APRIL, 1916, Vol. XLI., No. 481. THE ANALYST. PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY OF PUBLIC ANALYSTS AND OTHER ANALYTICAL CHEMISTS. AN ordinary meeting of the Society was held on Wednesday evening, March 1, in the Chemical Society’s Rooms, Burlington House. The President, Mr. G. Embrey, F.I.C., occupied the chair, The minutes of the previous ordinary meeting were read and confirmed. A certificate of proposal for election to membership in favour of Mr.F. T. Alpe was read for the second time; and a certificate in favour of Mr. Maurice S. Salamon, B.Sc. (Lond.), 79, Mark Lane, London, E.C., analytical and consulting chemist, was read for the first time. Messra. N. T. Foley and T. J. Hitchcock were elected members of the Society. The following papers were read : 6‘ The Manufacture of English Chemical Filter- Paper,” by E. J. Bevan, F.I.C., and W. Bacon, B.Sc., F.I.C. ; ‘‘ Pink Colour on the Surface of Margarine,” by A. W. Knapp, B.Sc., F.I.C. ; ‘‘A Rapid Method for the Estimation of Fat in Powders,” by S. B. Phillips ; and ‘I A New Colour Reaction for Aloes,” by C. E. Stacy. Specimens were shown of laboratory porcelain ware manufactured by the Worcester Royal Porcelain Go., Ltd., Worcester.