THE ANALYST. JAN UARY, 1898. PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY OF PUBLIC ANALYSTS. THE monthly meeting of the Society was held on Wednesday evening, Dccember 1, in the Chemical Society’s Rooms, Burlington House, the President (Dr. Bernard Dyer) occupying the chair. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed. The President read the following list of officers for the ensuing year, as proposed Preside7zt.-Bernard Dyer, D. Sc. Vice-Presidents (who have filled the office of President).-M. A. Adams, F.R.C.S. ; A. H. Allen ; Sir Chas. A. Cameron, M.D., F.R.C.S. ; A. DuprB, Ph.D., F.R.S. ; Otto Hehner ; Alfred Hill, M.D., F.R.S.E. ; J. Muter, M.A., Ph.D., F.R.S.E. ; Thos. Stevenson, M.D., F.R.C.P. Vice-Presidents (who have not filled the office of President).-A. P. Aitken, D.Sc., F.R.S.E.; W. W.‘li’isher, M.A. ; J. A. R. Newlands. Hon. Twaszwer.-E. W. Voelcker, A.R. S.M. R o n . Secretaries.-E. J. Bevan, Charles E. Cassal. Other Members oj’ CozmciZ.-Bertram Blount, Sidney Harvey, C. G. Moor, M. A., F. Wallis Stoddart, Walter J. Sykes, M.D., John White, W. C. Young. The names of those members of the Council who do not retire this year are R. Bodmer, A. Wynter Blyth, M.R.C.S., A. C. Chapman, S. Rideal, D.Sc., .J. E. Stead, J. A. Voelcker, M.A., B.Sc., Ph.D. Mr. Leonard K. Boseley, analyst to Messrs. James Keiller and Sons, of Silver- town, was proposed for election as a Member of the’society, and Mr. - O’Shmgh- neesy, assistant to Mr. R. Droop Richmond, as an Associate. by the existing Council for election at the annual meeting : The following papers were read : “ Milk Analysis and Certification.” ‘( A Method of Estimating Tannic Acid by ;Means of the Polarimeter.” ( ( A Butter Eighteen Years Old,” ‘( Note on Mineral Matter in Commercial Bleached Ginger.” The following gentlemen were elected members of the Society: Mr.S. H. Collins, F.I.C., Assistant Agricultural Chemist to the Indian Government ; Pro- fessor James Hendrick, B.Sc., F.I.C., the University, Aberdeen; Mr. W. H. Jackson, Analyst to the West Yorkshire Coal and Iron Company; and Mr. E. H. RQberts, Analyst to the Dairy Supply Company, Ltd. By James Edmunds, M.D. By R. F. Wood-Smith. By E. G. Clayton. By E. J. Bevan.2 THE ANALYST. On the proposal of Mr. HEHNER, seconded by Mr. CHAPMAN, Mr. John Hughe8 and Mr. Bertram Blount were appointed auditors of the Society’s accounts for the year. The PRESIDENT announced that, although the Annual Dinner would take place on Tuesday, January 18, the Annual Meeting, far the election of officers, etc., would not take place until February, when it would be held in conjunction with the ordinary meeting.