JANUARY 1929. Vol. LIV. No. 634. THE ANALYST PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY OF PUBLIC ANALYSTS AND OTHER ANALYTICAL CHEMISTS. AN Ordinary Meeting of the Society was held in the Chemical Society’s Rooms, Burlington House on Wednesday December 5th the President Mr. Edward Hinks being in the chair. Certificates were read for the first time in favour of William Bennett Adam, M.A. A.I.C. Alfred Louis Bacharach B.A. F.I.C. Andrew Dargie B.Sc. A.I.C., Wadie J. Itayim. Certificates were read for the second time in favour of Edwin Herbert Bunce, A.I.C. Frederick O’Brien M.Sc. F.I.C. William Macro Seaber BSc. F.I.C., John Graham Sherratt B.Sc. F.I.C. The following were elected Members of the Society :-Charles Wesley Bayley, Harry Brindle B. Sc. A.I.C. William George Burgess George Leonard Clothier, Hector Ingram Downes M.Sc.A.I.C. Alec Walter Greenhill M.Sc. A.R.C.Sc., A.I.C. Donald R. Hayward B.Sc. B. L. Khuller M.Sc. A.I.C. James Donald Kidd B.A. M.Sc. A.I.C. Herbert Drake Law D.Sc. F.I.C. Sidney John Saint, B.Sc. A.I.C. The following papers were read and discussed :-“ The Natural Occurrence of Boron Compounds in Fruits and Vegetable Products,” by A. Scott Dodd B.Sc., F.I.C. ; “ Chemical Tests for Drunkenness The Dgtermination of Small Quantities of Alcohol in Urine,” by John Evans F.I.C. and A. 0. Jones M.A. F.I.C. ; “The Analysis of Mixtures containing Acetone Ethyl Alcohol and Isopropyl Alcohol,” by C. A. Adams B.Sc. F.I.C. and J. R. Nicholls B.Sc. F.I.C. ; “The Specific Gravities and Immersion Refractometer Readings of Dilute Mixtures of Acetone and Water,’’ by J. R. Nicholls B.Sc. F.I.C.; and “The Wijs Method as the Standard for Iodine Absorption,” by J. J. A. Wijs Ph.D. Death. WE deeply regret to have to record the death of Mr. J. H. B. Jenkins on December 11 th 1928.