gentlemen for nomination as Associatcy, Mr. F. W. Gear, and Jlr. W. J. Williams, Assistants t o Mr. Wigner.