TRANSACTIONS 



CLIFTON COLLEGE SCIENTIFIC SOCIETY. 



FIRST TERM, 1874. 



MEETING, January 22nd, 1874. 

 The President in the Chair. 



The first meeting of the term was held in the Chemical Lecture 

 Eoom. There were Twenty-eight members and visitors present. 



The Piesident exhibited various fossils. 



W. A. Smith, (O.C.) read a paper on "Aniline Colours." 



A vote of thanks to Smith was proposed by the President and 

 seconded by II. M. Johnston. The motion was carried by acclamation. 



The Treasurer of the Society, P. M. Johnston, read the accounts, 

 and stated that the subscription for this term would be 2s. for the 

 Upper School, and Is. 6d. for the Junior School. 



_ 6. Dakyns proposed and R. M. Johnston seconded, " that in future 

 visitors should be admitted by ticket only." This motion was carried 

 unanimously. 



The President gave notice that Mr. Stoddart would read a lecture 

 in Big School in a few weeks. 



The meeting then adjourned. 



ANILINE COLOURS. 



Illustrated by many experiments. 



Not only some of our most brilliantly-coloured dyes, but also many 

 bodies used for numerous purposes in the arts are obtained from one 

 of the bye-produces in the distillation of coal, viz. : coal tar. 



