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SCIENCE 



[N. S. Vol. XXIX. No. 752 



Industry and Chemistry of Sugar (Mr. Kieh- 

 ard Garten) ; (6) Starch Industry — (a) 

 Starch Industry (Dr. Horace T. Brown, 

 F.E.S.), (h) Fermentation (Mr. John Gret- 

 ton, M.P.) ; (Y) Agricultural Chemistry 

 (Lord Blyth) ; (8) Hygiene, Medical and 

 Pharmaceutical Chemistry. Bromatology — 

 (a) Hygiene and Medical Chemistry (Sir 

 J. Crichton Browne, F.K.S.), (&) Pharma- 

 ceutical Chemistry (Mr. N. H. Martin), (c) 

 Bromatology (Mr. Eobert R. Tatlock, F.I.C.) ; 

 (9) Photographic Chemistry (Sir "William 

 Abney, F.R.S.) ; (10) Electrical and Physical 

 Chemistry (Sir John Brunner, M.P.) ; (11) 

 Law, Political Economics and Legislation 

 with reference to Chemical Indiistries (Lord 

 Alverstone). 



The sections will meet in the buildings of 

 the University of London and the Imperial 

 College of Science and Technology each day 

 of the congress from 10 o'clock to 1:30 (ex- 

 cept on the closing day), and on May 31 and 

 June 1, from 4 to 6. On the evening of Wed- 

 nesday, May 26, the day before the official 

 opening, the mayor and the corporation will 

 hold a reception of the delegates at the Guild- 

 hall. The prince of Wales will open the con- 

 gress at the inaugural meeting to be held at 

 the Eoyal Albert Hall on May 27, at 3 o'clock, 

 and in the evening of that day a reception 

 will be held by the foreign office. At 2 :30 on 

 Friday, May 28, lectures will be delivered to 

 the whole congress by Professor Haller, of 

 Paris, and Professor Paterno, of Rome, and at 

 Crystal Palace in the evening a banquet will 

 be held, at which it is expected a large number 

 will be present. A garden party will be held 

 at the Botanic Gardens on Saturday, May 29, 

 by the ladies' conxmittee, which has been 

 formed, under the presidency of Lady Ram- 

 say, for the purpose of entertaining the 

 ladies accompanying the members; and later 

 in the day a reception will be held by the Lon- 

 don section of the Society of Chemical In- 

 dustry at the University of London. On Mon- 

 day, May 31, Professor Otto de Witt, of Ber- 

 lin, will give a general lecture at 2 :30, and at 

 the same hour on the following day, June 1, 

 Sir Boverton Redwood is announced to de- 

 liver a lecture to the whole congress. In the 



evening of Tuesday, June 1, a reception will 

 be held at the Natural History Museum. 

 The official closing of the congress will take 

 place at a meeting held at 10 o'clock on June 

 2. In the afternoon members will, by per- 

 mission of the King, visit Windsor Castle. 



The offices of the honorary general secre- 

 tary, Mr. William MacNab, are at the Imper- 

 ial College of Science and Technology, South 

 Kensington. 



TEE SUMMER MEETING OF THE AMERICAN 

 CHEMICAL SOCIETY 



The summer meeting of the American 

 Chemical Society will, as already announced, 

 be held in Detroit, Mich., on June 29 to July 

 2, inclusive. On the previous day a business 

 meeting of the council will be held. The 

 meetings of the sections and divisions wiU be 

 held on Tuesday and Wednesday, June 29 and 

 30, and on Friday, July 2, in the Central 

 High School, which has ample facilities. 



On Tuesday evening a complimentary 

 smoker will be given by the Society of Detroit 

 Chemists to the members of the American 

 Chemical Society. 



On Wednesday afternoon the members will 

 inspect the works of Parke, Davis & Co., to 

 be followed by a lunch and a moonlight boat- 

 ride on the Detroit River, complimentary to 

 the visiting chemists from this firm. 



On Thursday the members will take special 

 cars to the University of Michigan at Ann 

 Arbor, where they will be the guests of the 

 University of Michigan for the day, returning 

 to Detroit in the evening for the usual ban- 

 quet. The program will be continued on 

 Thursday at the University of Michigan and 

 will consist mainly of special papers of wide 

 general interest. 



On Friday the sectional and divisional pro- 

 grams will be continued and excursions taken 

 to manufacturing plants in Detroit. 



The headquarters for the meeting wiU be 

 at the Hotel Pontchartrain. Details in regard 

 to this hotel and other hotels in Detroit may 

 be obtained by addressing the secretary. It is 

 suggested by the local committee that it is 

 very necessary to make hotel reservations in 



