FEBRUARY, 1950 THE ANALYST Vol. 75, No. 887 PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY OF PUBLIC ANALYSTS AND OTHER ANALYTICAL CHEMISTS ANALYTICAL METHODS COMMITTEE SUB-COMMITTEE ON DETERMINATION OF EGG YOLK SOLIDS IN SALAD A SUB-COMMITTEE has been appointed to consider the practicability of recommending a standard method of analysis for the determination of egg yolk solids in salad cream, mayonnaise and any other salad dressing. The Sub-committee consists of H. E. Cox, D.Sc., F.R.I.C. (Chairman); E. B. Anderson, M.Sc., F.R.I.C.; G. E. Forstner, MSc., F.R.I.C.; C. L. Hinton, F.R.I.C.; H. E. Monk, B.Sc., F.R.I.C. ; C. G. Daubney, M.Sc., F.R.I.C. (Hon. Secretary). CREAM, MAYONNAISE AND ANY OTHER SALAD DRESSING EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETINGS EXTRAORDIKARY General Meetings of the Society were held on September 20th, 1949, and February lst, 1950, the President occupying the chair on both occasions.Special Resolutions were carried at these meetings by overwhelming majorities altering certain of the Society’s Articles of Association. At the meeting held in September a Resolution was proposed that the name of the Society be changed to “The Society for Analytical Chemistry.” A majority of votes was cast in favour of this resolution, but failed to reach the three-fourths majority needed for a Special Resolution, so that the name will remain unchanged. SCOTTISH SECTION THE Fifteenth Annual General Meeting of the Section was held in Glasgow on January %th, 1950, and the following office bearers were elected for the year :-Chairman-Dr. J. Sword. Vice-Chairman-Mr. H.C. Moir. Hon. Secretary and Treasurer-Mr. R. S. Watson, City Analyst’s Department, 20, Trongate, Glasgow, C. 1. Elected Committee Members-Messrs. A. Dargie, H. Dryerre, M. Herd, J. M. Leitch, J. R.I. Malcolm and R. G. Thin. Hon. - 4 u d i t ~ ~ - Messrs. A. R. Campbell and W. M. Cameron. MICROCHEMISTRY GROUP THE Sixth Annual General Meeting of the Microchemistry Group was held at Sir John Cass College, London, E.C.3, on Friday, January 27th, 1950. It was reported that the number of members of the Group is now 309, an increase of 51 during 1949. The following Officers and Committee Members were elected for the ensuing year :--Chairman-Mr. Ronald Belcher. Vice-Chairman-Dr. Cecil L. Wilson. Hon. Secye.etayy--Mr. Donald F. Phillips. Hen. Treasuw-Mr. Gerald Ingram.Elected Committee Members-Messrs. A. E. Heron, R. F. Milton, J. Sandilands, C. E. Spooner, D. W. Wilson and G. H. Wyatt. An exhibition of new microchemical apparatus was organised by Dr. J. T. Stock, and a series of short papers describing the apparatus were read by Messrs. J. T. Stock, G. InPam, w. T. Chambers, M. A. Fill, P. Heath, A. J. Lindsey, F. J. McMurray, W. Marshment and A. C, Mason. 6162 INTERNATIONAL MICROCHEMICAL CONGRESS [Vol. 75 PHYSICAL METHODS GROUP THE Fifth Annual General Meeting of the Group was held at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, November 29th, 1949, in the Chemistry Lecture Theatre, Imperial College of Science and Technology, London, S.W?7. Dr. J. G. A. Griffiths, the Chairman of the Group, presided. The Group Officers and Elected Members of Committee for the forthcoming year are as follows :-Chairman- Mr.B. S. Cooper. Vice-Chairman-Dr. W. F. Elvidge. Hon. Secretary-Mr. R. A. C. Isbell, Hilger & Watts Ltd., Hilger Division, 98, St. Pancras Way, London, N.W.l. Members of Committee-Messrs. L. A. Haddock, J. Haslam, J. A. C. McClelland, H. E. Monk, J. E. Page and A. A. Smales. Votes of thanks were accorded to the three retiring members of the Committee, Messrs. J. G. A. Griffiths (Chairman), J. E. Page (Secretary) and W. Cule-Davies, for their services to the Group during the past two years, and to the Hon. Auditors for their work during the past year. The Annual General Meeting was followed by the Twenty-third Ordinary Meeting of the Group, at which Dr. J. G. A. Griffiths delivered a lecture on “The Mass Spectrometer- A Survey of its Applications in Analysis,” and by a demonstration by Dr.E. F. D. Winter of the apparatus used in the Imperial College. BIOLOGICAL METHODS GROUP THE Fifth Annual General Meeting of the Biological Methods Group was held at 6.15 p.m. on Tuesday, December 13th, 1949, in the Anatomy Lecture Theatre, University College, London, W.C.1. The following were elected as Officers and Members of the Committee for the year 1950:- Chairman-Mr. N. T. Gridgeman. Hon. Secretary- Mr. S. A. Price, Vitamins Ltd., 23, Upper Mall, London, W.6. Elected Committee Members- Mr. W. A. Broom, Dr. W. F. J. Cuthbertson, Dr. R. L. Edwards, Mr. H. Pritchard, Dr. J. Raventos, Mr. G. A. Stewart and Ex-ojicio Members, the President, Hon. Treasurer and Hon.Secretary of the Society and the Editor of The Analyst. Hon. Aaditors-Mr. D. M. Fre’eland and Dr. J. H. Hamence. The Annual General Meeting was followed by an Ordinary Meeting at which the following papers were read and discussed: “The Microbiological Assay of Riboflavine in Yeast and Yeast Products, using Lactobacilhs helveticus in a 17-hour Titrimetric Method,” by A. Jones and S. Morris; “A 24-hour Plate Assay Technique for the Vitamin B, Complex of Yeast, with a Note on the Possible Presence in Certain Yeasts of a Fourth Member of the B, Complex,” by A. Jones and S. Morris; “The Assay of Serum Gonadotrophin by the Ovary Weight Method,” by G. L. M. Harmer. NORTH OF ENGLAND SECTION AN Ordinary Meeting of the Section was held at Manchester on Saturday, November 26th, 1949. The Chairman, Mr. J. G. Sherratt, presided, and the attendance was 44, including the President, Mr. G. Taylor, O.B.E. The following papers were read and discussed: “The Standardisation of Hortvet Thermometers,” by R. W. Sutton, BSc., F.R.I.C., and J. Markland, B.Sc., F.R.I.C., and “Notes on Molasses in Grass Meals and Pellets,” by F. Robertson Dodd, F.R.I.C. Hon. Auditors-Messrs. Bassett and Garratt (re-appointed). Dr. A. J. Amos was in the chair. Vice-Chairman-Dr. H. 0. J. Collier.