xxiv Proceedings. {^April jth, igo8. 



said that, in a paper read before this Society in November last, 

 on " New Reactions for the Characterisation of Mercerised 

 Cotton," he pointed out that the action of other salts and acids 

 in the presence of very small quantities of iodine was still under 

 investigation. He had found in the meantime that characteristic 

 reactions on mercerised cotton were produced by a large 

 number of acids and salts in the presence of iodine. Among 

 others he wished to mention here oxalic acid, citric acid, formic 

 acid, and tartaric acid. With all these acids mercerised cotton 

 exhibited a greater reactivity than did ordinary cotton. Glacial 

 acetic acid was found to be less suited for this purpose. 



Annual General Meeting, April 28th, 1908, 

 The President, Professor H. B. Dixon, M.A., F.R.S., in the Chair. 



The Annual Report of the Council and the Statement of 

 Accounts were presented, and it was resolved : — " Thai the 

 Annual Report, together with the Statement of Accounts, be 

 adopted, and that they be printed in the Society's Proceedings.^^ 



Mr. C. Gordon Hewitt and Mr. H. B. Knowles were 

 appointed Scutineers of the balloting papers. 



The following members were elected officers of the Society 

 and members of the Council for the ensuing year : — 



President: H. B. Dixon, M.A., F.R.S. 



Vice-Presidents: Sir William H. Bailey, M.I.Mech.E. ; 

 Francis Jones, M.Sc, F.R.S.E. ; W. E. Hoyle, M.A., D.Sc, 

 F.R.S.E. ; Thomas Thorp, F.R.A.S. 



Secretaries : F. W. Gamble, D.Sc, F.R.S. ; R. L. Taylor, 

 F.C.S., F.I.C. 



Treasurer: Arthur McDougall, B.Sc. 



Librarian : C. L. Barnes, M.A. 



Other Members of the Council : Francis Nicholson, F.Z.S. ; 

 Charles Bailey, M.Sc, F.L.S.; Ernest F. Lange, M.I.Mech.E., 

 F.CS. ; W. J. Pope, F.R.S., F.C.S. ; Horace Lamb, M.A., 

 LL.D., D.Sc, F.R.S. ; Ernest Rutherford, F.R.S. 



