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Volume 5 of Chemical Absfracts (1911) contains 4,000 pages 

 of abstracts, with a complete and detailed index of subjects and 

 names of authors (about 1,000 pages additional). Chemical Ab- 

 stracts is issued bi-monthly, on the loth and 20th. The subscription 

 price, to non-members of the American Chemical Society, is $6.00 

 per annum. Remittances, made payable to Professor Charles L. 

 Parsons (Secretary of the American Chemical Society) and 

 addressed to the Biochemical Bulletin, will be forwarded to 

 headquarters.'* 



* Unavoidable delay in the publication of this number of the Biochemical 

 Bulletin enables us to add the following information regarding the first three 

 issues of Chemical Abstracts in 1912: 



January 10. Department of Biological Chemistr}- — 22 pages, 148 abstracts. 



January 20. Department of Biological Chemistry — 23 pages, 126 abstracts. 



February 10. Department of Biological Chemistry — 26 pages, 134 abstracts. 



All the plans referred to above have been successfully consummated. 



