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Journal of the Royal Institute of Chemistry,
Volume 81,
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1957,
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T H E R O Y A L I N S T I T U T E O F C H E M I S T R Y JOURNAL Vol. 81 1957 WITH THE ANNUAL REPORT OF THE COUNCIL FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPT. 1957 30 Russell Square London W.C.I THE ROYAL INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY REPORT OF THE COUNCIL For the Year ended 30 September 1957 In the previous Annual Report the main theme was develop-ments in the education and training of chemists and of other scientists and technologists. By the end of the period then under review, many of the ideas that had emerged since the end of the war had been brought into practical shape. National policy on higher technological education had been settled and arrangements made for putting it into effect. The standard of the new Diploma in Technology and the conditions for its award had been prescribed.Colleges of Advanced Technology had been designated and plans made for the expansion of these and many other technical colleges, as well as of departments of pure and applied science in several universities to meet the need for larger numbers and a greater variety of well-trained scientists and technologists. Some of the universities had also introduced diverse kinds of general honours degrees in science or even in combinations of arts and science. The Institute itself had carried out an extensive revision of its Regulations for admission to membership and had made provision for a new grade of Graduate Membership and for the award of postgraduate Diplomas in Applied Chemistry. A conference on “The Education and Training of the Chemist” had been organised, and the introductory papers published in the September issue of the Journal (J.1956 496-517). Also plans had been made to set up an Institute Fund for the Development of Education in Chemistry (J. 1956 493). Thus by the beginning of the period now to be reviewed much had been planned and organised for promoting the education and training of scientists and technologists and it is appropriate that this Annual Report should begin with references to further developments in this important field having special regard to those with which the Institute is directly concerned. Within the Institute’s own sphere of action it is satisfactory to be able to report that the change from the old to the new Regulations has proceeded on the whole remarkably smoothly and that the Graduate Membership grade is now well established.Inevitably, a number of adjustments have had to be made as a result of experi-ence in the detailed operation of the Regulations and others will n doubt be needed in the future as the general pattern of scientific education develops. The results of the Graduate Membership examinations held during the year in chemistry at two levels Part I (a) and Part 11, and in German translation Part I ( b ) are given in Section B of this Report which deals with TRAINING AND QUALIFICATIONS. The Part I(a) examination consisting of written papers in chemistry at about general degree level is a new feature of the Institute’s system. The number of students who have entered for it so far has been small, for most of those who had reached that stage in their studies before the summer of 1957 were ‘deemed to have been exempted’ from it under the transitional arrangements.Also not many student members have yet applied for exemption from Part I(a) on the basis of their performance in an examination for the Higher National Certificate in Chemistry. I t will soon become necessary for every student to pass Part I(a) or an approved examination of equivalent standard before proceeding further but it will take at least another year before the majority of entrants to the Part I1 examination will have been required to surmount that hurdle. The high percentage of failures in the Part I1 Graduate Member-ship examinations held so far as well as in Associateship examinations in recent years has no doubt been largely due to the absence of any such hurdle to hold back or eliminate weak candidates but the extent to which this is so will not be known until the Part I ( a ) requirement has been fully established.There was certainly a large entry of very weak candidates in 1956 when the changes in Regula-tions were coming into operation and subsequent pass lists have probably been adversely affected by some of them re-entering prematurely. On the other hand the question has been raised as to how far the former Associateship examination and the new Part I1 Graduate Membership examination (which is practically the same in character) have provided adequate opportunities for even good candidates to exhibit the extent of their knowledge understanding and ability.I t has been suggested that the examination became substantially more difficult in this respect when the new Regulations came into operation. No appreciable change in form or substance was intended at that time but there is no doubt that the gradual rise in standard that has occurred over many years is becoming increasingly felt. The Stu& Guide for Graduate Membershi$ Courses, which was issued in February was not meant to signalise a further elevation of standard but to indicate the range and level of studies that had already come to be required for the Institute’s final exami-nation and the extent of the future requirements for Part I (a). Some members had expressed the view that there should be a new permanent grade of membership below the level of the Associateship to which could be admitted people who had proved themselves to be capable practical chemists but were unable to reach the level of scientific attainment required for Part I1 of the Graduate Membership examination.A Study Group which was set up in 1956 to examine this and possible alternative proposals, indicated in an interim report its reluctance to support the establish-ment of a third permanent grade of membership largely because of the confusion that might arise with existing grades especially if the new grade were to be represented by designatory letters (J. 457). The Council concluded that before any final decision was taken on this controversial issue further investigations should be made of the extent to which the position might be improved by modifications in the conditions of admission to existing grades.A new Study Group was then constituted to review the structure of the Graduate Member-ship examination and to make recommendations on any changes that might be desirable. Although this Study Group has not yet reported it has investi-gated a number of relevant matters. I t has been particularly impressed by the difficulty of catering in a wholly external examination for candidates who have been trained in diverse ways and have had different ranges of experience. Thus it would be particularly difficult to test by means of a common examination candidates who had taken various types of course with a bias towards applied chemistry in the final year such as had been suggested by some industrialists at the Conference on the Education and Training of the Chemist (see Section E of the Report relating to EDUCATIONAL AND SCIENTIFIC MATTERS).A simpler and more effective procedure would be to make use of existing examinations for equivalent qualifications based on specific courses approved by the Institute, in particular colleges or even to arrange in appropriate circum-stances for special Institute examinations to be conducted in colleges providing such courses. In several technical colleges courses of honours degree standard in applied chemistry and various fields of chemical technology have now been approved by the National Council for Technological Awards for the Diploma in Technology, and it has already been agreed that the Dip.Tech. awarded on such of these courses as are also approved by the Institute for its own purposes will be treated like university degrees in applied chemistry in affording complete or partial exemption from the Graduate Membership examination. Again the new Higher National Diploma in Chemistry available to students taking approved full-time or sandwich courses will be of at least as high a standard as the corresponding Higher National Certificate (which can be taken only by part-time students) and will be accepted under conditions similar to those for the latter as affording exemption from Part I(a). At the end of the year the Study Group was also considering possible ways in which Part I1 of the Graduate Member-ship examination itself might be modified so as to provide without any lowering of the overall standard a better test of the attainments of candidates of diverse types.More general questions of education especially at school level, have long been the concern of the Education Committee and the Publications Committee. In the last Annual Report ( 1955-56 2) reference was made to the need to co-ordinate and expand this side of the Institute’s work and to the proposal to set up a Fund for the Development of Education in Chemistry to finance these activities. This Fund was constituted in February as a charitable Trust so that it might attract contributions under deed of covenant as well as donations and bequests. The assets of the Sir Alexander Pedler Fund were transferred to it and at the Annual General Meeting of the Institute in April approval was given to proposals for maintaining its finances (J.336 521; see also Section IEI of this Report). I n May an Educational Trust Fund Committee was constituted and made responsible to the Council for the management of the Fund and for the general development and activation of policy in the educational field while leaving to the Education Committee and the Publications Committee the planning and detailed imple-mentation of relevant projects. In his Presidential Address on “The Profession of Chemistry’’ (J. 25 1) Dr D. W. Kent-Jones stressed the need for stimulating more young people to take up chemistry as a professional career and for providing them with fuller information on how to do so. The Educational Trust Fund Committee has had this in the forefront of its programme and before embarking on more ambitious projects, has pressed forward the implementation of a number of previously agreed proposals especially the issue of a careers pamphlet for school boys and girls and the publication of a new series of Monographs for Teachers.The Committee has also been considering other publica-tions and various types of films in connection with education and training at all levels and has had in mind the possibility of organising the production of a film on chemistry as a career. In accordance with established practice a separate Section (C) of this Report is devoted tomatters of PROFESSIONAL STATUS AND EMPLOYMENT OF MEMBERS (see p. 13). The special attention of members is directed to this survey of Institute activities in this important field.In March a special panel was set up by the Council to interview and report on Hungarian refugee students of chemistry with a view to their being placed in industrial employment with facilities for continuing their studies. The help thus given in enabling these young people to find a useful career in this country was gratefully acknowledged by the World University Service through the Director of Hungarian Student Resettlement (J. 378). At a Special General Meeting summoned on 19 October 1956, approval was given to proposals by the Council for increasing the annual subscription rates for all corporate members with effect from 1 January 1957 (J. 1956,628,630). At about the same time, a special scale of reduced life composition fees for corporate members at or above age 60 was introduced.The effects of these changes on membership and on subscription income are referred to in Sections A and H respectively of this Report. At the same Special General Meeting the Council put forward a resolution for the amendment of By-law 4 (2) so as to require not less than 20 corporate members (instead of only one such member) to sponsor any formal motion for submission to an Annual General Meeting. Although it had been stated that this resolution was not intended to limit freedom of discussion at such a meeting (for any subject can be raised on the motion for adoption of the Annual Report of the Council) it was vigorously opposed at the Special General Meeting as constituting an unjustified attack on the established rights of corporate members.The resolution was in fact defeated on a show of hands but was declared carried after the proxy votes which were overwhelmingly in favour had been brought in (J. 1956 641-648). Continued opposition to the resolution was subsequently expressed in the correspondence columns of the Journal and at Local Section meetings and questions were also raised as to the merits of the present provisions for voting by proxy at General Meetings. These separate issues came up for further discussion on seven resolutions submitted by corporate members at the Annual General Meeting on 5 April. One resolution was for the abolition of directed proxies and three of the others aimed at fixing the minimum number of sponsors of a private members’ motion at 1 2 and 5 respectively.As the Council had agreed in the meantime, to a proposal by the Privy Council that the number in the original resolution be reduced from 20 to 10 the voting procedure became highly complex. At the meeting all these resolutions were defeated on voting by show of hands and by proxy (J. 337-351). Before the close of the meeting however a postal vote was demanded on the resolution for prescribing 2 as the minimum number of sponsors of a private members’ motion. In the postal ballot 2,188 votes were cast for this resolution and 2,433 against. The resolution was therefore declared lost (J. 456 521). The Privy Council subse-quently allowed with effect from 6 April 1957 the amendment of By-law 4 (2) so as to require a t least 10 corporate members to sponsor any formal motion for submission to an Annual General Meeting (J.578). At the Annual General Meeting on 5 April Officers General Members of the Council and Censors were elected for the appropriate periods (see Section G of this Report). A cordial welcome was accorded to Professor W. Wardlaw c.B.E. on his election as President for 1957-59. A biographical note on the new President (with photograph) was published in April (J. 258). A warm tribute was paid to Dr D. W. Kent-Jones for his devoted services as President in the past 2 years special reference being made to the abounding energy and enthusiasm which despite other heavy commitments, he had brought to bear on all matters of concern to the Institute throughout that period.The Annual Conference associated with the Annual General Meeting was held in London on 4-6 April (J. 353). The Annual Dinner in Grocers’ Hall with Admiral Sir Charles Daniel K.C.E., c.B.E. D.s.o. as principal guest was a memorable event. The Conference Lecture was delivered by Dr Robert Spence c.B. on “Chemical Process Development for the Windscale Plutonium Plant.” Grateful thanks were accorded to the Chairman and Directors of Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd for the magnificent hospitality they provided for members and guests at a Reception on 4 April and to the Council of Queen Elizabeth College for the facilities they made available for the happy social evening with which the Conference concluded. The Journal has been further developed during the year especially since the introduction of a larger size of type in January.The high standard of Book Reviews has been fully maintained and the notes on Laboratory Risks and Safeguards are being increasingly valued. New features have included a series of articles on the organisation of science in Commonwealth countries overseas (New Zealand, Pakistan and Australia have so far been covered) and notes on Chemical Anniversaries (referring to 1807 1857 and 1907). The two articles on the Association of British Chemical Manufacturers have also been of particular interest. A wide range of subjects has been dealt with in special articles including various aspects of laboratory design and construction and recent developments in radiochemistry and nuclear chemistry.The correspondence columns have been more widely used for the ventilation of opinions on a variety of topics. Other matters relating to PUBLICATroNs are dealt with in Section D of this Report. There has been great activity in the LOCAL SECTIONS including those overseas. More space has been provided in the Journal for reporting meetings on scientific educational and professional subjects. The variety of scientific topics selected is illustrated by the fact that in one issue of the JournaZ the titles of lectures reported ranged from “Some aspects of modern theoretical chemistry” to “Maturing of wines,” and from “Geometry of reaction mechanisms” to “Chemical aspects of obesity.” In accordance with established custom two Conferences of Hon.Secretaries of Local Sections have been held during the year and these have provided further valuable opportunities for the discussion of matters of concern to the Institute as a whole as well as to the Sections themselves (J. 1956 648; 1957 381). ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The thanks of the Council are accorded to all corporate members who by service on committees and sub-committees or as officers or members of committees of Local Sections have taken a specially important part in maintaining and developing the activities and services of the Institute. Thanks are also accorded to numerous individual members and friends who have provided material for the Journal or the series of Lectures Monographs and Reports and to those corporate members who have assisted the Membership Committee by furnishing reports on candidates arranging interviews and in other ways.On this occasion the Council desires to express its special gratitude to Professor H. V. A. Briscoe for acting as Secretary and Registrar during the absence of Dr Ellingham through illness and for so generously devoting a considerable amount of his time to this task over a period of nearly 4 months. The Council is also appreciative of the way in which the administrative officers Mr Arnold Dr Gibbs and Mr Winder took over much additional work and responsibility during that period. A. MEMBERSHIP The Council has learned with regret of the death during the period 1 October 1956-30 September 1957 (or earlier) of 57 Fellows 40 Associates and 1 Student Member whose names are given in Appendix I.Changes in membership during the 12 months are recorded below, with the corresponding figures for the previous year for comparison. Twelve months ended 30 Sept. 1956 30 Sept. 1957 Additions and promotions : New Fellows . . .. . . .. .. Fellows re-elected . . . . . . * . New Associates . . .. .. .. Associates re-elected a . . . . . Graduate Members elected to Associateship Student Members elected to Associateship New Graduate Members . . .. .. Student Members elected to Graduate Membership . . . . . . I . . New Student Members . . . . . . Student Members re-admitted . . . . Fellows . . Associates . . . . .. .. . . Student Members . . .. . . . . Fellows .. Associates . . .. . . .. . . Student Members .. . . .. . . Fellows . . .. . . . . . . Associates . . . . . . . . . . Student Members . . . . . . * . Associates elected to Fellowship . . .. Deaths : .. . . . . . . Resignations : .. .. .. . . Removals : 21 2 22 1 562 17 258 ---698 47 57 34 3 6 48 174 I 52 324 22 8 242 167 13 1 1 84 163 632 41 57 40 1 41 177 54 25 116 432 The numbers of members in the various grades on the Register at 30 September in the years 1955 1956 and 1957 were as follows :-Change since 1955 1956 1957 1955 1956 Fellows (F) . . . 4,419 4,600 4,749 +330 +149 Associates (A) . . . . 9,559 10,041 9,648 + 89 -393 13,978 14,641 14,397 +419 -244 -- -___ I - 246 +246 +246 13,978 14,641 14,643 +665 + 2 Student Members .. 2,857 2,843 2,865 + 8 + 22 F + A F + A + G Graduate Members (G) -____ ____--_______ _- -- - In the past 12 months there has been a net loss of 244 members (F + A) but a net gain of 2 if Graduate Members are included (F + A + G). The latter figure is the more representative for the qualifications that afforded admission to the Associateship before 1 July, 1956 have since admitted only to Graduate Membership. Indeed the total F + A + G will be the only satisfactory basis for comparison with past years until admissions to Graduate Membership and Associateship under the new Regulations have become stabilised. This will take at least a further year. Even on this basis it is evident that the substantial annual rise in the number of professionally (or at least scientifically) qualified members, which has persisted for many years has been completely halted in the past 12 months.It is noteworthy however that in the previous year the net rise had been abnormally great; it was 663 as compared with an average of 424 for the five preceding years. This was no doubt largely due to the inducement for suitably qualified chemists to secure admission as Associates before the new Regulations became effective. In fact, although the gross intake of qualified members in the past year was only 458 against 860 in the previous year the average over those two years (659) was almost identical with the gross intake (652) in the last ‘normal’ year (ended 31 December 1954). On the other hand the loss of qualified members by resignation or removal in the past 12 months was 359 as compared with 106 in the previous year and 126 in the year ended 31 December 1954.It may be noted however that 64 of the removals had been deferred from the previous year. From information supplied by members who dropped out it appears that the majority did so on economic grounds partly in view of the increase in annual subscription rates that became operative on 1 January 1957. Fewer than 20 stated that their resignation was due to dissatisfaction with the manner in which the policy of the Institute was being developed. In the past year therefore the intake of qualified members was abnormally low essentially as a result of the new Regulations and the loss of such members was abnormally high largely because of the new annual subscription rates.The effects of these two independent changes were not greater than might have been anticipated but although they should be only temporary they cannot be expected to disappear immed-iately. Thus it is unlikely that the normal rate of net annual increase in the number of qualified members (F + A + G ) will be restored for at least another year. The number of Student Members (Registered Students before 1 July, 1956) has remained remarkably constant over the past 3 years. In each year the very large new intake (averaging nearly 700) has been almost exactly balanced by promotions to qualified grades and losses through resignation and removal. Congratulations were sent to 15 corporate members who had com-pleted 50 years of membership to 12 with 55 years to 5 with 60 years and to 2 with 65 years of membership.A special message of congratulation and good wishes was sent to Mr T. Bruce Marriott on completing 70 years of membership and thus establishing a new record in the annals of the Institute. B. TRAINING AND QUALIFICATIONS The introduction of the new Regulations for Admission to Membership added considerably to the scope and extent of the work that formerly came within the purview of the Nominations Examinations and Institutions Committee. In July 1956 it had already been decided (Annual Report, 1955-56 8 ) to set up a separate ‘Institutions Committee’ to deal with all questions of recognition of colleges for the training of candidates for Graduate Membership and to use the title ‘Membership Committee’ for the body concerned with other sections of the work.This reorganisa-tion became operative in October 1956. It was agreed that at least for an experimental period the Membership Committee like the former Nominations Examinations and Institutions Committee should consist of the whole Council and should meet in the morning of the day of each Council meeting. The Examinations Board and the Sub-Committees concerned with Indian and Pakistani Applications Oral Examinations and Exempting Qualifications have been maintained but as sub-committees of the Membership Committee (J. 485). On the other hand the Panel on Ancillary Subjects set up to deal with applications from technical colleges for approval of courses in these subjects (Annual Report 1955-56 8) has been attached to the Institutions Committee.This Panel has continued to do valuable work in ensuring that standards of training in ancillary subjects were fully maintained. The Institutions Committee has arranged for the inspection of a number of technical colleges including those which had applied for initial or extended recognition. On the basis of evidence obtained from such visits and in other ways provisional recognition was accorded during the year to the following institutions :-For the training of candidates f o r Part I o f the Graduate Membership examination This procedure was followed throughout the year. Coatbridge (Lanark) Technical College. Dartford North-West Kent College of Technology. Sheffield College of Commerce and Technology.Smethwick The Chance Technical College. For the training o f candidates f o r the whole o f the Graduate Membership examination Blackburn Municipal Technical College. Hatfield Technical College. Oxford College of Technology Art and Commerce. Whitehaven College of Further Education. The colleges at Blackburn and Oxford had previously been recognised for training to the level of Part I. Invitations to appoint representatives on advisory committees for chemistry (or for science in general) concerned with the development of courses in technical colleges are now considered by the Institutions Committee with the advice of the appropriate Local Section Committee. On the recommendation of the Institutions Committee the Council has made a number of such appointments during the year including some to newly constituted advisory committees.In July the Council on the advice of the Education Committee, concluded that a change was desirable in the provisions for maintaining relations with recognised technical colleges. I t was proposed (J, 579) 1 that in each such college there should be instead of an ‘honorary repre-sentative’ appointed by the Institute an official ‘liaison officer,’ and that the person invited to act in that capacity should be the Head of the Chemistry Department (or where chemistry comes under a Department covering other sciences the Head of that Department if a chemist but otherwise the responsible Lecturer in Chemistry). This proposal has since been adopted and it is hoped that the new system will facilitate exchanges of information between the technical colleges on the one hand, and the Council and the Committees of Local Sections of the Institute on the other.No change is contemplated in the established provisions for the appointment of honorary representatives of the Institute in the Universities. The Membership Committee (with its Sub-committee on Indian and Pakistani Applications) has adapted its procedure to deal with applications for admission to the various grades of membership under the new Regula-tions. A number of questions on the interpretation and operation of these Regulations and arising from the transitional arrangements had been settled before October 1956 (J. 1956 405 591) and a revised edition of the Regulations was issued in January 1957.On the whole, the change from the old to the new Regulations has been effected without causing serious difficulties although special consideration has had to be given to many points of detail especially in connection with the transitional arrangements. In May 1956 separate groups of Examiners had already been appointed for Part I and Part I1 ofthe Graduate Membership examination. The first Part I1 examination was held in September 1956 (Annual Report, 1955-56,9). There was no need however for a Part I examination until January or as it turned out until June 1957 for most candidates who had reached the appropriate stage in their training before then were deemed to have been exempted under the transitional arrangements, from the chemistry papers in Part I i.e.from Part I ( a ) as distinct from the German translation test Part I ( b ) . This has meant that none of the candidates who entered for Part I1 during the year had been required to pass Part I(a). The influence of this and other factors on the results of recent Part I1 examinations has already been discussed above (p. 2). The first applications from student members for exemption from Part I ( a ) , under Regulation F3 on the basis of their performance in Higher National Certificate examinations were received during the year and exemption has since been granted to 93 out of 132 such applicants. Practical examinations for Graduate Membership (Part 11) were held during the year in the laboratories of the Universities of Birmingham, Durham (King’s College Newcastle) and London and of the Imperial College of Science and Technology London and the Royal College of Science and Technology Glasgow.Facilities for the theoretical parts of the Graduate Membership examinations were generously afforded by Birkbeck College London and by many technical colleges throughout the countrv. The entries to these examinations and the results were as , follows : Graduate Part Membership Entered Passed I (a) January .. . . . . 3 0 June .. .. .. . . 72 34 - -34 -75 - - -1 Graduate Membership Part I ( b ) January April . . June . . September Part I1 January April . . September Entered . . .. . . 67 .. .. .. 84 .. . . .. 186 .. . . . . 94 43 1 -. . .... 126 . . .. .. 237 . . . . . . 284 647 -Passed 35 69 106 66 2 76 -32 65 77 174 -The entrants to Part I(b) included candidates who were taking this German translation test either with Part I(a) or Part 11 or separately to complete Part I or their final Graduate Membership qualification. The results of special examinations conducted by the Sub-Committee for Oral Examinations were as follows :-For Graduate Membership under Regulation F5 Passed . . 14 Referred . . 1 Failed . . 1 For Associateship under Regulation G4 . . Passed . . 12 Referred . . 6 Failed a . 0 Regulations for the award of Diplomas in Applied Chemistry were issued in December 1956. Examinations for these Diplomas have replaced the examinations for the Fellowship formerly held in similar special branches.A special note on the requirements for the examination in Branch E The Chemistry (including Microscopy) of Food Drugs and Water published in March (J. 211) gave rise to misunderstandings. The position has since been clarified by a further statement drawn up in consultation with the Association of Public Analysts (J. 747). Practical examinations for these Diplomas were held during the year in the laboratories of the University of London the London Postgraduate Medical School and the Fuel Research Station. The entries for these examinations and the results were as follows :-Diploma in Applied Chemistry Entered Passed Branch A General Analytical Chemistry . . 1 0 Branch D Clinical Chemistry . . .. . . 4 2 scopy) of Food Drugs and Water 19 12 .. * . 1 1 Technology . . Plastics Industry . . . . . . 1 1 Branch E The Chemistry (including Micro-Branch G Industrial Chemistry : with special reference to Fuel with special reference to the 1 C. PROFESSIONAL STATUS AND EMPLOYMENT OF MEMBERS Throughout the year under review the heavy demand for the services of qualified chemists which has been a feature of post-war conditions in the United Kingdom and most countries of the Commonwealth has been well maintained. For this reason it had been decided in February 1956 to discontinue the Appointments Register service in its old form involving the circulation of weekly lists of vacancies to individual members actively seeking new posts. The number of members who made use of the service had fallen to a level at which the majority of announcements attracted no applica-tions at all and the response to others was often of such little value that employers had virtually ceased to send their announcements to the Institute.Arrangements had accordingly been made (Annual Report, 1955-56 11) for the publication of classified advertisements of vacant appointments in the Journal where they would be brought to the notice of all members. During the year the Journal has become an established medium for the notification of chemical appointments and the advertisements therein, together with those in the National Press now cover a very substantial proportion of current vacancies. Moreover after a period during which there was a marked decline in the number of enquiries which was almost certainly attributable to the unsatisfactory results of the old Appointments Register service employers are once again showing an increasing tendency to seek the advice of the officers of the Institute on a wide range of questions relating to the employment of members.Although the general employment position thus remains favourable, there is some evidence that due to variations in economic conditions and to reorganisation in certain industries some members have been obliged to seek new posts. For the younger chemist this may not create a serious problem but an older member may find much greater difficulty in securing a new appointment at a suitable level. Hitherto the number of senior members (i.e. those aged between 45 and 65) who have been obliged to seek alternative employment has been very small and assistance given to such members by the Institute has been on a personal and informal basis.I t is believed that at the present time the Institute can assist individual members most effectively by continued and closer co-operation with the Scientific and Technical Register of the Ministry of Labour and National Service. The officers of the Ministry have built up an effective organisa-tion for the specific purpose of establishing suitable personal contacts between employers and qualified scientists and they have gained con-siderable experience in dealing with individual problems. In order to promote contacts through the Institute employers seeking the services of older chemists are being invited to make known their requirements to the Secretary so that particulars of suitable persons may be forwarded.The latest report on the remuneration of members was published in September 1956 and was based on information obtained in February of that year (Annual Report 1955-56 10). I t is not possible to make a close estimate of salary trends since that time but there is little doubt that there has been an appreciable further rise in the general level of the remunera-tion of chemists employed in industry especially in the lower age groups. 1 At the same time there have been notable improvements in salary scales applicable to scientists employed in the government service and some of the nationalised industries and as teachers in technical colleges.It is known that the Institute’s survey was referred to in the course of recent negotiations relating to the salaries of chemists in some of the nationalised industries and that many other employers have used it in reviewing their salary scales. The Council accepted an invitation to give evidence before the Royal Commission on Doctors’ and Dentists’ Pay and provided information on results of surveys of the remuneration of chemists at various times since 1939. So far as is known the Institute is the only professional body that is in a position to produce reliable records over this period. The Com-mission was interested in the procedure adopted for collecting and analysing the data as well as in the results of these surveys. The whole question of the status of the Institute’s qualifications in relation to degrees and other awards has been reviewed and an informa-tion leaflet entitled “Qualifications in Chemistry” was prepared for circulation to employing bodies and other organisations with a view to securing wider and better understanding of these matters.It is hoped that all members to whom this document has also been circulated will assist in this important task (see also Section F of this Report p. 19). Attention has been given to matters affecting the status accorded to groups of members in various specialised fields of activity and in certain instances representations have been made to employing authorities on their behalf. As a result of considering improved services that might be made available to the general body of members the Council decided to proceed at once with arrangements for the formation of a group insurance scheme, in co-operation with the British United Provident Association whereby corporate and graduate members resident in the United Kingdom and under the age of 65 could safeguard themselves against the expenses of private hospital treatment at premiums 20 per cent below the standard rates.An agreement with the B.U.P.A. had been concluded at the end of the year with a view to its coming into operation in 1958. The administrative officers have been able to give much useful advice to individual members on the significance of service agreements which they have been asked to sign and in many cases to suggest suitable amendments in the specified conditions.It is noteworthy that a steadily growing proportion of such contracts do little more than reiterate the obligations that would be implied under the common law even if no written agreement were in existence and that provisions which seek to impose some restriction on subsequent employment are becoming in-creasingly rare. Where a restraint clause is included provision for adequate compensation in the event of its enforcement is usually included. Some members have sought advice on the legal enforceability of contracts they have already signed but it must be emphasised that the officers cannot be expected to give authoritative advice on matters of law. Moreover as regards existing agreements the officers can only comment on practical interpretations for it must be assumed that obligations already accepted will be fulfilled without regard to their enforceability in the courts.Advice has also been given on a wide range of special problems, including some relating to income tax insurance superannuation patent and copyright procedure and many other matters. In view of the growing number and widening scope of these enquiries it should be made 1 clear that although the officers may be able to give information on matters of principle and offer guidance on procedure they cannot in general intervene in any dispute as to the facts of a particular case. Although there are occasions when it is permissible or even desirable, to publicise some aspect of the work that the Institute is able to carry out in furthering the collective or individual interests of its members experi-ence has proved that representations are usually more effective if made informally and privately and advice is more likely to be sought and accepted if it is known that confidences will be respected.The Council believes that members many of whom have benefited personally and are therefore fully aware of a particular aspect of the Institute’s work in this field will not expect to see a more detailed record of these activities in the Report but will realise that the boundaries of this work are being progressively extended. D. MEETINGS AND PUBLICATIONS The most important meeting of the year was the Conference on “The Education and Training of the Chemist,” called by the Institute at the Senate House University of London on 26 October 1956 (see also p.16). The five main papers were published before the Conference (J. 1956, 496-51 7) and the full Conference report appeared in December (J.? 1956, 671-693). No lecture in the special memorial series was held. The third of the highly successful Summer Schools in Analytical Chemistry initiated by the London Section which had been held at the Imperial College of Science and Technology London in September 1956 was later reported in the Journal (J. 1957 48). The Meldola Medal Lecture by Dr Peter Gray on “The Chemistry of Dinitrogen Tetroxide,” was delivered at a joint meeting with the University College Chemical and Physical Society on 16 October 1956. Before 30 September 1957 arrangements were made for the Tenth Dalton Lecture and Exhibition sponsored by the Manchester and District Section to be held in Manchester on 25 October and for the Meldola Medal Lecture by Dr T.S. West to be held on 10 December under the joint auspices of the Institute and the Imperial College Chemical Society. Once again most of the publications programme developed naturally out of Institute and Local Section activities. Two items in the Lectures, Monographs and Reports series resulted from the Scottish Sections’ Sympo-sium on “Recent Advances in the Chemistry and Industrial Application of Cereals” Mr A. P. Dunlop’s paper on “Furfural from Agricultural Sources,” (1956 No. 4) and a special account of “Cereal Carbohydrates’’ by Professor I. A. Preece (1957 No. 2). The major scientific publication of the year was the “Symposium on Techniques in Polymer Science,” organised by the Thames Valley Section which has aroused considerable interest and has been very well received.In addition Dr B. C. Saunders’s survey of “Peroxidase Action and Use in Organic Synthesis” was published (1957 No. l ) this being based on a lecture to the London Section. Other monographs in preparation at the end of the year and due for early publication were Mr N. L. Parr’s account of “Zone Refining,” also given first to the London Section; Dr J. Bronowski’s Dalton Lecture on “Coal and Coal Chemicals in the National Economy,” Dr Peter Gray’s Meldola Lecture on the “Chemistry of Dinitrogen Tetroxide,” 1 and Dr R. A. Read’s survey of “Hydrazine and its Derivatives.” Owing to a number of withdrawals during 1955 and 1956 the Lectures Monographs and Reports series has unfortunately fallen in arrears but there is every prospect that it will be brought up to date during 1958.Developments in the Journal are referred to above (see p. 6). A number of journal articles have again attracted interest outside the Institute and permission has been granted for their reprinting in other Journals. Translations of the book What Industry Owes to Chemical Science and of Dr W. Idris Jones’s “Coal as a Raw Material” (L.M. €5’ R. 1956, No. 3) were authorised. First the three booklets on the Regulations and Study Guide (see p. 2) were issued in December January and February. A major task was the publication of the Register of Fellows and Associates as at 31 October 1956 (issued in May 1957) and of a separate Geographical Index (issued in August 1957).A special supplement to the April Journal giving a full report of the Annual General Meeting held on 5 April was distributed in May in connection with a Postal Vote. Towards the end of the year, a draft of a new careers pamphlet for senior school children and their advisers was being prepared to replace the earlier leaflets “How to Become a Chemist” and “Careers in Chemistry.” Detailed plans for a new series of Monographsfor Teachers were com-pleted and the first four items have been commissioned. These will be “Principles of Electrolysis,” ‘‘Principles of Oxidation and Reduction,” “Principles of the Extraction of Metals,” and “Introduction to Chemical Nomenclature.” Other projects were being investigated in connection with the pro-gramme to be sponsored by the Institute’s Fund for the Development of Education in Chemistry (see p.4). A number of intermittent publications were brought out. E. EDUCATIONAL AND SCIENTIFIC MATTERS Reference has already been made (see Section D p. 15) to the Con-ference on The Education and Training of the Chemist held on 26 October 1956. In the afternoon session aspects of special interest to employing bodies were discussed and the evening session was devoted to matters of special concern to teachers and organisers of courses in the universities technical colleges and schools. Industrial representatives pointed to the need for a variety of recruits trained by different methods. Some speakers expressed satisfaction with the products of established honours degree courses but others advocated strongly the introduction of a new type of final-year course to help bridge the gap between the academic approach and the practical versatility required in industry.I t appeared that for the latter industry would have to look mainly to the technical colleges with their greater flexibility in the organisation of courses. Probably the range of final year studies suggested could most readily be incorporated in sandwich and full-time courses such as are being provided for the Diploma in Technology. Possible variations on these lines in requirements for Graduate Membership are being investigated by the Study Group set up by the Council in May (see p. 3). 16 This was organised in two sessions During the year the new pattern of higher technological education became clearer several “Colleges of Advanced Technology” being so named and reorganised.Future problems particularly from the point of view of the governance of technical colleges were discussed in a Journal article by Dr P. F. R. Venables (J. 554). Reference has also been made in the JournaE to the problems involved in the recruitment and training of larger numbers of technical college teachers in connection with the Willis Jackson Report (J. 593). Developments in sandwich courses particu-larly those leading to Graduate Membership or the Diploma in Tech-nology in applied chemistry and branches of chemical technology (see p. 3) have been welcomed. Latterly the National Council for Techno-logical Awards has set up a special committee to make recommendations as to what postgraduate awards it should offer.Efforts were made by several Local Sections during the year to stirnu-late interest among the schools in careers meetings and talks prominence being given to such a meeting held in the London Section area (J. l), which was also reported in the School ScienceReview (March 289). Similar meetings have been and are being arranged by other Local Sections. It is hoped that more schools will take advantage of the invitation to supply lecturers and “Brains Trust” . teams. The importance of interesting young people who leave school early in the attractions of work in chemical laboratories possibly leading eventually to a qualification in chemistry, has also been emphasised.The Council has welcomed the production, by Youth Employment Services of London and the Home Counties of separate leaflets for boys and girls outlining the types of employment available. Proposed extensions of the interests of the Institute in this field of activity through the Educational Trust Fund have been referred to above (see p. 4). National Certijcates.-The comparative figures given below indicate the continued growth mainly in England and Wales in the numbers of candidates entering for Ordinary and Higher National Certificates. The standards of training and of the examinations remain unaltered. Ordinary Certijcates High r Certificates 1955 1956 1957 1955 1956 1957 England and Entered 1,642 1,893 2,178 959 1,018 1,164 Wales .. Passed 1,012 1,212 1,283 681 714 787 Scotland . . Entered 329 342 299 190 210 216 Passed 198 214 158 115 127 138 Northern Entered 16 26 27 2 8 5 Ireland . . Passed 5 3 7 2 5 3 (The figures given for the earlier years differ slightly from those in the previous Annual Report since candidates to whom certificates were awarded after publication of that Report are now included.) Included in the above totals are candidates for Certificates in Applied Chemistry namely 20 passes out of 40 for the Ordinary and 35 out of 48 for the Higher Certificate. Approval was given for the inauguration of a scheme for the award of Higher National Diplomas in Chemistry and in Applied Chemistry in England and Wales and details of the administrative arrangements have been referred for consideration by the Joint Committee of the Institute and the Ministry of Education (see also p.3). 1 Atoardr.-The Meldola Medal for 1956 was awarded to Dr Thomas Summers West for his work on the development of new methods in analytical chemistry (J. 294). An award of 150 guineas from the Sir George Beilby Memorial Fund was made to Mr R. W. Kear in recogni-tion of his work on the behaviour of fuel impurities in combustion processes (J. 212). F. EXTERNAL RELATIONS AND PUBLICITY The Institute has continued to be represented on a number of joint committees and on various other bodies with related interests. A list of these representatives was published in June (J. 486). Among the new appointments during the year special mention may be made of the following : The Chemical Council Mr L.M. Miall in succession to Dr J. F. J. The Parliamentary and Scientific Committee Professor W. Wardlaw, c.B.E. in succession to Dr D. W. Kent-Jones. The Poisons Board (Pharmacy and Poisons Act 1953) Dr F. Hartley, in succession to the late Dr G. Roche Lynch O.B.E. The British Standards Institution Chemical Divisional Council : Dr F. Hartley in succession to Mr H. W. Cremer C.B.E. The National Council for Technological Awards Board of Studies in Technologies other than Engineering Dr J. W. Cook F.R.S. The Council has particularly welcomed invitations to nominate representatives on appropriate committees of Regional Advisory Councils for Further Education and on the Governing Bodies of individual Technical Colleges.Among the nominations made and accepted during the year were the following : Regional Advisory Council for the Organisation of Further Education in the East Midlands Advisory Panel for the Chemical Industry Mr S. W. Atherley Mr R. Betteridge; Southern Regional Council for Further Education Science Advisory Committee Mr H. L. G. Boot Mr L. C. Thomas; West Midlands Advisory Council for Technical Commercial and Art Education Advisory Committee for Applied Chemistry Mr E. G. K. Pritchett; Yorkshire Council for Further Education County Advisory Committee for Chemistry, Dr W. Cule Davies Dr W. B. Waddington; Merseyside District Science Advisory Committee Mr H. Weatherall. Governing Bodies Brunel College of Technology Mr R. C. Chirnside; Welsh College of Advanced Technology Dr N.B. Dyson; National College for Leather Dr K. G. A. Pankhurst; Rutherford College of Technology Dr W. S. Patterson; Bradford Institute of Technology Professor F. Challenger. Through this representation the Institute has been enabled to keep in close touch with the main lines of development of education and training of chemists and to play an increasingly useful part in these affairs (see also 18 Dippy-pp. 10-11) Towards the end of the year an information leaflet “Qualifications in Chemistry” was prepared for distribution among individuals and 0rGan.i-sations concerned with the education training recruitment and employ-ment of chemists. This leaflet provides a brief statement on the signifi-cance of the various qualifications in chemistry.Its special aims are to explain the status of the new Graduate Membership of the Institute in relation to that of other examination qualifications in chemistry and to draw attention to the enhanced professional standing of the Associateship and the Fellowship of the Institute. It is expected that this leaflet will be helpful in removing some outstanding anomalies in the extent to which the Associateship was and the Graduate Membership is accepted in lieu of a good honours degree in chemistry for particular purposes. G. THE COUNCIL COMMITTEES AND LOCAL SECTION OFFICERS Changes in the Officers of the Institute declared at the Annual General Meeting in London on 5 April (J. 292) were as follows : Professor William Wardlaw c.B.E. succeeded Dr D.W. Kent-Jones as President Professor H. V. A. Briscoe Dr J. Idris Jones and Professor R. G. W. Norrish F.R.S. became Vice-presidents in succession to Professor Sir Ian Heilbron D.s.o. F.R.s. Mr G. H. Moore and Mr E. J. Vaughan; Dr D. W. Kent-Jones as the immediate past President replaced Sir Harry Jephcott as Vice-president ex oJicio. Twelve candidates had been nominated for seven vacancies among General Members of the Council and on the report of the Scrutineers of the Ballot (J. 292) the following were declared elected Dr I. J. Faulkner Mr E. Le Q. Herbert Dr D. W. Hill Professor R. A. Morton, P.R.s. Dr G. R. Ramage Dr Robert Spence c.B. Dr David Traill. The new District Members of the Council who had previously been elected to serve from the close of the Annual General Meeting were Mr H.F. Barnford Dr V. C. Barry Dr J. Bell Dr C. C. Hall Mr W. E. Hamer, Professor C. Kemball Dr E. W. Mills Mr G. Osgood Mr F. Robinson. A complete list of the Officers and Council for 1957-58 was published in June (J. 483). A meeting of the Council was held in each month except April August and September. The Censors elected at the Annual General Meeting were Sir Harry Jephcott Dr D. W. Kent-Jones Dr G. Roche Lynch o.B.E. Mr George Taylor O.B.E. Professor H. Burton was appointed by Council to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Dr G. Roche Lynch on 3 July. At the request of the 36th Conference of Hon. Secretaries of Local Sections (April 1957) the Council prepared a memorandum on the Functions of District Members of the Council which has since been published (J.748). Revised Regulations for the Nomination and Election of District Members of Council had previously been issued (J. 639). An additional Committee the Educational Trust Fund Committee, was established in May and met for the first time in June. A complete list of the members of committees and sub-committees for 1957-58 was published in June (J. 485). A Study Group on the Structure of the Graduate Membership Examination was also set up in May (see p. 3). 1 The following changes have occurred during the past year among Honorary Secretaries of Local Sections Mr A. J. Howard was succeeded by Dr R. J. Magee (Belfast and District); Dr G. Tolley by Dr J. E. Gregory (Birmingham and Midlands) ; Mr J. S. Nairn by Mr B.S. Dunn (Cumberland and District) ; Mr W. F. Stones by Mr R. B. Heslop (New-castle upon Tyne and North-East Coast) ; Mr A. B. Crowther by Mr J. A. Ryan (North Lancashire); Mr N. F. Rapps by Mr S. McLintock (North Wales); Mr 0. S. Mills by Dr J. D. Hobson (Sheffield South Yorkshire and North Midlands); Dr M. R. A. Rao by Dr B. H. Iyer (Deccan); Dr R. Sivaramalingam by Mr N. Jayatunge (Ceylon) ; Dr A. K. Kiang by Mr Chia Chwee Leong (Malaya). No new Local Sections were constituted during the year but several established Sections carried out extensive revisions of their Rules and others introduced minor amendments. H. FINANCE HOUSE AND STAFF MATTERS At the beginning of the period under review the Council faced with rapidly mounting financial difficulties was obliged to take drastic measures for safeguarding the economic stability of the Institute.At a Special General Meeting held on 19 October 1956 recommendations for substantial increases in the rates of annual subscriptions for 1957 and subsequent years were duly approved (J. 1956 634-648). A full account of the circumstances which had made it urgently necessary to secure a considerable increase in revenue was given in the last Annual Report. In deciding the amount and incidence of the new subscription rates the Council was concerned not only to close a rapidly widening gap between current expenditure and income but also to put the activities and services of the Institute on a much better footing and to extend effectively its influence as a professional body. It had been realised however that the increased subscription would bear most heavily on those members who had reached or were approach-ing their retirement and in fulfilment of an earlier promise special arrangements were introduced in November 1956 (J.1956 628) whereby such members are enabled to retain their association with the Institute through the payment of substantially reduced life membership fees. I t now seems probable that the anticipated increase of 618,000 per annum in revenue from annual subscriptions .will be exceeded during the financial year 1957-58. Additional subscription income of 614,878 is shown in the accounts for the year under review but it will be appreciated that only three-quarters of the total sum receivable as subscriptions for the year 1957 was applicable to the accounting period which ended on 30 September of that year.Unfortunately however the continued rise in costs of all kinds has proceeded rapidly. Moreover it is evident that the new postal charges, to take effect from 1 October 1957 will add at least L2,OOO to the cost of postage next year and there are likely to be further notable increases in other costs such as the fees for the hire of laboratories for examinations. Although serious financial difficulties are not expected in the immediate future it will clearly be necessary to proceed with caution in the develop-ment of new or expanded activities at least until it becomes evident that the inflationary conditions of recent years have been effectively curbed. 2 Meanwhile considerable progress has been made in attending to those problems on which action had been deferred owing to financial stringency.As a first step the staff has been substantially strengthened by making three new appointments and suitable adjustments in salaries of existing staff have been authorised in order to bring them into line with general salary rates in the relevant categories of employment. A start has been made on the task of “putting the Institute’s house in order” in the literal sense of the term. A complete survey of the building at 30 Russell Square was carried out by a chartered surveyor who reported that the fabric was in fairly good condition but advised extensive repairs to the roof and the repointing of the brickwork as well as a con-siderable amount of interior decoration.The repairs to the roof had been completed and the redecoration was in progress at the end of the period under review. The repointing of the brickwork will be combined with the work of external repainting which is due to be carried out in the spring of 1958. Further consideration was given to the possibility of a claim for exemption from the payment of rates under the provisions of the Scientific Societies Act 1843 or alternatively of pursuing in the courts a claim for temporary concessions under the Rating and Valuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1955 an application for such concession having been rejected by the Rating Authority. The Institute’s legal advisers suggested that it would be wiser to await the outcome of several actions in the courts before reaching any decisions and the matter is being kept under review.A complete review of all insurances was also carried out in consultation with a firm of insurance brokers who advised on the adequacy of the cover provided under existing policies and the possibility of securing more favourable terms. Proposals for increased cover were implemented and, although the revision of all the policies was not complete at 30 September, it then seemed probable that there might be a reduction in the total sum payable as premiums if some policies were transferred to other companies. The Annual Statements of Account which form part of this Report, are printed on pp. 23-26. No major alteration in the form of the accounts has been made and as two financial years have now elapsed since a change was made in the accounting year it has been possible to resume the practice of including comparative figures for the preceding year.In the Income and Expenditure Account (p. 24b) the Special Activities column formerly headed N.E. 8z I. (Nominations Examinations and Institutions) has been redesignated ‘Membership,’ but the account continues to refer to the same section of activities. I t has been necessary to retain the column headed Appointments Register in order to give figures relating to the service in 1955-56 the last year of its operation. Increased income from Dividends and Interest was received as a result of the investment on a short-term basis of all funds held in excess of immediate cash requirements. A substantial proportion of the Institute’s income is received at the beginning of each calendar year; as expenditure is much more evenly spread considerable sums of money are available at certain periods.In view of the high rates of interest a policy of short term investment is particularly profitable at the present time and a total ofE723 was derived from this source. The continued rise in price levels was reflected in most items of expenditure and especially in the cost of producing and despatching the Journal and other publications. Rises in printing charges and postal 2 rates have imposed a disproportionately heavy burden on learned societies and professional bodies. As a result of the exceptionally heavy printing and postage costs incurred in connection with the Annual General Meeting and the postal vote demanded at that meeting expenditure under this heading was more than L800 higher than the average for the past few years.The balance on the Income and Expenditure Account was L2,838. It will be noted however that no transfer was made to the General Contingencies Reserve as the balance available was thought to represent an adequate safeguard against heavy and unexpected expenditure. The reserve accounts and intermittent expenditure accounts are shown in detail together with the Balance Sheet on p. 24a. Life Membership Fees and Entrance Fees have been added to the Investment Fund in accordance with established practice and the Fund has also been credited with the profit on the sale of an investment and with capital distributions on investments.Stamp duty and brokerage have been charged to the Fund but small sums payable as past service pensions which had previously been charged to the Fund were paid out of revenue and are included in the item ‘Superannuation and Pensions’ in the Income and Expenditure Account. The cost of the 1956 edition of the Register of Fellows and Associates, which was charged to the Intermittent Publications Equalisation Account in accordance with established practice was considerably higher than that of earlier editions. Latterly it has been customary to send copies of the Register without charge only to those members who reside in oversea countries but on this occasion copies were also supplied on request and without charge to members in the United Kingdom The larger numbers of copies required together with increased printing charges resulted in expenditure amounting to L2,928.The Institute’s investments in industrial equity shares were extended by increasing existing holdings and by other purchases. Four bonus issues were received and three rights issues involving the investment of L410 were accepted. A considerable reduction in the market value of all investments followed the increase in the bank rate and their value at 30 September was E5 1,03 1 representing a depreciation of E l 1,074 on the original cost. Nevertheless the reduction in equities was much less than in trustee stocks. The first Balance Sheet of the newly established Fund for the Develop-ment of Education in Chemistry is printed on page 25.The nucleus of this new Fund was provided by the transfer of all the assets of the Sir Alexander Pedler Fund which was then wound up. At the Annual General Meeting held on 5 April 1957 approval was given to the transfer of sums not exceeding L3,OOO annually from the Institute to the new Fund but as no expenditure directly chargeable to the Fund had arisen and no definite commitments had been incurred it was decided that no transfer should be made in the year under review. For the same reasons it was also decided that there should be no apportionment of salaries or general overhead expenses. I t is customary for this section of the Annual Report to end with an expression of thanks to the members of the staff of the Institute and it may be thought that this regular repetition implies a mere formality.This is certainly not so. The Council is most grateful to the staff all of whom have worked hard and enthusiastically and wishes to record once again its cordial appreciation of their loyal and efficient service. 2 THE ROYAL INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY STATEMENTS OF ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 1957 REPORT OF THE AUDITORS We have examined the Royal Institute of Chemistry Balance Sheet at 30 September 1957 and the Statements of the Accounts, including those of special funds administered by the Institute, for the year ended 30 September 1957 as scheduled with the books and vouchers and have obtained all the information and explanations necessary for the purpose of our audit. The investments scheduled in the Statements of Investments have been verified by Certificates from the Westminster Bank or by sight of scrip.The total market value at 30 September 1957, of investments on all accounts was less than cost and in the event of realisation any loss would be charged to the appropriate Fund. Balances with Local Sections have been certified by their Honor-ary Secretaries or Treasurers. Subject to these remarks the Balance Sheet and Statements of Account are in our opinion properly drawn up in accordance with the entries in the books. D. I. COOMBER C. SIMONS Chartered Accountants J. Y. FINLAY ROBERTSON & Co., Hon. Auditors 1957-58 2 STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS held and Interest received during the year ended 30 September 1957 British Electricity 3% 1968-73 .. .. British Transport 3% 1978-88 . . .. Conversion Stock 39% 1961 . . .. Defence Bonds 34% .. .. .. Savings Bonds 3 yo 1965-75. . .. .. War Stock 34y0 . . .. .. .. Commonwealth of Australia 3)y0 1964-74 Metropolitan Water Board “B” Stock 3o/b.. Port of London Authority 39y0 1965-75 . . South Rhodesia Stock 29y0 1965-70 . . Aplin and Barrett Ltd. Ordinary 61 Shares Associated Elec. Ind. Ltd. Ordinary Stock Booker Bros. McConnell & Co. Ltd. Ordi-nary Shares.. .. .. .. .. British Insulated Callenders Cables Ltd., Ordinary Stock . . .. .. .. British Oxygen Co. Ltd. Ordinary Stock . . British Tabulating Machine Co. Ltd. Ordi-nary E l Shares . . .. .. .. Canadian Pacific Railway Co. Ordinary $25 Shares . . .. .. .. .. Charterhouse Investment Trust Limited, Ordinary Stock .. .. .. .. Charterhouse Investment Trust Limited, 43% Preference Shares . . .. .. Consolidated Zinc Corporation Limited, Ordinary E l Shares . .. .. Courtaulds Limited Ordinary Stock . . Distillers Company Ltd. Ordinary 6s. 8d. Shares . . .. .. .. .. General Electric Co. Ltd. Ordinary Stock George Newnes Limited Ordinary E l Shares Metropolitan Rly. Country Estates Ltd. 10s. Shares . . .. .. .. .. Minerals Separation Ltd. Ordinary 5s. Shares . . .. .. .. .. Monsanto Chemicals Limited Ordinary 5s. Shares . . .. .. * . .. A. Reyrolle & Company Ltd. Ordinary E l Stock Units . . .. .. .. .. Rhodesian Anglo-American Ltd. 10s. Stock Units .. .. .. .. .. Shell Transport & Trading Co. Ltd.Ordi-nary Stock .. .. .. .. Swan Hunter Wigham Richardson Limited, Ordinary Stock . . .. .. .. Turner & Newall Limited Ordinary Stock. . Unilever Limited Ordinary Stock . . Interest from Short Term Investments . . Deposit Interest . . .. .. .. I.C.I. Limited Ordinary Stock . . .. .. Nominal Value 3,000 5,467 4,000 3,000 1,800 3,000 1,000 6,000 5,000 7,000 300 400 600 550 660 874 560 700 166 200 500 250 500 500 450 500 175 300 150 100 250 500 400 312 --&49,164 -2,957 5,452 3,985 3,075 1,800 3,O 16 1,033 6,026 4,600 7,299 806 1,386 835 1,263 1,295 1,563 755 1,017 69 430 92 8 92 8 1,266 1,094 925 82 5 757 82 1 76 1 968 1,208 1,006 1,025 93 1 --&62,105 Market Value Cost 30 September 1957 2,130 3,280 2,860 1,830 1,800 1,725 660 4,110 3,475 4,410 88 1 1,100 1,050 1,203 1,023 1,570 1,285 1,234 95 637 738 787 1,125 1,094 906 725 735 900 600 82 5 2,250 1,531 1,100 1,357 --E51,031 - -Gross Interest 90 164 130 105 63 90 35 180 125 245 -57 52 68 66 53 16 70 6 60 50 44 96 84 45 75 35 24 26 108 82 80 55 55 72 3 36 E3,293 I95556 20,978 53,522 E 7,211 61 226 265 2,214 1,806 3,635 5,244 2,000 245 9,770 74 1 57 408 E l 69,322 THE ROYAL INSTITUTE OF BUILDING FUND 31 December 1920 .. .. SURPLUS on Valuation of Building 31 December, 1947 .. .. .. .. .. .. SURPLUS on Valuation of other fixed Assets 31 December 1947 .. . . .. .. INVESTMENT FUND . . .. . . . . SCIENTIFIC COURSES AND CONFERENCES FUND . . INTERMITTENT PUBLICATIONS EQUALISATION ACCOUNT INTERMITTENT REPAIRS ACCOUNT . . .. .. GENERAL CONTINGENCIES RESERVE . . .. .. SUNDRY CREDITORS . . .. .. .. * . J. S. KERR BEQUEST-balance 1 October 1956 . . Add Residuary Legacy . . .. .. .. CHEMISTRY BALANCE SHEET AT 30 SEPTEMBER 1957 1956-57 1955-56 1956-57 E L LEASEHOLD BUILDING-at valuation 3 1 December, E E L 20,978 1947 . . .. .. .. .. . . 74,500 53,522 Add Structural Additions 1951 . .. . . 10,852 Less Leasehold Property Redemption Fund . . 85,352 11,503 74,500 7,Z 1 1 74 660 73,849 64,036 265 786 2,137 3,635 12,881 2,000 265 Less Transfer to Fund for the Development of Education in Chemistry .. .. .. 2,265 2,265 -RECEIPTS IN ADVANCE-Examination Fees . . .. .. .. Annual Subscriptions . . .. .. .. Application Fees in Abeyance .. .. General . . .. .. .. .. .. ACCUMULATED SURPLUS ON INCOME AND EXPENDI-TURE ACCOUNT 1 October 1956 . . .. Add Excess of Income over Expenditure 1956-57 . . .. .. .. 314 14,325 669 126 15,434 408 2,838 3,246 E184 I3 1 LEASEHOLD PROPERTY REDEMPTION POLICY (sur-10,692 render value) . . .. .. .. .. 11,503 FURNITURE FITTINGS AND EFFECTS (including text-books and periodicals) at valuation 31 Dec-ember 1947 . . .. .. .. . . 8,729 Add Additions less sales prior to 1 October 1956 6,627 Additions 1956-57 .. .. .. .. 413 15,769 Less Sales 1956-57 . . .. * . .. 18 15,751 Less Depreciation prior to 1 October ' 1956 .. .. .. . . 5,400 Depreciation 1956-57 . . .. 674 9,956 9,677 57,608 INVESTMENTS (as scheduled on page 24) . . .. 62,105 999 Institute .. .. .. .. .. 1,640 1,432 SUBSCRIPTIONS OUTSTANDING .. . . .. 2,440 - 6,074 STOCK OF STATIONERY as valued by Officials of the 2,038 SUNDRY DEBTORS . . .. .. .. .. 3,348 160 PAYMENTS IN ADVANCE . . .. .. .. 201 BALANCES AT BANKERS* (Current and Deposit 8,873 London .. .. .. * . .. . . 15,484 2,904 Australia and New Zealand (in sterling) . . 3,884 Accounts) 19,368 &184,13 1 * Total cash balances with Local Sections amounted to E1,247 but are not E I69,322 P P included in the Balance Sheet.24a INVESTMENT FUND Brokerage and Stamp Duties . . $02 Balance 1 October 1956 . . . . 61,226 Balance 30 September 1957 . . 64,036 Life Membership Fees . . . . 1,698 .. ,. 806 Entrance Fees . . Profit on sale of investment . . 392 Capital distribution on Investments 16 E E64,138 ~ 6 4 I 38 -INTERMITTENT PUBLICATIONS EQUALISATION ACCOUNT Ll Register of Fellows and Associates Balance 1 October 1956 . . . . 2,214 Balance 30 September 1957 . . 786 iture Account . . .. . . 1,500 E3,714 E3,7 14 (1956 edition) . . .. . . 2,928 Transfer from Income and Expend--INTERMITTENT REPAIRS ACCOUNT Survey of Building .. .. E79 Balance 1 October 1956 . . . . 1,806 Balance 30 September 1957 . . 2,137 E Transfer from Income and Ex-penditure Account .. .. 410 k2,2 16 L2,2 16 - -1956-57 E -1955 56 E 151 I 355 1 506 1 -1-8 INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 1957 ~ General Activities Local Sections Intermittent Publications \ppolntment: Register General Activities Membership Sections Local Publications Intermittent Publications Appointmen Register [embership Publications EXPENDITURE INCOME -1956-57 E 1,970 9,808 609 293 1,390 102 28 54 392 173 300 75 1,385 222 92 96 833 4,171 555 -1956-57 E 606 5,018 1,935 747 3,503 -9,809 -1956-57 E 606 5,018 66 5,041 tz 1,666 -.8,547 --1956-57 E 303 1,509 25 15 1,500 -1956-57 E 1,548 1,548 --1956 57 6 910 5,200 !,437 1,547 ---1955 56 6 ’,024 ’,024 --I955 56 E 10,16( 46 3,597 -3,809 -1956-57 E 1 1,352 (955-56 d 1,648 7,386 4 60 243 514 367 224 43 60 173 200 1,267 162 76 58 458 -3,113 572 955-56 E ‘,I94 i,351 !,I18 74 3 i,403 956-57 E .,263 i,287 .,215 804 i,751 1955 56 E 574 2,568 1,780 596 3,461 -8,981 -l955-56 6 574 2,568 61 2,684 6,605 1,514 1,512 -‘5,518 1955-56 E 287 1,284 23 14 1,500 -3 I08 1955-56 d 215 963 100 120 108 1956-57 E 9,750 -1,570 1,320 -I955 56 E ,981 ,981 --1955 56 E 912 P,905 I955 56 E 3,108 ? I08 __ 1956-57 E & 300 1,l53 250 684 410 723 596 674 261 5,051 303 - 4,748 -1956-57 2 c E 17,910 52,033 182 3,Q@ - 53,194 ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTIONS : Fellows .. . . . . . . . Associates . . . . . . . . . Graduate Members . . . . . Student Members . . . . . . . PREMISES : Ground Rent . . . . . . . . Rates . . . . . . . . . . Insurance . . . . . . . . . . Repairs Maintenance and House . . Transfer to Intermittent Repairs Account Light Water Power and Fuel Leasehold Property Redemption Find Depreciation on Furniture and Fittings (including Textbooks) . . . . . . Telephone . . . . . . . . . . Less Transfer to National Certificates Account . . . . . . . . STAFF : Salaries and National Insurance .. . . Superannuation and Pensions . . . . Less Transfer to National Certificates 300 905 219 755 486 587 596 693 238 12,196 73,051 3,069 -38,316 2,402 10,166 912 4,905 151 130 -46 34 50 -3,293 9,750 910 5,200 -67 DIVIDENDS AND INTEREST . . . . . EXAMINATION AND ASSESSMENT FEES . . SALE OF PUBLICATIONS. . . . . . JOURNAL ADVERTISING REVENUE . . . APPOINTMENTS REGISTER CONTRIBUTIONS MISCELLANEOUS Fees Forfeited : FROM MEMBERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sundry Receipts . . . . . . . Special Donation from Stirling Section . 4,779 287 - 4,492 !3,372 1,777 !5,149 -19,783 1,621 21,404 I 284 20 I20 __.-1,509 - 23,640 Account . . . . . . OTHER GENERAL EXPENSES : Printing and Stationery .. . . Postage . . . . . . . . Annual General Meeting . . . . Annual Conference (Other Events) Snecial General Meetine . . . . 3,54 2 4,402 514 367 224 43 60 I73 200 I 267 162 76 58 566 -3850 1,390 102 54 392 173 300 75 1,385 222 92 96 833 4300 2a - 13,892 Special Meetings . . -Legal and other Professional Advice Auditors’ Fees . . . . . . President’s Allowance . . . . Treasurer’s Allowance . . . . Council Travelling Expenses . . Officers Travelling Expenses . . Contributions to Other Societies . . Income Tax.. . . . . . . Miscellaneous . . . . . . I 654 EXAMINATIONS AND ASSESSMENTS : Examiners’ Fees . . . . . . Hire of Laboratories . . . . Technical College Inspections .. 3 I88 2,185 30 - 5,403 3,669 1,-86 - 5,751 LOCAL SECTIONS : Grants . . . . . . . . Secretaries’ Conferences . . . . 2,931 530 - 3,161 2,902 601 - 3,503 PUBLICATIONS : 6,605 1,514 1,512 Journal . . . . . . . . Lectures Monographs and Reports Transfer to Intermittent Publications Journal Advertising . . . . Equalisation Account . . . . . . LIBRARY SERVICES : Contribution to Chemical Society.. . . DEFICIT ON NATIONAL CERTIFICATES ACCOUNT EXCESS OF INCOME OVER EXPENDITURE . . 1,500 11,131 4,171 555 69,576 2,838 3,113 572 59,946 -NET COST OF ACTIVITIES . . . . . EXCESS OF EXPENDITURE OVER INCOME . ! 7,024 - 22,H 3,805 5,320 1,352 ‘,506 56,987 2,959 72,414 -59,946 72,414 59,946 72,414 24 SIR ALEXANDER PEDLER FUND Current Account for the period 1 October 1956-Balance added to General Fund .. .. * . . . 113 Interest E Income Tax Balance Sheet at 22 February, -4ccumulated balance of Fund 1 October 1956 . . . . 7,745 Investments at Add Balance on Current Account I October 1956- Balance at Bankers 22 February 1957 . . .. .. .. . . 113 Sundry Debtors E7,858 E The assets of the Sir Alexander Pedler Fund were transferred to the Fund for the Development FUND FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF EDUCATION Balance Sheet at 30 September, J. S. Kerr Bequest . . .. .. .. .. . . 2,265 Balance at Bankers J. W. Hawley Bequest . . .. .. .. .. 100 Sir Alexander Yedler Fund Balancc transferred . . 7,858 Investments at GENERAL FUND-6 1\3 0 Interest 23 February-30 September 1957 .. 11 1 Income Tax recovered . . . . L . . . 10 1% 1 -_ ___ &10,344 _ _ _ Statement of Investments held and Interest Nominal Market Holding Cost 30 Sept., British Transport Stock 3% 1978-88 . . .. . . 1,918 British Electricity Guaranteed Stock 30/6 1968-73 . . 1,600 1,578 E 1,856 E Treasury Stock 3% 1966 . . . . .. . . 3,250 3,07 1 Defence Bonds 3+% . . .. .. .. .. 900 900 &7,668 E7,405 E4,908 -___ __- - -__ * Interest received during the year has been credited to the Funds holding the investment MELDOLA FUND 30 September 1957 E75 Commonwealth of Australia 3&y0 1964-74. Market Value E54. Balance of Fund 1 October 1956 $24 Investments at Cost . . . . L75 Add Interest received . . 3 Balance at Bank .. . . . . .ta Income Tax re- Sundry Debtors . . . . . . 1 covered . . . . 1 4 128 --Less Expenditure . . .. 4 __. LIZ4 ___ El24 - -S. M. GLUCKSTEIN MEMORIAL LECTURE FUND 30 September 1957 E240 Conversion Stock 3By0. E350 Defence Bonds 34%. Market Value E146. Market Value E350. Balance of Fund 1 October 1956. . $97 Investments at cost . . . . $91 Add Interest received . . . . 24 Balance at Bank . . .. . . 130 s72 1 __ __ __ E72 1 - -HENDERSON MEMORIAL LECTURE FUND 30 September 1957 Balance of Fund 1 October 1956. . 1,526 Investment at Cost . . . * 1,397 Add Interest received . . . . 30 Balance at Bank . . . . . . 159 L1,556 E 1,556 E1,484 Metropolitan Water Board “B” Stock 3%. Market Value L853. E ic; -~ - -P. F. FRANKLAND MEMORIAL LECTURE FUND 30 September 1957 El,860 British Transport Guaranteed Stock 30/, 1967-72.Market Value E1,153. E Investment at Cost .. . . 1,557 Add Interest received . . . . 63 Balance at Bank . . .. . . 39 L1,596 L1,596 E Balance of Fund 1 October 1956 1,533 -NATIONAL CERTIFICATES ACCOUNT for the year ended 30 September 1957 1955-56 1956-57 1955-56 1956-57 L . . 3,448 E 2,976 Fees Received E . . 1,973 E 1,779 Assessors’ Fees . . General Overhead Ex- Deficit transferred to 287 penses * . .. 303 Income and Expend-Staff Salaries National 572 iture Account .. 555 Insurance and Super-1,284 annuation . . . . 1,509 125 Printing and Stationery 135 50 Postage . . .. . . 60 23 Miscellaneous . . * . 23 E3,548 &4,003 E3,548 - L4,003 2 APPENDIX I OBITUARY Fellows ABELL Robert Duncombe AHMAD Bashir APPLEBEY Malcolm Percival M.B.E.BAKER Leslie Charles BARNETT Adam John Guilbert BARRACLOUGH William Herbert BLOUNT Reginald Willis BONE Kenneth Samuel Culloch BRAZIER Sidney Albert O.B.E. BREAR Arthur CHARLTON James CHRISTIE John COVENEY Leonard Winston CUTTING Percival Harman DARGIE Andrew DAVIS Eric Gordon DAVSON Archibald Prideaux DEFRIES Ralph DENBIGH George James DONNAN Frederick George c.B.E., DUPRI? Louis William ELLIS Er Victor ETHERIDGE Arthur Thomas M.B.E. FIGG Eric Francis GARSED William GRAY James GREENSTEIN Abraham Woolf HARRINGTON Arthur George F.R.S. HARVEY Arthur HAY Neil Thomson HOLBOROW Alfred George HOLLINGWORTH David Vincent M.B.E.IYER Venkatrayar Gopalam JENSEN Harold Rupert JONES Hugh Trefor JUDD Albert Ernest LAMPITT Leslie Herbert LEE Herman LICKORISH Adrian Joseph Clifford LYNCH Gerald Roche O.B.E. MACARA Thomas MACBETH Alexander Killen C.M.G. MASSIE Duncan McRobert MATTHEWS Robert Karran MILES William Herbert PALMER William Harold PARKES Albert Edward PATERSON John Hamilton PINNOCK Henry Tremayne RAWLING Sidney Owen SEABROOKE Herbert Cecil SHAW George Elliott SIMONSEN Sir John Lionel F.R.S. THOMAS John Sidney Gordon WALKER William Basil WORTHINGTON Arthur ZILVA Sylvester Solomon Associates ALEXANDER George James ARMSTRONG Alasdair William BAXTER Andrew BEESLEY Richard Moore M.C. BEST Stanley Robert BINNIE David BROWN Leslie Gilbert BURDETT Frances COPEMAN Donald Alfred DEARNALEY Sam DE MERSAN Ferdinand DICK James Scott M.B.E.FARRAR Harry Taylor GRAY Frederick Henry GUNDAVDA Shashikant Prabhudas HINDLEY William Norman HOWARTH John Trafford INGHAM George IGNKEAD Robert William LEPINE William Noel LUNDHOLM Nils Olof MOTT Owen Eldred NANDI Birendra Kumar NEWMAN Herbert Samuel NICHOLLS Frederick D.S.M. ORR Thomas Workman PEIRSON Lewis Guy SLANSKY Alexj SOUTHWOOD Wilfred Wall STEWART George TAYLOR Francis TAYLOR Harold THOMSON Thomas WHAMOND Archibald Steele WHINYATES Leonard WILSON Hector Muir Dawson WOLF Arnold WOOTTON Fred WRAIGHT Wilfrid Hatherley YOXALL Douglas Arnold Student GILBERT David William 2 APPENDIX I1 MEMBERSHIP OF LOCAL SECTIONS The numbers of corporate members in the Local Sections at 30 September, 1957 are given below. Section Aberdeen and North of Scotland . . . . Belfast and District . . . . . . . . Bristol and District . . . . . . . . Cardiff and District . . . . .. . Cumberland and District . . . . . . Dublin and District . . . . . . . . Dundee and District . . . . . . East Anglia . . . . . . .. . . East Midlands . . . . . . . . Edinburgh and East of Scotland . . * . Glasgow and West of Scotland . . . . Huddersfield . . .. . . . . . . Hull and District . . . . I . . . Leeds Area . . . . . . . . . . Liverpool and North-Western . . . . London . . . . . . . . . . Manchester and District . . ,. . . Mid-Southern Counties . . . . . . Newcastle upon Tyne and North-East Coast North Lancashire . . .. . . . . North Wales . . .. .. . . . . Birmingham and Midlands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .. .. . . .. . . * . . . . . . . . . Sheffield South Yorkshire and North Midlands . . South Wales . . . . .. . . . . .. South-Western Counties . . . . . . . . Tees-side . . . . . . . . . . . . Stirlingshire and District . . .. . . . . Thames Valley . . . . .. . . . . Total in Great Britain and Ireland .. Cape Province . . .. .. . . . . Ceylon . . . . .. .. . . .. East Africa . . . . . . .. . . . . India Deccan . . .. f . . . . . Eastern India .. . . . . . . Madras . . .. . . .. . . Northern India . . . . .. . . Western India . . . . . . . . Malaya . . . . . . . . . . . New Zealand . . .. .. . . . . Total in Oversea Sections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. * . . . .. .. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. * . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . .. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. . . .. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Number of Members 103 92 848 34 1 246 75 127 72 158 42 7 257 56 1 115 207 357 82 7 4,567 948 247 257 283 115 181 102 137 95 293 374 12,412 82 61 61 M 115 75 104 156 52 96 846 -Except for a few whose current addresses were unknown the remaining 1,139 corporate members were resident overseas in places not served by any Local Section. PRINTED RY W. WEFFER & SQNS LTD. CAMBRIDGE. ENGLAN
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DOI:10.1039/JI95781FP001
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INDEX t 1957 Advertising by Consultants 82 1 Alkali etc. Works Annual Report 653 Analysis of Accelerators and Antioxidants 674 Analytical Tests for Intoxication Interpretation of, Annual Conference 1957 91 353 Annual Conference 1958,378,578,663,742 Annual Conference 1959 752 Annual General Meeting 1957 292 329 Special Business 80 242 292 336 409 Annual Report of ;he kou&il fAr 19h6 329 Annual Subscriptions Payable by Oversea Members, 64 I Appointments (see Personal Notes) Approved Names 238 544 655 778 Arthur D. Little Research Institute Inauguration of, Aslib 145,232,471,703 Associated Examining Board 32 1 Association of British Chemical Manufacturers 29,92 Association of Public Analysts 471 539 Australia (see Scientific Organisation and Research in) Authors’ Alterations 73 49 1 403 Beilby Memorial Award (see Fellowships and Awards) Benevolent Fund 119 378 Annual Report of 329 Birkenhead Chemistry at 401 844 Birthday Honours 522 Books and Pamphlets Received 116 209 291 376, 454.520. 575.695. 741. 817 Book Reviews 37 106 199 282 368 446 512 567, Boots Booklovers Library I 19 296,580 British Association 398 470 British Coking Industrial Association {see Fellowshim 629 686 734 810 and Award;) British Colour Makers’ Association 52 British Pharmaceutical Conference 706 British Standards 116 209 291 520 695 Building for Research 175 BUPA Medical Treatment Scheme 822 Canada (see Modern Scientific Development in) Careers in Chemistry 1 49 399 472 Censors 578 Century of Service in Defence of the Realm 551 Chemical Anniversaries 168 259 607 Chemical Humanist A 89 Chemical Process Development €or the Windscale Plutonium Plant 357 Chemical Society 145 233 406 471 538 702 Chemist in the Building Industry The 721 Chemistry and Crystallography of Polonium 270 Ciba Foundation 589 City and Guilds of London Institute 148 Commonwealth Visitors.594. 655. 708. 779 Conferences and Meetings 144 232 318 398 470, 36th Conference of Hon. Secretaries of Local Sections, 37th Conference of Hon. Secretaries of Local Sections, 538. 589 650 702 776 38 1 755 Con-fibution of Measurement to Discovery 542 Correspondence 77 153,241,325,409,475,547,596, Council Constitution of the 334 483 Courses 49 74 142 144 2i2 351 592 704 843 710 779 Dalton John 1766-1844 846 Dalton Lecture 578 663 825 846 Design of Research Laboratories 5 Diploma in Applied ChemistryLBranch E 211 747 Discipline of Organic Chemistry 487 District Members of Council 1957-58 47 District Members of Council Nomination and Election District Members of Councit Functions of 748 of.637 819 Education and Training of the Chemist 77 79 153, 24 I Educational Notes 51 120 213 297 320 379 399, 460 469 523 539 581 590 643 651 698 704, 753,774 Educational Trust Fund 292 336 521 Educational Visits and Exchanges 148 Errata 105 376 520 583 628 779 825 Examinations of the Institute Pass Lists September 195647 January 1957L210 April, 1957458 June 1957-576 September 1957-742 Examinations Notices of 117,210 293,377,576 637, 696. 818 Exhiblt&s 144 231 663 702 F.A.O.(see Science and Technology in) Faraday Society 233 318 589 Fellowships and Awards, Beilby 642 696 Beit 70 774 Robert Blair 70 British Coking Industry Assoc. 142 1 Chem. SOC. Research Fund 649 Commonwealth Fund 649 Corday-Morgan Commonwealth 649 Drummond 7 I 843 D.S.I.R. 70 399 469 Frank Wright 704 Huddersfield Technical College 320 King George VI Memorial 650 Meldola Medal 642 696 National Coal Board 143 774 Perkin Centenary Trust 71 320 540, Ramsay 230 Salters’ Institute. 143 ‘74 775 Scholarships Abroad 144 844 Film Notes 281 Former Presidents of the Institute William Odling 728 Fuel Research 1956 778 Future Textbooks on Analytical Chemistry 164 Gray James ( 1882- 1957) 706 General Members of Council (see Nomination of) Governance of Technical Institutions 554 Grades of Membership of the Institute 456 603 710, 779 Higher National Diplomas 578,697 Honorary Fellows 50 379 459 580 Honorarv Representatives of the Institute in Recog-nised Institutions 87 52 1 Honours and Awards 51 119,213,296,379,460,523, 581,643,697,752 Humphry Davy Lecture 822 Imperial College Postgraduate Courses 74 Indian Affairs 397 701 Industrial News 51 120 214,297 380,461 524,582, 644.698. 753 Institute of Physics 776 Institute of Welding 145 Institute Representatives on Other Bodies 486 751 Institution of Chemical Engineers 146 233 651 Institution of Mechanical Engineers 650 Institution of Mining and Metallurgy 651 Institution of Production Engineers 651 Institution of the Rubber Industry 703 International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry, International Union of Pure and Applied Wysics 147 Iron and Steel Institute 318 146 147 Journal Binding Service 119 295 579 752 85 King George VI Memorial Fellowships (see Fellow ships and Awards) Laboratory Design (see Selected Reading List on) Laboratory Risks and Safeguards 75 239 324 407 473.545.595 LaboiatoG Technicians’ Work 236 Lectures Monographs and Rkports 119 295 378 462 673 679 751 809 Library Fahitids 2d5 579 Life Membershi0 Fees. 820 Liquid Amman$ as a’Solvent 100 Local Sections :-Activities of (see Section Activities) Conference of Hon. Secretaries of 381 755 Hon Secs of 160 250 550 601 Local SectioL Diad 86,’159,>49,660 714 783 854 Manchester Symposium on Newer Metals 615,766 Meldola Medal 294 Meldola Medal Lecture 553 578 750 Metals in Industry 150 Metropolitan Water Board 237 Midlands Qualitative Inorganic Analysis Committee, Modem Scientific Development in Canada 789 705 National Bureau of Standards 402 National Certificates in Chemistry 823 National Council for Technological Awards 321 470, National Service Deferment 152 544 654 New Periodicals and Reference Books 161 New President 258 New Year Honours 50 New Zealand (see Organisation of Science in) New Zealand Institute of Chemistry 538 Newer Metals (see Manchester Symposium on) News and Notes 70 142,230 318,398,469;538 539, NomiAatioh of General Members of Council 818 Nuclear Reactions at High Energies, 591 649 702 774 Part I Experimental 616 Part I1 Theoretical Discussion 680 Obituary 81 156 244 411 477 597 655 710 850 Oil and doloh Ciemiits’ AkociLtion 147 233 539 Organisation of Science in New Zealand 265 Oversea News 140,318,393,588,647,701,772 Pakistan (see Scientific and Industrial Research in) Pasteur Fermentation Centennial 848 Personal Notes 50 1 19 213 296 379 459 522 580, 643,697 752 823 Pharmacy and Poisons Act 1933 235 Physical Society 144 149,232,471,472 651 777 Plastics Institute.703 643,697. -and Postal Vote 349; 409 456 521 548 Polarographic Society 589 593 Polonium (see Chemistry and Crystallography of) Preparation of Scientific Papers and Theses 543 Presidential Address The Profession of Chemistry 25 1 Production of Carrier-Free Radioisotopes 785 Products Resulting from the Irradiation of Uranium, 433 Proficients in Chymistry 661 Publications New and Recent 148 234 321 472, 540 593 602 652 777 Qualifications in Chemistry 751 Queen’s University Kingston Ontario 560 Radiochemical Centre Amersham 849 Radiochemical Work ih Technical kolieves 400 Radioisotopes (see Production of Carrier-%e) Ramsey Memorial Fellowships (see Fellowships and Recognised Institutions 118 Regional Advisory Councils for Further Education, Regisier +he 84 lk8 2i8 326 412 481 549 599, Register of Fellows and Associates 117 295 377, Regulations Revision of 118 21 1 Royal Australian Chemical Institute 324 Royal Institute of Public Health and Hygiene 318 Royal Society 51 296 824 Royal Society of Health 118 147 231 541 Russian Periodicals 236 541 706 85d Awards) 142 322 323 539 592 843 659 713 781 853 456 522 Safety in the Chemical Industry 237 Salters’ Institute of Industrial Chemistry 143 Schools of Chemistry in Great Britain and Ireland, Queen’s University of Belfast 16 University of Liverpool 190 University of Nottingham 423 Science Masters’ Association 652 Science and Technology in the U.N.Food and Agriculture Organisation 664 Scientific Film Association 74 234 406 709,777 Scientific and Industrial Research in Pakistan 417 Scientific Organisation axid Research in Australia 501 Section Activities 52 122 216 299 384 463 ’526, 584,645 700 758,827 Selected Reading List on Laboratory Design 276 Senior Members. 50. 580 Society for Analhicd Chemistry 145 232 319 471, Society of Chemical Industry 147 152 233 319, Socie;y of inst4meLt Technology 147 319 589 Society of Leather Trades’ Chemiits 650 Society for the Study of Alchemy and’Early Chemistry, 538,593 703 471 589 650 702 776 72.150 Society for Visiting Scientists 153 472 Society for Water Treatment and Examination 148, Specialist Translations-Pitfalls and Possibilities 805 Speeding the Application of Science in Industry 413 Sponsored Research 475 547 596 state Studentship 591 Study Guide 118 378 hmmer School in Analytical Chemistry 48 Synthetic Rubber 405 65 1 rechnical Colleges Relations with 579 rechnical College Teachers Training and Supply of, rechnical State Scholarships 321 775 rechnicians Qualifications and Employment of 77, rechnological Education 72 539 651 rechnology and the Grammar School 72 rextile Institute 590 593 844 J.S.S.R. Plastics Industry Exploratory Visit to 151 Jnion of Leather Chemists Societies 398 703 Jranium (see Products Resulting from the Irradiation of) Jranium in South Africa 149 Vindscale Plutonium Plant (see Chemical Process Vomen Careers for 399,472 Vomen in Technology 715 Development for) 85
ISSN:0368-3958
DOI:10.1039/JI9578100855
出版商:RSC
年代:1957
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