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Special resolutions were adopted in several sec- 

 tions. In Section 1. (Analytical Chemistry) a gen- 

 eral definition for the yield of volatile matter in 

 fuels was proposed and carried. " The percentage 

 which is found by subtracting from one hundred the 

 yield of coke obtained, by the method of the 

 American Committee on Coal Analysis [Journ. 

 Amer. Chem. tioc, 21, p. 1122), from 1 gram of 

 fuel in a bright platinum crucible. The yield 

 must always be calculated upon the pure com- 

 bustible matter." 



In Sections Ilia, and Illb. (Metallurgy and 

 Explosives ) it was Resolved, " That it is desirable 

 that the International Commission appointed in 

 Rome in 1906 to consider the standardization of 

 tests for the stability of explosives be reappointed 

 till the next congress." 



In Section V. (Sugar) a committee, composed 

 of Messrs. Andrlik, Claassen, Herles, Herzfeld, 

 Pellet, Sachs, Saillard, Strohmer and Villavecchia, 

 was elected to carry out the provisions of a resolu- 

 tion for appointing a " committee for standard- 

 izing the concentrations of sugar liquors intended 

 for analysis." 



A committee was appointed, consisting of 

 Messrs. Dupont, H. Pellet, Fischmann, Sachs, C. 

 Borgrino and Saillard, to take steps towards 

 furthering the movement for obtaining a reduc- 

 tion of the taxes on sugar advocated by MM. 

 Dupont and Fischmann. 



A committee, consisting of Messrs. Pellet, Sachs, 

 Strohmer, Herles, Saillard and Herzfeld, was ap- 

 pointed for drawing up the text of a proposition 

 to Be put before the International Commission 

 for Unification of Sugar Analyses for making the 

 aqueous method of Pellet for the analysis of beet 

 the standard one. 



The International Commission for the Unifica- 

 tion of Methods of Sugar Analysis adopted the 

 following: "That a standard table at a tempera- 

 ture of 20° C. be officially adopted by the com- 

 mission, and that this table be based on the offi- 

 cial German table; and, further, that other tables 

 at different temperatures (such as 15, 17*, 20, 

 etc.) be calculated from the standard one, as also 

 one according to the Mohr system at 20°/20°. 



In Section VIIIc. (Bromatology) the Interna- 

 tional Commission on the Unification of Analyt- 

 ical Methods has issued the following account 

 of their proceedings: 



La Commission s'est rfiunie les vendredi 28, 

 samedi 29 et lundi 31 mai a 9 h.m., sous la prfei- 

 dence de M. Andrf. 



Elle a arrets un rSglemcnt d'ordre intgrieur; 

 puis elle a examine et approuve un projet de 

 rapport sur son organisation et ses travaux. 



Elle s'est ensuite occupSe des rapports sur I'uni- 

 fication des mSthodes d'analyse prepares par MM. 

 AndrS, von Buehka, Chapman, Cribb, Lavallc, 

 Sehoepp, Mastbaum, Piutti, Vandevelde, Wauters, 

 Wiley (Voir Stance du samedi 29 de la section 

 de bromatologie ) . 



Enfin elle a procedS au recrutement de quelques 

 membres nouveaux et la constitution de son 

 bureau. M. von Buehka a StS elu president; 

 MM. Armand Gautier, Thorpe, Piutti, Schafjer, 

 Wauters, Wiley, Wysman, vice-president; M. Van- 

 develde, secretaire general. 



After a lengthy discussion, in which many took 

 part, this resolution was carried : " That brandy 

 is a product of the distillation of wine, and the 

 term is synonymous with eau de vie de vin." 



In Section IX. (Photo-chemistry) R. Namias 

 and L. P. Clerc, by request of the permanent 

 committee of the International Congresses of 

 Photography, laid before the section the provi- 

 sional program of the fifth International Congress 

 of Photography to be held at Brussels in July, 

 1910, during the International Exhibition. 



R. Namias, in the name of the Societa Foto- 

 grafica Italiana, of Florence, presented to the 

 section an album containing a large number of 

 photogravures of Messina and Reggio represent- 

 ing the effects of the recent lamentable disaster. 

 These prints constitute the greatest known work 

 of photographic record. The text is printed in 

 four languages, and the publication is on behalf 

 of the institution established to assist destitute 

 orphans. 



In Section X (Electro- and Physical Chemistry) 

 it was proposed and carried that a committee 

 composed of the following members — Messrs. 

 Abegg, Bancroft, Bodenstein, Bruni, Carrara, 

 Dutoit, Findlay, Kistiakowski, Lewis, Lunden, 

 Marie, Mourels, Rothmund, Urbain, VValden and 

 Wilsmore — be appointed to deal with the values 

 of physical-chemical constants. 



A committee (not yet announced) to deal with 

 the general question of thermochemical notation 

 was also authorized. 



The official closing general meeting occurred in 

 the Great Hall of the Imperial Institute, Sir 

 William Ramsay presiding, supported by Sir 

 Henry Roscoe, and presidents of previous con- 

 gresses present. Professors Witt, Lindet, Gautier 

 and Paterno. 



