May, 19581 PROCEEDINGS 253 Annual Report of the Council: February, 1958 THE past year has been one of progress, and of consolidation for the many activities of the Society. This concentration of the Society’s activities at 14 Belgrave Square has been most beneficial, and the Council wishes to record its thanks to the Society of Chemical Industry for the help that it has given. It is a pleasure to record the increasing activities of the Sections and Groups of the Society. The Conference of Honorary Secretaries has become an annual event and is of particular importance in arranging joint meetings between Groups and Sections. During the past year no fewer than six such joint meetings have been held, at Birmingham, Exeter, Cheltenham and Newport, as well as meetings in London. Two other meetings are worthy of comment, one held in March, 1957, jointly with the Fine Chemicals Group of the Society of Chemical Industry, the other in November, 1957, when Dr.Plibil visited this country from Prague and addressed an audience of over 300 at the Royal Institution. The report of the Scottish Section, given under a separate heading, contains a detailed account of the St. Andrews Congress held in June, 1957, but it is appropriate to refer to it here. There were nearly 300 registrations, including 30 from overseas, and many applications had to be refused owing to over-subscription. The Congress was particularly successful and its organisation was an outstanding achievement on the part of the Scottish Section. The Congress Proceedings will shortly be published.All concerned are to be congratulated. The Midlands Section has also continued its many activities during the past year. It has, jn addition, been extremely active, together with the Microchemistry Group, in its preparations for the Symposiuin on Microchemistry to be held in Birmingham in August, 1958. The patronage of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry has been granted to this Symposium and the Council wishes it every success. The activities of the Analytical Methods Committee are summarised separately, but it can be recorded that substantial progress has been made during the year. In particulu the work of the Trade Effluents Joint Committee has been completed and it is intended that the It has also seen the completion of the first full year in the new headquarters.254 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE COUNCIL: FEBRUARY, 1958 [Vol.83 final booklet will be published in the Spring. The rapid progress achieved in this field is especially commendable. The Committee is fortunate in having Mr. Justice Lloyd- Jacob as Chairman of the Analytical Methods Trust, and it owes much to his direction of its financial affairs and to his lively interest in the progress of work. A successful three-year trial period has been completed-an achievement that would not have been possible without the very generous help during this period from the many subscribers to the Trust Fund. Its future work will, however, depend on an assured income and, in order to secure this, the Trustees are to appeal to Industry for the continuation of the subscriptions to the Trust Fund.Once again the Chemical Council has made a substantial grant towards the cost of publication of the Society’s journals. It is hoped in the future that the Society will be able to meet its own expenses of publication, but in the meantime it is with considerable gratitude that this grant is acknowledged. Council records with pleasure the award of the O.B.E. to Mr. B. A. Ellis, Mr. A. Glover and Mr. R. S. Haskew. During the year the Meldola Medal of the Royal Institute of Chemistry was awarded to Dr. T. S. West. Dr. R. Belcher has been elected Chairman of the Analytical Section of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry. Dr. K. A. Williams was appointed as one of the British Delegates to the Paris Conference of the International Union.The Society now has 1900 members, an increase of 30 over the membership of a year ago. It is notable that this advance has occurred in spite of the recent increase in the annual subscription. The number of applications for membership continues to increase ; during the year 1957, 122 new applicants were admitted to membership as compared with 117 and 108 for 1956 and 1955, respectively. LONG MEMBERSHIP-The congratulations and good wishes of the Council are extended t o S. Dixon and F. W. Edwards, who have completed 40 years of membership. DEATI-Is-The Council regrets to have to record the deaths of the following members- K. L. Barnard L. H. Lampitt F. Pugh Lord Clinton (Honorary Member) H. Lee J. W. Skirvin A. P. Davson A. J.C. Lickorish W. B. Walker J. Gray G. Roche Lynch W. H. Woodcock A. Harvey A. E. Parkes D. A. Yoxall S. G. Kendrick ORDINARY MEETINGS-Six ordinary rrteetings of the Society were held during the year and the following papers were read and discussed- April, 1957, in London, organised by the Physical Methods Group, on Fluorimetry: “The Spectrometry of Fluorescence.” “Some Experiments with Spectrofluorimeters and Filter Fluorimeters.” “Spectrofluorimetry.” “A Direct-reading Fluorimeter.” By E. J. Bowen, M.,4., DSc., F.R.S. By C. A. Parker, BSc., Ph.D., F.R.I.C. By Professor R. T. Williams, DSc., P1i.D. By L. 13realey, BSc., and R. E. Ross, A.M.Brit.1.K.E. May, 1957, in London, organised by the Biological Methods Group, on the Estimation of Antibiotic Residues in Food: “Antibiotics and the Public Health.” “The Determination of Antibiotics in Milk with Special Reference to Penicillin.” By N.J. Berridge, “The Determination of Antibiotic Residues in the Tissues and Body Fluids of Animals.” By By J. M. Ross, M.B., Ch.B., D.P.H., D.Obst.R.C.0.G. B.Sc., Ph.D. J. H. Taylor, Ph.D., M.R.C.V.S. October, 1957, in London: “The Analysis of ‘Ferrites’ by Means of EDTA.” “The Determination of Mercury by Direct Distillation in its Compounds and Preparations.” “A System for the Determination of Certain Trace Metals in Crops.” “Some Applications of X-ray Spectrography . By D. G. Timms, B.Sc., A.R.I.C. By H. E. Brookes, B.Sc., F.R.I.C., and I,. E. Solomon, BSc. By W. D. Duffield. By H. I. Shalgosky, B.Sc., A.R.I.C. November, 1957, in London: “Recent Developments in Chelatometry.” By Dr.Rudolf Pgibil.May, 19581 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE COUNCIL: FEBRUARY, 1958 255 December, 1957, in London, discussion on Standardisation opened by: R. C. Chirnside, F.R.I.C. L. S. Theobald, M.Sc., A.R.C.S., F.R.I.C. J. Haslam, D.Sc., F.R.I.C. G. Ingram, A.R.I.C. (In illr. Theobald’s absence through illness, his contri- bution was read by Mr. Chirnside.) February, 1958, in London, organised by the Microchemistry Group : “Applications of the Conway Diffusion Technique to the Analysis of Radioactive Materials for “The Use of Long-chain Quaternary Amine Salts in the Solvent Extraction of Metal Ions.” By Trace Impurities.” R. Powell, A.R.I.C. By J. K. Foreman, BSc., A.R.I.C. JOINT MEETING-AS mentioned above, the Society held a Joint Meeting with the Fine The By H.M. N. H. Irving, Chemicals Group of the Society of Chemical Industry in March, 1957, in London. following paper was presented and discussed- “Organic Reagents in Inorganic Analysis: Some Recent Developments.’’ M.A., D.Phil., D.Sc., F.R.I.C., L.R.A.M. NORTH OF ENGLAND SECTION-The membership of the Section, at 391, shows no signifi- cant change. A questionnaire was circulated in the early part of the year to ascertain members’ views with regard to future activities of the Section. This gave encouraging results and it is hoped that action being taken with these in mind will bear fruit in the coming year. During the year, six meetings have been held, including the traditional Summer Meeting. Attendances at these were up to average.The following papers were read and discussed- January, 1957, in Manchester : March, 1957, in Liverpool: May, 1957, in Llandudno: October, 1957, in Manchester : November, 1957, in Widnes : “Recent Advances in the Analysis of Fertilisers.” By H. N. Wilson, F.R.I.C. “The Composition of Exhaust Gases.” By A. Pitton, D.Sc., M.1.Chem.E. “Some Chemical Features of the Composition of Fruit Juices.” By V. L. S. Charley, B.Sc., Ph.D. Discussion Meeting on “The Analysis of Trade Effluents,” opened by J. G. Sherratt, B.Sc., F.R.I.C. “Ion-exchange Chromatography Applied to Closely-related Organic Compounds” and “Trace- element Determinations with the Aid of Ion-exchange Membranes.” By D. Logie, B.Sc. December, 1957, in Liverpool : “Present Trends in the Analysis of Feedingstuffs.” By H.Pritchard, M.Sc., F.R.I.C. SCOTTISH SECTION-The outstanding event of the past year was the St. Andrews Congress on Modern Analytical Chemistry in Industry held in June. Normal activities of the Section were not neglected, however, a full programme of meetings being arranged. In addition to the twenty-second Annual General Meeting held in Glasgow, at which various alterations to the Section Rules were passed for submission to Council for approval, four scientific meetings were held, two each in Glasgow and Edinburgh. As a member of the Federation of Chemical Societies in Glasgow, the Section was represented at the Ramsay Chemical Dinner. An innovation was the introduction of a discussion meeting into the programme, and for the first time a meeting has been held jointly with the Department of Chemistry of the University of Edinburgh, Dr.Pfibil’s lecture and demonstration being ideal for this occasion. The death of Mr. A. Dargie, one of the founder-members of the Scottish Section, is recorded with regret. The following papers have been presented and discussed- The total membership of the Section is now 122. Glasgow, February, 1957 : “Some Recent Developments in Analytical Chemistry.” By R. Belcher, Ph.D., D.Sc., F.R.I.C., F. 1nst.F.256 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE COUNCIL: FEBRUARY, 1958 [Vol. 83 Edinburgh, March, 1957 : “Some Aspects of the Estimation of Uronic acid in Carbohydrate Material.” “The Routine Semi-micro Determination of Molecular Weights.” By D. &I. W. Anderson, By J. Brooks, M.A., A.R.I.C., B.Sc., Ph.D., A.R.I.C.and A. F. Williams, B.Sc., F.K.I.C. St. Andrews, June, 1957: “Analytical Chemistry in Industry.” “Analytical Research in the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research in Relation to “Modern Analytical Methods in the Iron and Steel Industry.” “Steelworks Analysis by Spectrographic ]Methods.” “Chemical Problems in the Electrical Industry : The Contribution of Analysis as a Research Service.” “The Application of Physical Methods of Analysis in the Gas Industry.” By A. B. Densham, “The Work of the Department of the Govcrnment Chemist.” By G. M. Bennett, C.B., B.A., Yh.D., “Analytical Developments in a Pharmaceutical Laboratory.” By D. C. Garratt, D.Sc., Ph.D., “Analysis and Food.” “Recent Progress in Separating Substances of High Molecular Weight.” “Emission Spectroscopy in Industrial Aiialysis.” “Analysis in Medical Research.” “The Analyst and Infra-red Spectroscopy.” “Modern Analytical Chemistry in Relation to the Plastics Industry.” By J.Haslam, D.Sc., F.K.I.C. “Modern Analytical Chemistry and the Rarer Metals.” By A. R. Powell, F.I.M., F.R.I.C., F.R.S. “Analytical Research in the Nobel Division of Imperial Chemical Industries.” By A. F. Williams, B.Sc., F.R.I.C. “Process Analytical Control: The Problems of Manpower, Productivity and Automation.” By B. W. Bradford, B.Sc., Ph.D., A.R.C.S., D.I.C., F.R.T.C., and D. L. Nicholson, B.A. “New Analytical Reagents and their Applications in Industrial Plant-control Operations.” By Professor G. F. Smith, 1’h.D. “The Use of Radioactive and Stable Isotopes in Industrial Analytical Problems.” By A.A. Smales, B.Sc., F.R.I.C., and D. J . Ferrett, M.A., D.Phi1. “An Approach to Automatic Analytical Measurements.” “Polarography.” By G. C. Barker, M.A., Ph.D., G. W. C. Milner, M.Sc., A.Inst.P., F.R.I.C., and H. I. Shalgosky, BSc., A.R.I.C. “The Application of Gas Chromatography in the Petroleum Industry.” By Dr.-Ir, A. I. 31. Keulemans. By J . Craik, M.A., B.Sc., Ph.D. Industry.” By G. R. Davies, B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D. By B. Bagshawe, A.Met. By D. Manterfield, F.I.M. By R. C. Chirnside, F.K.I.C. M.A., M.Inst.Gas E., and G. Gough, B.A. M.A., Sc.D., F.R.I.C., F.R.S. F. R. I.C. By E. H. Hughes, D.Sc., F.R.I.C. By R. L. 11.1. Synge, B.A., Ph.D. , F.R.S., Nobel Laureate. By M. Milbourn, B.Sc., A.R.C.S., F.1nst.P. By A. T. James, B.Sc., Ph.D.By A. E. Martin, D.Sc., Ph.D. By D. A. Patient, B.Sc., A. 1nst.P. “The Geochemical Approach D.Sc., F.G.S., 1J.K.S.E. to Prospect:ing for Minerals.” By Professor C. F. Davidson, O.B.E., Glasgow, October, 1957 : Discussion Meeting on “The Estimation of Additives to Bread and Flour,” opened by J. Sword, M.A., B.Sc., Ph.D., F.R.I.C., A. N. Harrow, A.H.-W.C., P.R.I.C., and H. C. Moir, H.Sc., F.R.I.C. Edinburgh, November, 1957, Joint Meeting : “A Xew Line in the Development of Metal Indicators.” By Dr. Rudolf PPibil. WESTERN SECTioN-The membership of the Section is 85. The meetings have all been very well supported with an average attendance of about 40 members and lively discussions have followed the lectures. The Summer Meeting was very successful and was the first joint meeting held with another Section.The results were promising, and it has been decided to hold further meetings of a similar character. The policy of joint meetings with other chartered bodies has been maintained in outlying areas, the results proving very satisfactory. The following papers have been presented and discussed- Plymouth, January, 1957 : “Silicosis.” By Prokssor E. J. King, K A . , Ph.D., D.Sc., F.R.I.C. Bristol, February, 1957 : “The Oxygen Demand of Trade Effluent: with Respect to River Pollution.” By C. J. Regan, B.Sc., F.R.I.C. Swansea, March, 1957 : €7.13. I. c. “Some Recent Developments in Metalliirgical Analysis.” By G. W. C. Milner, MI.%., A.Inst.P.,May, 19581 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE COUNCIL: FEBRUARY, 1958 257 Cheltenham, May, 1957, jointly with the Midlands Section : “Recent Advances in the Analysis of Plastics.” “The Analysis of Titanium, Zirconium and their Alloys.” “The Analysis of the Rarer Elements of Group 111.” By J.Haslam, D.Sc., F.R.I.C. By W. T. Elwell, F.R.I.C. By A. R. Powell, F.I.M., F.R.I.C., F.R.S. Exeter, September, 1957, jointly with the Microchemistry Group, on Some Applications of Microchemistry : “Applications to Paints and Pigments.” “Applications to Soils and Fertilisers.” Iliscussion on “The Use and Abuse of Microchemistry,” opened by C. L. Wilson, D.Sc., Ph.D., By C. Whalley, B.Sc., F.R.I.C. By B. M. Dougall, M.Sc., F.G.S., A.R.I.C. F.R.I.C., and S. Bance, B.Sc., A.K.I.C. Newport, October, 1957, jointly with the Physical Methods Group: “Atoniic Absorption Spectroscopy.” “Recording Flame Photometry.” By 4 .C. Menzies, M.A., D.Sc. By L. Brealey, B.Sc. Rristol, November, 1957, jointly with the Association of Public Analysts : “Instrumentation in Radioactive Analysis.” “The Effects of Radiation on Living Cells.” “Radioactivity in Sea Foods and Waters.” By G. V. James, M.B.E., M.Sc., P1i.D.. F.R.I.C., “Radioactivity and its Detection in Effluents.” By E. Minshall, M.Sc., F.R.I.C. By H. F. Freundlich, M.A. P. A. I. W. E . By R. €3. Burns, B.Sc., F.R.I.C. Salisbury, November, 1957 : Newport, December, 1967 : “Current Practice in Chemical Pathology.” By I. MacIntyre, M.B., B.S. “Inorganic Chromatography.” By F. H. Pollard, B.Sc., Ph.D. MIDLANDS SECTION-The membership of the Section is 316, an increase of 9 during the year.During 1957, 12 ordinary meetings have been held; of these, two were held jointly with the Birmingham and Midlands Section of the Royal Institute of Chemistry, one with the Microchemistry Group and one with the Physical Methods Group. A two-day meeting in Cheltenham was held jointly with the Western Section. The average attendance at meetings was 45. The following papers were presented and discussed- Birmingham, January, 1957 : “The Analytical Chemistry oi Some Newer Insecticides and Herbicides.” By K. Gardner, B.Sc., F.R.I.C. Nottingham, January, 1957 : “Some Contradictions and Discrepancies Concerning a Classical Method of Analysis.” By R. Birmingham, February, 1957, jointly with the Physical Methods Group, on High Frequency Belcher, Ph.D., D.Sc., F.R.I.C., F.1nst.F.Tit rat ions : “Instrumentation.” By J. Allen, A.R.I.C. “Applications.” By E. S. Lane, B.Sc., Ph.D., F.R.I.C. Birmingham, March, 1957 : Nottingham, March, 1957 : Birmingham, April, 1957 : Birmingham, May, 1957, jointly with the Microchemistry Group, on The Microdetermination By W. I. Stephen, B.Sc., Ph.D., “Thermo-gravimetric Analysis.” By Professor C. Duvsl. “The Analysis of Complex Sulphur Compounds.” By C. E. Kendall, BSc., A.R.I.C. “The Analytical Chemistry of Beryllium.” By E. Booth. of Functional Groups : “Some Developments in the Analysis of Functional Groups.” “The Determination of X-Methyl Groups.’ “The Determination of Equivalents.” “Titrations in Non-aqueous Media on the Sub-micro Scale.” A.R.I.C. By M. K. Bhatty, M.Sc., A.R.I.C. By T.S. West, Ph.D., A.R.I.C. By T. S. West, Ph.D., A.R.I.C.258 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE COUNCIL: FEBRUARY, 1958 [Vol. 83 Cheltenham, May, 1957, jointly with the Western Section : Birmingham, September, 1957 : Details of the papers read a t this meeting are given in the report on the Western Section. “The Determination of Some Inorganic Substances in Trade Effluents.” By N. T. Wilkinson, F.R.I.C. Birmingham, October, 1957 : Nottingham, October, 1957 : Birmingham, November, 1957 : Nottingham, December, 1957 : “hTon-aqueous Titrations.” Birmingham, December, 1957 : “Analytical Methods in Clinical Biochemistry.” By H. Varley, M.Sc., F.R. I.C. “The Analytical Chemistry of Morphine Poisoning.” By A. S. Curry, M.A., Ph.D. “A New Line in the Development of Metal Indicators. By Dr.Rudolf Hibil. By H. H. Tinley. “The Analytical Chemistry of Copper and its Alloys.” By H. J. G. Challis, F.R.I.C., A.I.M. MICROCHEMISTRY GROUP-The membership of the Group is now 618, an increase of 41 in the past year. During 1957 three ordinary meetings of the Group were held: in London (a meeting of the Society organised by the Group) ; in Birmingham (together with the Midlands Section) and in Exeter (together with the Western Section). London, Micro-volumetric Analysis : B.Sc., Ph.D., A.R.I.C.) “Apparatus and Technique.” “Primary Standards.” “End-point Location.” By D. W. Wilson, MSc., F.R.I.C. By R. Belcher, P h .D., D.Sc., F.R.I.C., F.1nst.F. (Read by J. H. Thompson, By E. Bishop, B.Sc., A.R.T.C., A.R.I.C. Birmingham : The Microdetermination of Functional Groups : Exeter : Some Applications of Microchernistry : The papers presented a t this meeting are detailed in the report on the Midlands Seccion The papers presented a t this meeting are detailed in the report on the Western Section.Six informal discussion meetings have been held, five in London and one in Exeter. The following topics were discussed- Review of Previous Topics. “The Microdetermination of Halogens,” introduced by F. Oliver and R. Goulden, A.R. I.C. “The Microdetermination of Functional Groups,” introduced by W. I. Stephen, B.Sc., Ph.D., “The Use and Abuse of Microchemistry,’ introduced by C. I,. Wilson, D.Sc., Ph.D., F.R.I.C., and “British Standards in Microchemistry,” introduced by C. Meredith and G. Ingram, A.R.I.C. “The Weighing and Measuring of Small Quantities,” introduced by G.F. Hodsman, B.Sc., Ph.D., (Jointly with the Biological Methods Group.) A.R.I.C., and G. Ingram, A.R.I.C. S. Hance, B.Sc., A.R.I.C. (At Exeter.) A.Inst.P., and R. Goulden, A.R.I.C. PHYSICAL METHODS GROUP-The me:mbership of the Group is now 657, an increase of 30 since the last Annual Report. During the past year the Group has held four Ordinary Meetings and also organised the April meeting of the Society. Two of the Group meetings were held in London and one each in Birmingham and Newport. The Birmingham meeting was held jointly with the ?Midlands Section and the Newport Meeting jointly with the Western Section. The meetings had an average attendance of over 45 members and visitors. Following the Annual General Meeting on November 2Sth, 1956, W.Klyne, M.A., B.Sc., Ph.D., delivered a lecture entitled, “Optical Rotations in the Study of Organic Structures,” and J. Evans described briefly and demoristrated a prototype model of a commercial photo- electric polarimeter. The following papers were read and discussed at other ordinary meetings of the Group- High Frequency Titrations-Birmingham, February, 1957 : Details of the papers read a t this meeting arc given in the report on the Midlands Section.May, 19581 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE COUNCIL: FEBRUARY, 1958 259 Electrochemistry-London, May, 1957 : “Coulometric Titrations with an Integrated-current Source.” “Pulse Polarography.” By L. E. Smythe, M.Sc., Ph.D., A.R.I.C., F.R.A.C.I. (Read by G. W. C. Milner, M.Sc., A.Inst.P., F.R.I.C.) By A.W. Gardner, BSc. Flame Photometry-Newport, October, 1957 : Details of the papers read a t this meeting are given in the report on the Western Section. BIOLOGICAL METHODS GROUP-& present the membership of the Group is 293, an During the year the Committee has arranged two meetings In addition increase of 21 since last year. for the presentation of papers, one of which was on behalf of the parent Society. four Discussion Meetings have been held, together with a laboratory visit. November, 1956, London : January, 1957, London : Discussion on “Biological Assays in the Analytical Laboratory,” introduced by K. L. Smith, M.P.S. Discussion on “The Relationship Between Statistics and Microbiological Assay,” introduced by J. P. R. Toothill, B.Sc., A.R.I.C. March, 1957, London : Discussion on “The Experimental Assessment of Tranquillisers,” introduced by A.Spinks, B.A., B.Sc., Ph.D., D.I.C. April, 1957, London : “Experience in the Microbiological Assay of Vitamins and Amino Acids by Large-plate Methods.” “Quantitative Analysis of Immunologically Specific Substances in Agar-gel Plates.” By J. G. Fein- By D. F. Harris and J. S. Simpson, F.I.M.L.T. berg, B.Sc., D.V.M., 1LI.Sc. May, 1957, London, on Estimation of Antibiotic Residues in Food: Details of the papers read at this meeting are given in the report on the Ordinary Meetings of the Society. October, 1957, London : Discussion on “Biological Standards,” introduced by J. W. Lightbown, M.Sc., Dip.Bact., F.P.S. ANALYTICAL METHons COMMITTEE-The work carried out by the Committee, Joint Committees and their Sub-committees and Panels during the year shows that last year’s progress has been maintained and there has been a steady output of recommended methods of analysis.Two technical Reports were published by the Analytical Methods Committee, namely, the report of the Essential Oils Sub-Committee on the Determination of Linalol, in May, and the report of the Pesticides Residues in Foodstuffs Sub-committee on the Determination of Total Organic Chlorine in Solvent Extracts of Vegetable Material, in June. The A.B.C.M. - S.A.C. Joint Committee on Methods of Analysis of Trade Effluents has had a very active year and has now completed its programme of work. As was the practice last year, the methods were published in The Andysf as soon as they were approved, and these occupied a total of 64 pages as compared with 32 pages last year, All the methods have now been assembled and will be published as a complete booklet this Spring.Difficulties were encountered in finding a method for silver in effluents that would be applicable for determining amounts of the order of 0.01 p.p.m. It was considered that the problem was worthy of further investigation and accordingly a grant by the Analytical Methods Trust has been made available to Dr. H. M. N. H. Irving to direct a short-term programme of research. The four working Panels of the Joint Committee with the Pharmaceutical Society on Methods of Assay of Crude Drugs have continued with collaborative experimental work during the year, and a fifth Panel was appointed to investigate methods of assay of Lonchocarpus and Derris.In the work of the Analytical Methods Committee itself, the Trace Elements in Fertilisers and Feeding-stuffs Sub-committee has been reconstituted under the Chairmanship of Mr. C. J. Regan and is carrying out some collaborative trials of methods before final recommenda- tions are made. Other Sub-Committees are continuing their investigations : the Metallic260 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE COUNCIL: FEBRUARY, 1958 [Vol. 83 Impurities in Organic Matter Sub-Committee and the Vitamin-E Panel are each preparing final reports. Arrangements have been made with the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Association of British Insecticide Manufacturers to carry out collaborative experimental work on methods for determining residues of pesticides on foodstuffs; methods for BHC and DDT are to receive immediate attention.A full Report of the Analytical Methods Committee covering the years 1965, 1950 and 1957 (i.e., the first 3-year period since the Committee’s reorganisation) is being prepared and will be published separately. Xr. I‘. T. Gorsuch, the Society’s first Research Scholar, has continued his work at I-Iarwell under the able direction of Illr. A. A. Srnales. The work has entailed the application of radiochemistry, using radioactive tracers; as well as gamma spectrometry after neutron activation, (a) to the specific problem of defining the losses that can occur during the prepara- tion of organic materials for trace-element analysis, investigating the causes of these losses and determining the optimum conditions for their elimination, and (b) to the various individual problems that have confronted the Metallic Impurities in Organic Matter Sub-committee in its work.LIAISON COMhfITTEE-\ve record with pleasure that Dr. K. A. Williams was elected during During the year the following appointments were made- Mr. S. A. Price, Chemical Divisional Council. Dr. S. G. Burgess, Methods of Test fcir Surface Active Agents. Mr. P. J. C. Haywood, Standards for Pentachlorophenol, Determination of Tar Acids in Dr. H. Liebmann, Standardisation of Optical Cells and Colour Filters. the year to the General Council of the British Standards Institution. R.§.I. Committees: Disinfectant Fluids. Joint Library Committee, Chemical Society : Dr.J, G. A. Griffiths was again appointed the Society’s representative. Mr. R. C. Chirnside and Dr. J. Haslani represented the Society a t the Eleventh Chemists’ British Iron and Steel Research Association : Conference of the Methods of Analysis Committee (Metallurgy, General Division). Parliamentary and Scientific Comniittee : Mr. G. Taylor continued to represent the Society. Dr. J. Haslain and Mr. C. Whalley. The Council of the Society thanks all its representatives for the work they have carried out in the various Committees and at varied meetings during the year. HONORARY TREASURER’S REPORT-The accounts for the year ending October 31st, 1957, amply justify the decision of the Council to increase members’ subscriptions and the prices of the Society’s publications to outside subscribers.Despite the expense of moving into the new headquarters and of increasing the reserve for the decennial index, the deficit on each of the publication accounts before the receipt of the grant from the Chemical Council was re- duced by over ,@OO. Furthermore, even in the absence of a grant from the Chemical Council, the over-all deficit would have been little over L1000 compared with a deficit of nearly E4000 in the absence of a grant in the previous year. No doubt because we had thus attempted to put our house in order and because the sum we asked for was not great the Chemical Council met our request in full, and we are most grateful for this generous response to our appeal. Enabled thus to balance our publications account, we have in place of an over-all deficit a surplus of income over expenditure.This, however, is no reason for complacency. We cannot count on continued aid from the Chemical Council and indeed it is our desire to become self-supporting. We have made a move in this direction, but faced as we are already with increased costs for staff and for printing and Royal Institute. of Chemistry, Summer School Organising Committee :May, 19581 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE COUNCIL: FEBRUARY, 1958 261 distribution and with requests for enlarged journals, we may be forced to increase again the cost of our publications to outside subscribers. THE ANALYsT-The 1957 volume contained 840 pages, compared with 732 in 1956. The numbers of papers and notes published in 1957 were 93 and 52, respectively, against 93 and 30 in 1956.One paper was a Review Paper. When allowance is made for all matter other than papers and notes, and the Review Paper is excluded, the average length of a paper or a note is 4.7 pages. This is a fifth of a page greater than the average for 1956, which was itself the same as the 1954 figure. It seems necessary to repeat the warning given last year that it is essential to keep papers to the smallest possible size unless the publication of analytical knowledge is to suffer. A revised “Notice to Authors” intended to procure a reduction of the length of manuscripts has been issued during the year. Besides the usual items, summaries of 8 papers presented at meetings but not being published in full in any journal were published in the Proceedings of the Society, one summary being in effect a short Review Paper.The Recommended Methods for the Analysis of Trade Effluents prepared by the Joint A.B.C.M. - S.A.C. Committee and published during the year occupied 642 pages. Ten issues of the Bulletin were distributed with The Analyst during the year, one of them being a special issue containing the programme of the Congress on Modern Analytical Chemistry in Industry at St. Andrews, organised by the Scottish Section. Mr. N. C. Francis resigned the post of Assistant Editor at the end of October, 1957, and Mr. P. W. Shallis was appointed in his place. Mr. B. Harris has joined the editorial staff to fill the vacancy. The number printed of each issue, 6400, appears to be adequate to meet demands and to leave a small stock of single parts available for purchase as back numbers, and for the first time in many years this number has not been increased. The total increase in the previous two years was 1100. ANALYTICAL ABSTRACTS-Analytical Abstracts again showed an increase in size in 1957 as is shown by the following figures- 17ear Pages Abstracts 1954 392 3190 1955 468 3556 1956 542 3820 1957 568 4223 The number of abstracts has increased in a greater proportion than the number of pages owing to the policy of reducing the length of the less important abstracts. The rate of payment to abstractors has been increased. Mr. C. H. R. Gentry joined the Abstracts Committee in June, 1957. The number of copies printed per month was 7000 from January to September inclusive. This was reduced to 6600 from October to December inclusive, but has again been raised to 7100 for January, 1958. CHEMICAL comcrL-The increase in the price of The Analyst to outside subscribers greatly reduced the deficit in the Society’s accounts. It was necessary, however, for the Society to apply to the Chemical Council for El700 and Q050 in order to balance the accounts, respectively, of The APzalyst and Analytical Abstracts. These amounts were paid in full, and the thanks of the Society are tendered to the Chemical Council for this grant. CONFERENCE OF HONORARY SECRETARIES-Another successful meeting of the Honorary Secretaries of the Sections and Groups of the Society was held on May 22nd, 1957. These meetings are of value to all concerned and enable the President and Honorary Officers to discuss freely with the Honorary Secretaries all matters related to the organisation and future of the Society. J. HAMENCE, President. R. E. STUCKEY, Honorary Secretary.