MARCH, 1929. Vol. LIV., No. 636 THE ANALYST PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY OF PUBLlC ANALYSTS AND OTHER ANALYTICAL CHEMISTS. AN Ordinary Meeting of the Society was held in the Chemical Society’s Rooms, Burlington House, on Wednesday, February 6th, the President, Mr. Edward Hinks, being in the chair. Certificates were read for the first time in favour of :-Frank Atkins, Edmund Baron Bennion, MSc., A.I.C., John Haslam, MSc., A.I.C., Stanley Gordon Kendrick, B.Sc., A.I.C., Bryn Jones, B.Sc., A.I.C., John Upton Lewin, B.Sc., A.I.C., Leslie John Walker. Certificates were read for the second 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., and Wadie J. Itayim. The following were elected Members of the Society :-Edwin Herbert Bunce, A.I.C., Frederick O’Brien, M.Sc., F.I.C., William Macro Seaber, B.Sc., F.I.C., John Graham Sherratt, B.Sc., F.I.C. The following papers were read and discussed:--“The Fatty Acids and Component Glycerides of some New Zealand Butters,” by T. P. Hilditch, D.Sc., F.I.C., and Eveline E. Jones, MSc.; “A New Test for Boric Acid and Borates,” by A. Scott Dodd, B.Sc., F.I.C., F.R.S.E. ; and “The Determination of Beryllium in Rocks,” by R. E. Dixon, M.Sc. A.T.C. 131