XVIII. 



Meeting of Section along with Section H (Engineering), in the 

 Department of Chemistry. 



Papers : — 



"The Corrosion of Iron and Steel." Professor Fawsitt. 

 " Notes on the Corrosion of Artesian Bore Casings." S. J. 

 Burrows and Professor Fawsitt. 



" The Action of Water on Persulphuric Acid and its Salts," 



by Miss L. Green and Professor Orme Masson. 

 "The Decomposition of Diethyline Disulphide and Methyl- 



sulphine Hydroxide in Aqueous Solution," by Miss L. 



Green and Miss B. Sutherland (communicated by Prof. 



Orme Masson). 

 "The Use of Calcium Carbide in Determining Moisture," 



by Mr. Irvine Masson (communicated by Prof. Orme 



Masson). 



12th January. 



" The Vapour Pressure Curves of Binary Mixture of some 

 Liquefied Gases." L. S. Bagster and Prof. Steele. 



" The Use of the Microbalance." G. Ampt and Prof. Steele. 



"The Ketones of the Higher Fatty Acids." Miss Clara N. 

 Taylor and Prof. Easterfield. 



" The Separation of Fats, with an Improved Method of Deter- 

 mining Fatty Acids and Cholesterol from Animal 

 Tissues." E. C. Grey. 



" The Essential Oil of the Leaves of the Native Sassafras of 

 Victoria." Miss M. Scott. 



" Chemistrv in its Relation to the Frozen Meat Industry." 

 A. M. "Wright. 



13th January. 



" On the Composition of Bread made in Sydney." Dr. H. 

 G. Chapman. 



" On some Remarkable Oils from the Australian Myrtaceae." 



H. G. Smith. 

 " Red Rain Dust." Thomas Steel. 

 "Note on the Freezing Point of Milk." J. B. Henderson. 



Sub-Section. 

 PHARMACY. 



President : A. Wadsworth, President Pharmaceutical Society 

 of N.S.W. 



Vice-President : T. S. Loney, President of the Pharmacy Board 

 of N.S.W. 



