THE ANALYST. APRIL, 1901. PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY OF PUBLIC ANALYSTS. THE monthly meeting of the Society was held on Wednesday evening, March 6, in the Chemical Society’s Rooms, Burlington House. The President (Dr. J. Augustus Voelcker, M.A., B.Sc.) occupied the chair. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed. The PRESIDENT,read the following reply which he had received to the address from the Council which had been transmitted to His Majesty the King on the occasion of the death of her late Majesty the Queen : HO,\IE OFPICE, WHITEHALL. Febrzinry 15, 1901. SIR, I am commanded by the King to convey to you hereby His Majesty’s thanks for the loyal and dutiful address of the President and Council of the Society of Public Analysts, expressing their sympathy with His Majesty and the Royal Family on the occasion of the lamented death of her late Majesty Queen Victoria.I am, Sir, Your obedient servant, (Signed) CHARLES T. RITCHIE. The President of the Society of Public Analysts, Burlington House, W. The nomination of Dr. T. E. Thorpe, C.B., F.R.S., for election as an Honorary Member of the Society was read for the second time. Certificates of proposal for election to membership in favour of Messrs. H. Wippell Gadd and A. H. Mitchell, B.Sc., were read for the second time; and a certificate in favour of Mr. John Webster, 21, Park Row, Greenwich, assistant to Mr. J. Kear Colwell, was read for the first time. Messrs. A. L. H. Garside, R. G. Grimwood, J. C. Umney and H. Rowley were elected members of the Society. The following papem were read : “ The Determination of Dissolved Oxygen in Water in Presence of Nitrites and Organic Matter,” by S. Rideal, D.Sc.; “Some Analyses of Oatmeal,” by Bernard Dyer, D.Sc.; and “The Detection and Esti- mation of Preservatives in Milk,” by M. Wynter Blyth, B.A., B.Sc.