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with the duty of investigating such questions as those discussed in 

 the paper. 



A brief verbal report from the committee on volumetric standards 

 was submitted by B. W. Kilgore. He recommended that no action be 

 taken by this committee until the results of the deliberations of the 

 International Congress at Vienna are known, but suggested that 

 chemists in different parts of the country should make observations on 

 the average temperature of their laboratories, with a view to deciding 

 upon a normal temperature for the graduation of chemical apparatus. 

 From the observations that the reporter had been able to make in two 

 laboratories, he was inclined to believe that the normal laboratory 

 temperature for a large part of the country was from 20 to 22°, rather 

 than 15° 0., as commonly assumed. The report of this committee was 

 accepted and the committee was continued. 



M. E. Jaffa invited the Association to hold its next meeting in Cali- 

 fornia. The invitation was referred to the executive committee for 

 consideration. 



The thanks of the Association were voted the Columbian University, 

 Cosmos Club, the Secretary of Agriculture, and the president and 

 secretary of the Association. 



OFFICERS OF THE ASSOCIATION. 



Officers were elected for the ensuing year as follows : President, E. 

 C. Kedzie; vice president, B. W. Kilgore; secretary, H. W. Wiley; 

 executive committee — president, vice-president, secretary, and H. J. 

 Wheeler and M. E. Jaffa. 



The referees and associate referees are as follows: 



Phosphoric acid: Beferee, E. G. Bunyan, Washington, D. C; asso- 

 ciate referee, H. K. Miller, Baleigh, 1ST. C. 



Nitrogen : Beferee, B. L. Hartwell, Kingston, B. I. ; associate referee, 

 Thorn Smith, Moscow, Idaho. 



Potash: Beferee, B. B. Boss, Auburn, Ala.; associate referee, L. S. 

 Munson, Agricultural College, Mich. 



Soils and ash : Beferee, M. E. Jaffa, Berkeley, Cal. ; associate referee, 

 W. B. Perkins, Agricultural College, Miss. 



Foods and feeding stuffs: Beferee, G. L. Teller, Fayetteville, Ark.; 

 associate referee, F. W. Woll, Madison, Wis. 



Dairy products : Beferee, J. B. Weems, Ames, Iowa; associate referee, 

 J. A. LeClerc, Geneva, N. Y. 



Liquors and food adulteration : Beferee, H. A. Weber, Columbus, 

 Ohio ; associate referee, W. D. Bigelow, Washington, D. C. 



Sugar: Beferee, Elton Fulmer, Pullman, Wash.; associate referee, 

 G. L. Spencer, Washington, D. C. 



Tannin : Beferee, O. Carr, Corry, Pa. 



The abstract committee is as follows: E. W. Allen, Washington, D.C.; 

 J. T. Anderson, Auburn, Ala.; W. H. Beal, Washington, D. 0.; E. B. 

 Holland, Amherst, Mass. ; C. G. Jenter, Geneva, N. Y. ; L. H. Merrill, 

 Orono, Me.; H. Snyder, St. Anthony Park, St. Paul, Minn.; J. P. 

 Street, New Brunswick, N. J.; and C. B. Williams, Baleigh, N. C. 



