MARCH, 1913. Vol. XXXVIII., No. 444. THE ANALYST. PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY OF PUBLIC ANALYSTS AND OTHER ANALYTICAL CHEMISTS. THE annual general meeting of the Society wits held on Wednesday evening, February 5, in the Chemical Society's Rooms, Burlington House. The President, Mr. L. Archbutt, F.I.C., occupied the chair, The minutes of the previous annual general meeting were read and confirmed.Messrs. N. Evers, B.Sc., and W. H. Simmons were appointed scrutators of the ballot papers for the election of officers and Council for 1913. The HON. TREASURER presented the accounts of the Society for the year 1912. Therae were adopted, and votes of thanks were passed to the Hon. Treasurer, Hon. Secretaries, and Auditors. On the motion of the PRESIDENT, a, vote of thanks was passed to the President and Council of the Chemical Society for their kindness in allowing the Society the use of their rooms at Burlington House during the past year.The PRESIDENT delivered his Annual Address. Mr. E. W. VOELCKER moved that a hearty vote of thanks be accorded to the President for his address and for his services in the chair during the year, and that his permission be asked to print the address in the ANALYST.Dr. MONIER- WILLIAMS seconded, and the motion was carried unanimously. The PRESIDENT, having received the report of the scrutators, announced that the officers and Council for 1913 had been elected in accordance with the Council's nominations, the list being as follows : President .-Leonard Archbut t, F. I. C. Past-Presidents serving on the Council (limited by the Society's Articles of Association to eight in number).-Edward J.Beven, F.I.C. ; Bernard Dyer, D.Sc., F.I.C.; Thomas Fairley, F.I.C. ; W. W. Fisher, M.A., F.I.C.; Otto Hehner, F.I.C.; R. R. Tatlock, F.I.C. ; E. W. Voelcker, A.R.S.M., F.I.C. ; J. Augustus Voelcker, M.A., B.Sc., Ph.D., F.I.C. Vice-presidents.- George Embrey, F.I.C. ; J. T. Hewitt, M.A., D.Sc., Ph.D., F.R.S.; W.H. Willcox, M.D., B.Sc., M.R.C.P., F.I.C. Hon. Treasurer.-Edward Hinks, B.Sc., F.I.C. Hon. Secretaries.-A. Chaston Chapman, F.T.C. ; P. A. Ellis Richards, F.I.C. Other Members of Cozcncil.-R. M. Clark, B.Sc., F.T.C. ; James Connah, B.Sc., F.I.C.; John Evans, F.T.C.; George T. Holloway, A.R.C.Sc., F.T.C.; G. D. Lander,88 ANNUAL ADDRESS OF THE PRESIDENT D.Sc., F.I.C.; Thomas Macara, F.I.C. ; G. W. Monier-Williams, M.A., Ph.D., F.I.C. ; Cecil Revis ; Harry Silvester, B.Sc., F.I.C. ; F. Wallis Stoddart, F.I.C. ; Arnold R. Tankard, F.I.C. ; John White, F.I.C. Messrs. R. G. Grimwood and Harley F. Knight were appointed auditors of the Society’s accounts for 1913. The ordinary monthly meeting followed the annual meeting, the President occupying the chair.The minutes of the previous ordinary meeting were read and confirmed. Certificates of proposal for election to membership in favour of Messrs. J. A. Goodson, F.I.C., F. W. Skevington, and J. C. White, A.I.C., were read for the second time; and certificates in favour of Messrs. Arthur Cecil Bescoby, M.A. (Cantab.), 24, Saumarez Street, Guernsey, Official Analyst to the States of Guernsey ; Thomas Walter Frith Clark, 11, Quadrant Road, Canonbury, N., Chemist to Messrs.Barnett and Foster, Manufacturing Chemists ; Frank Edward Day, B.Sc. (Lond.), A.I.C., Lansdowne, Limerick, Chemist to the Condensed Milk Company of Ireland ; and James Fowler Tocher, B.Sc., F.I.C., 414, Union Street, Aberdeen, Official Agricultural Analyst for the County of Aberdeen, Public Analyst for the Counties of Aberdeen and Banff.Dr. George T. Beilby, F.R.S., F.I.C., was elected an honorary member of the Society ; and Messrs. S. Elliott, A.I.C., T. R. Greenough, B.A., A.I.C., H. Lowe, M.Sc., A.I.C., J. P. Ogilvie, and J. A. L. Sutcliffe, A.I.C., were elected members. The following papers were read : ‘( Antipyrin in Toxicological Analysis,” by G. D. Lander, D.Sc., F.I.C., and H. W. Winter; ‘( A New Method for the Volu- metric Estimation of Chromium, Vanadium, and Iron in Admixture,” by Frederick W. Atack, M.Sc. ; and a “ Note on Hardened Oils,” by Arthur W. Knapp, B.Sc., F.I.C.