70 PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY OF PUBLIC ANALYSTS PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY OF PUBLIC ANALYSTS AND OTHER ANALYTICAL CHEMISTS. THE annual general meeting of the Society was held on Wednesday evening, February 2, in the Chemical Society’s Rooms, Burlington House. The President, Mr. A. Chaston Chapman, F.I.C., occupied the chair. The minutes of the previous+ annual general meeting were read and confirmed.Mr. J. F. H. Gilbard and Mr. F. T. Harry were appointed scrutators of the The Hon. Treasurer presented the accounts of the Society for 1915; and votes Mr. J. F. H. Gilbard and Mr. H. F. Stephenson were appointed auditors of the The President delivered his annual address (ANALYST, 1916, 31-45). Dr. KEANE, in conveying the thanks of the meeting to the President for his admirable address, and for his exceptionally efficient services to the Society during a period of great difficulty and strain, referred especially to his remarks concerning the status and teaching of analytical chemistry.He agreed most fully with Mr. Chapman’s view that the work of professional and professorial chemists should be more completely associated. This and other similar societies afforded a common meeting ground, of which he was glad to think increasing advantage was now being taken, and it was a good sign that a number of representative professorial men had recently joined the Society.There was still room for much further co-operation, and he felt sure that it would aid the advancement of analytical chemistry if teachers ballot-papers for election of Officers. and Council for 1916.of thanks were passed to the Hon. Treasurer, Hon. Secretaries, and Auditors. Society’s accounts for 1916.SOCIETY OF P U B L X C ANALYSTS AND OTHER ANALYTlCAL CHEMISTS. ... Balance (Accumulated Fund) as per last Income carried forward to 1916 'I Balance-Sheet . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 5 0 I LIABILITIES. 2 s. d. 2 s. d. O I Less written off for depreciation . ., 4 0 0 I 1 101 5 0 2104 9 0 , --- Dr. Statement of Receipts and Expenditure for the Year 1915. Cr. ASSETS. 2 s. d. Cash a t Rankers . . . . . . 18 9 0 2100 Ceylon 34% S&k 1934j59 at's6 . . . . . . 86 0 0 $104 9 0 _____ ~ - _____ Corre- sponding Figures for 1914. & 8. d. 13 2 6 917 5 11 0 4 611 7 218 5 21. 0 0 429 12 0 299 18 6 32 7 2 16 3 0 RECEIPTS.2 9. a. z a. a. Interest on $400 Canada 3*% Stock 12 7 11 ,, P300 Victoria 34% Btock 9 6 0 ,, &344 3s. 4d. Ceylon 34% Stock . . . . . . . . . 10 4 10 ,, &200 Middlesex County 34 % Stock ..: ... 6 4 0 ,, t l O O 44% War Loan ... 1 18 3 ,, Deposit . . . . . . . . . 5 7 1 45 8 1 Entrance Fees . . . . . . . . . 22 1 0 Members' Annual Subscriptions- 1914 . . . . . . 9 9 0 1915 .. . . . . 426 5 0 435 14 0 --- '' ANALYST " PUBLICATION- Sale of Journal . . . . . . . . . 351 0 10 Advertisements . . . . . . . . 33 1 4 10 Sale of Books, etc. . . . . . . . . . 14 2 0 398 17 8 contra . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 9 4 -- Cash realised for Investment as per -- &1,001 l o 1 Corre- sponding Figures for 1914. & 8. a. 11 11 0 313 6 616 6 25 16 0 33 15 4 16 11 0 0 13 10 10 4 7 0 4 8 334 0 5 016 0 519 5 12 19 0 131 5 0 114 2 3 10 0 0 23 12 9 (25 0 0) 18 3 0 57 11 4 Balanee-Sheet, 191 5.LIABILITIES. 2 s. d. .€ s. d. Sundry Creditors ... 44 18 3 Payments for 1916 in advance ... 5 5 0 Cheque3 not cleared ;ill 191s" ... 21 10 2 General Index Fund (Vol. 111.) ... 133 7 10 Balance (Accumulated Fund)- As per last Balance-Sheet ... 1,362 9 9 Less written off for depreciation 54 4 8 1,308 5 1 -- Add Income, 1915 .. . . . . . . . 155 15 6 --- 1,464 0 7 $1,669 1 10 I1 I II EXPENDITURE. 2 s. d. 2 s. d. EXPENSES OF MEETINGS-- Chemical Society . . . . . . . . . 11 0 6 Librarian . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 13 6 . . . . . 25 16 4 Notices . . . . . GENERAL EXPENSES- %porting . . . . . . . . . . . 7 7 0 -_.__ 47 17 4 Printing and Stationery ..... 37 9 10 Salaries . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 7 0 Bank Charges . . . . . . 0 9 1 Postages and Petty'Expenses .. 15 7 8 Income Tax . . . . . . . . . 0 6 8 - 6 9 0 3 '( ANALYST " PUBLTCATION- Cost of Printing . . . . . . . . . Blocks and Photographs . . . . . . Stationery . . . . . . . . . . . . Books and Journals . . . . . . Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . Abstractors' Fees .. . . . . . . . Indexer's Fees . . .- . . . . . . Editorial Expenses, Postages, etc. General Index (Vol. 111.) Indexer 316 16 7 3 13 0 14 1 2 10 8 6 131 5 0 85 9 9 10 0 0 21 17 2 25 0 0 -- 618 11 2 Special Expenditure (Institute of Chemistry : Analytical Be-agents Publication) 10 16 6 Subscription for 2100 48% War Loan 99 9 4 Balance (Income for 1915) . . . . . .155 15 6 21,001 10 1 -__. ASSETS. 2 s. d. Cash a t Bankers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172 5 2 ,, in hand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 1 3 4 ,, due from ANALYST Publication . . . . . . 214 15 10 Deposit Account, General Index Fund (Vol. 111.) 133 7 10 Investments as under- $400 Canada 34% Stock 1930150 ' '* d' ... 328 0 0 a t 82 at 88 ... 249 0 0 1934159 a t 86 ... 295 19 8 1927147 a t 89 178 0 0 97 o o z300 victoiii 3+%'Stock'i929/49 $344 3s.4d:' Ceylon 3;% Stock $200 Middlesex County 3 2 Stock $100 44% War ~oani925ji5 a t 97' ... -- 1,147 19 8 $1,669 1 10 ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY RESEARCH FUND. Statement of Receipts and Expenditure for the Year 1915. RECEIPTS. & s. d. Balance forward . . . . . . 1 8 6 Interest on HOO Ceyi'dn 390/,'Stocii' . . . . .. 3 10 0 $4 18 6 I EXPENDITURE. Grants to Investigator . . . . . . . . Balauce, Income carried forward to 1916 & s. d. ... 1 14 6 ... 3 4 0 &4 18 6 AUDITORS' REPORT. We report that we have examined the Accounts of the Society for the year ending December 31, 1915. We have obtained all the information and explanations we have required, and, in our opinion, the Balance-Sheet is properly drawn u so as to exhibit a trne and correct view of the state of the Society's affairs, according to the best of our information and the explanations given to us, and as siown by the books of the Society.(Sipzed) HENRY P. STEVENS, Audi.M.s. J. F. H. GILBARD, } Janzcary 25, 1916. Inset between pp. 70 and 71.PKOCEEDIXGS OF THE SOCIETY OF PUBLIC ANALYSTS 71 knew more of the work and methods of their professional colleagues.If one bore in mind how limited was the division of professorships of chemistry, and that even in so important a branch as organic chemistry there were only some half-dozen independent chairs, it was perhaps not surprising that not a single professorship of analytical chemistry existed in this country. This implied a sad want of recognition of the value of this branch of the science.Not only was it of exceptional importance as a training in the methods of experinicntal inquiry, but it was above all funda- mental for all further work in every branch of the science, whether applied to professional work, chemical industry, or research. Such further work introduced factors which were difficult to introduce into teaching curricula, especially the factor of responsibilihy.Although in the teaching of analytical chemistry a fair degree of accuracy was insisted upon, it must be remembered that the results were never the basis of sales or purchases, and that the responsibility that attached to the work of every employee, from the directors downwards, in professional or industrial work was typically absent.From this standpoint research work was of outstanding importance. The investigator had to stand by his results when he came before his peers in this or any other society; the accuracy and reliability of his work was on trial, and the element of responsibility thus introduced into his labours was, from t~ teaching standpoint, usually of considerably greater value than that of the discoveries made.In regard to post-graduate work other than research, and especially in the teaching of technological chemistry, there was a tendency to regard the scale of the operations as a helpful factor in this direction. But apart from the definite limita- tions that existed to the introduction of manufacturing conditions into teaching curricula, even fairly large scale operations, if carried through, were no more real or responsible in character than the smaller laboratory experiments on which they were based.The greatest value of technological instruction was obtained when it was given by experts to those who had already gained some teohnical experience. Such students had the requisite previous knowledge to appreciate the instruction, and there was a wide field open for such teaching in the form of part-time courses in analytical and other branches of applied chemistry.Abroad such post-graduate teaching in technology was, for the most part, effected in the works themselves. Here, with few exceptions, this was not the case. The necessity for such instruction might perhaps be only of an interim character; the future development of the chemical industries of the country might render it superfluous, but for the present it was a very real need, and likely to prove of outstanding value in the promotion of industrial progress. H e hoped that the President would give his permission for his address to be printed in the ANALYST.Mr. J. H. B. JENKINS seconded, and the motion was carried by acclamation.The PRESIDENT, having received the report of the scrutators, announced the election of Officers and Council for 1916 i n accordance with the Council’s nominations, as follows : President.-G. Embrey, F.I.C. Past-Presidents serving on the Cozmcil (limited by the Soc.&y’s Articles of Assock- tiolz to eight in number).-L. Archbutt, F.T.C. ; E. J. Bevan, F I.C.; A. Ghaston Chapman, F.I.C. ; Beruard Dyer, D.Sc., F. I.C. ; Otto Hehner. F.I.C. : R. R. Tatlock,72 PROCEEDINGS 03’ THE: SOCIETY OF PUBLIC ANALYSTS 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. ‘CITice-Presidents.-H. G. Colman, M.Sc., Ph.D., F.I.C. ; J. H. B. Jenkins; R. T. Thomson, F.I.C. Hon. Treasurer.-E. Hinks, B.Sc., F.I.C.Hon. Secretaries.-P. A. Ellis Richards, F.I.C. ; E. Richards Bolton. Other Members of Courccil.-W. T. Burgess, F.I.C. ; J. A. Dewhirst, F.I.C. ; J. T. Dunn, D.Sc., F.I.C.; P. V. Duprd, A.C.G.I., F.I.C.; R. G. Grimwood, F.I.C.; H. G. Harrison, M.A., F.I.C.; E. M. Hawkins, F.I.C. ; A. W. Knapp, B.Sc., F.I.C.; S. J. C. Macadam, F.I.C.; W. Macnab, F.I.C.; H. L. Smith, B.Sc., F.I.C.; W. Collingwood Williams, B.Sc., F.I.C. An ordinary meeting followed the annual meeting, the newly-elected President, Mr. G. Embrey, F.I.C., ocoupying the chair. The minutes of the previous ordinary meeting were read and confirmed. Certificates of proposal for election to membership in favour of Messrs. N. T. Foley and T. J. Hitchcock were read for the second time; and a certificate in favour of Mr. Frank Theodore Alpe, Bracondale,” Wymondham, Norfolk, analyst and bacteriologist to the Forehoe Rural District Council, was read for the first time. Messrs. T. F. Harvey, C. H. Manley, B.A., A.I.C., C. C. Roberts, MA., A.I.C., and P. T. Shutt, M.A., D.Sc., F.I.C., were elected members of the Society. The following papers were read : “ Notes on Common Processes used in Water Analysis,” ’by W. T. Burgess, F.I.C. ; (( Note on Human Milk,” by G. D. Elsdoa, B.Sc., F.I.C. ; and ‘‘ Poli Oil-a New Adulterant of Ghee,” by J. H. Barnes, B.Sc., F.I.C., and Arjan Singh.