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the finances of the society are in a satisfac- 

 tory condition. 



The report of the librarian was also read. 



The editor reported that during 1906, 

 217 papers had been submitted for publi- 

 cation, of which 160 had been accepted 

 without change, 25 after revision and 32 

 were not suitable for the Chemical Journal. 

 Of these last, many were considered as bet- 

 ter adapted for journals of a more general 

 nature, and were rejected by the committee 

 on publications solely for this reason. The 

 editor also gave an account of the progress 

 which had been made on the new journal, 

 Chemical Abstracts. It is planned to make 

 it fully as complete as the Zentralhlatt, 

 and two numbers will be issued each 

 month. He urged that every member of 

 the society try to encourage other chemists 

 to join. To meet the cost of the new pub- 

 lication the dues have been raised to eight 

 dollars, but it will not be possible to con- 

 tinue the publication if any considerable 

 number of the members drop out on this 

 account. In this connection he stated that 

 the gratifying increase in membership dur- 

 ing the last few months of the year was 

 largely due to the new journal. 



With a view to increasing the usefulness 

 of Chemical Abstracts the council appoint- 

 ed a committee to consider the relationship 

 of the society to other chemical organiza- 

 tions and to other chemical publications. 

 It was also decided to add to the council 

 two new members, both of whom were to 

 be technical chemists. 



The officers of the society for 1907 are: 



President — ^M. T. Bogert. 



Vice-Presidents — The presidents of the local sec- 

 tions. 



Secretary and Editor — ^Wm. A. Noyes. 

 Treasurer — ^A. P. Hallock. 

 Librarian — E. G. Love. 



J. H. Long, chairman of the committee 

 on the quality of reagents, reported that 



the committee was in process of i-eorgan- 

 ization. 



W. F. Hillebrand, chairman of the com- 

 mittee on uniformity of technical analysis, 

 reported that there had been organized sub- 

 committees on zinc ores, rosin and shellac 

 and phosphate rock. 



L. P. Kinnicutt, chairman, stated that 

 the committee on water analysis had been 

 reviewing and testing various methods of 

 analysis. 



J. H. Long, chairman of the committee 

 on untaxed alcohol, requested that the com- 

 mittee be disbanded, as a satisfactory law 

 had been passed by Congress. 



The meeting of the Chemical Society was 

 followed by a meeting of Section C, at 

 which the following report and addresses 

 were given: 



G. C. Stone and W. George Waring: 

 Report of the committee on the analysis 

 of zinc ores. Gave the tabulated results 

 of three series of analyses of zinc ores and 

 said that a fourth sample would soon be 

 sent out. 



Cellulose: A. S. Wheelek. 



Agricultural Chemistry in Relation to Re- 

 search: L. L. Van Slyke. 

 At noon the meeting adjourned to the 

 College of the City of New York, where 

 two lectures were given : 

 The Electrical Industries at Niagara Falls: 



C. P. Chandler. 

 The Geology of Niagara Palls: John M. 

 Clark. 



After the addresses the chemists were 

 entertained at luncheon in the gymnasium 

 of the college. After this visits were paid 

 to a brewery in the neighborhood, the 

 Interborough Power Station and the Amer- 

 ican Museum of Natural History. 



In the evening the retiring president, W. 

 P. Hillebrand, delivered an address on 

 'The Present and Future of the American 



