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from acid, should be used. The glycerine must also be pure. It acts as a 
solvent of the iodide of iron, which it preserves from decomposition, while 
the ether transfers the iodide of iron from the glycerine to the oil, and pro¬ 
motes its solution in the latter without the aid of heat. Perhaps a small 
quantity of the glycerine remains united to the oil, for that which remains on 
the filter does not correspond to the quantity used. Most of the ether eva¬ 
porates during the process of filtration. 
The oil thus prepared has the following characters :—It is limpid, of a yel¬ 
lowish-orange colour, differing but little from that of the oil in its original 
state. The smell is also that of pure cod-liver oil, and the taste does not 
materially differ from it. It does not change colour and undergo decompo¬ 
sition on exposure to the air. It is therefore constant in its composition, 
containing about 4 grains of iodide of iron in a fluid ounce. 
PROVINCIAL TRANSACTIONS. 
THE ANNUAL MEETING OE THE LIVEEPOOL CHEMISTS’ ASSOCIATION, 
OCTOBER 11, 186G. 
The President, Alered Redeord, Esq., in the chair. Number present, twenty. 
The Chairman opened the meeting, and offered his greetings to the members. After 
a short exposition of the business of the evening, the following gentlemen wmre elected 
Members:— 
Mr. Joseph Edwardson, 111, Myrtle 
Street. 
Mr. F. J. Mackinlay, 31, St. James Street. 
Dr. Waite, Oxford Street, 
Mr. Charles Symes, 93, Oxton Road, 
Birkenhead. 
Mr. M. Hughes, 70, Mill Street. 
The Secretary announced several donations of the ‘Pharmaceutical Journal,’ 
‘ Transactions of the Historic Society,’ etc. etc., which were received during the recess, 
and mentioned that the serial scientific works ordered had been duly received as pub¬ 
lished. 
The President proposed a vote of thanks to the donors, which was carried unani¬ 
mously. 
The President then called upon the Secretary to read the Annual Report, 
Annual Report of the Council of the Chemists’ Association for the Seventeenth 
Session of 18G5-6 :— 
Gentlemen,—Your Council have much pleasure in laying before you their Annual 
Report of the Seventeenth Session of the Association. The results of the past session, 
as regards the transactions of the general meetings, the numerical strength of the Asso¬ 
ciation, and its financial position, are of a highly satisfactory character. 
Sixteen members and two associates were elected during the past year; twelve have 
tendered their resignation, consequently the enrolled members ^re 17G, exclusive of some 
honorary members, _ ■ 
Your Council have given their attention to the maintenance of the Library in an ad¬ 
vanced state of efficiency; and to this end they have made additions of valuable scien¬ 
tific works to it, namely, Publications of the Cavendish Society, Watts's‘Dictionary 
of Chemistry,’ etc. Besides these, several donations have been received during the 
Mr. T. Murray Steele, Seaforth. 
Mr, Reginald Crooke, Fairfield Crescent. 
Alexander Fraser, 50, Lord Street. 
As Associate— 
Mr. Thomas F. Abraham, 87, Bold 
Street. 
