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The  u  Hofmann  Hans. 
Am.  Jour.  Pharrn. 
July,  1901. 
Hofmann  died  May  5,  1892,  and  immediately  the  German  Chem- 
ical Society  decided  on  a  memorial  to  the  eminent  chemist,  using 
the  Hofmann  fund,  which,  during  the  four  years,  had  grown  to 
65,000  marks,  as  a  nucleus. 
The  first  call  for  subscriptions  was  dated  November  12,  1892,  and 
in  response,  85,000  marks  were  subscribed  by  December  1st  of 
same  year.  From  then  until  October  1,  1893,  79,000  marks  more 
were  collected  and  during  the  ensuing  fifteen  months,  up  to  January 
I,  1895,  additional  subscriptions  amounting  to  12,000  marks  were 
received.  On  May  12,  1896,  three  and  a  half  years  after  issuance 
of  the  original  appeal,  the  committee  reported  that  flie  subscrip- 
tions and  interest  on  same  amounted  to  176,000  marks. 
The  committee,  having  planned  a  memorial  costing  800,000 
marks,  though  sorely  disappointed  at  the  apparent  failure  of  their 
hopes,  renewed  their  efforts  and  succeeded  during  the  next  six 
months  in  bringing  the  fund  up  to  229,000  marks. 
In  December,  1896,  they  purchased  a  site  for  the  building  for 
275,000  marks,  covering  the  deficit  by  drawing  on  the  original 
Hofmann  fund.  They  then  formed  a  stock  company,  capitalized  for 
300,000  marks,  for  the  erection  of  the  building,  issuing  bonds  of 
5,000  and  10,000  marks  value,  bearing  3^  per  cenc.  interest. 
These  bonds  were  bought  by  German  chemical  corporations  and 
others,  and  of  the  300,000  marks  thus  subscribed,  bonds  amounting 
to  140,000  marks  were  returned  to  the  corporation,  all  claims  of 
payment  of  both  principal  and  interest  being  waived  by  the  gener- 
ous subscribers,  on  occasion  of  the  dedication  of  the  building. 
This  leaves  a  debt  of  160,000  marks,  secured  by  a  mortgage  on 
the  property,  and  which  it  is  hoped  will  be  paid  off  by  legacies. 
One  such  has  been  announced — Commercienrath  T.  F.  Holtz, 
Treasurer  of  the  German  Chemical  Society  and  the  most  indefatig- 
able member  of  the  memorial  committee,  having  expressed  the 
intention  of  giving  30,000  marks. 
The  interest  on  the  bonds  will  be  met  by  the  rental  on  the 
property  paid  by  the  several  organizations  having  their  home  in  the 
building. 
An  analysis  of  the  subscription  list  may  prove  interesting. 
The  total  amount,  236,751  marks,  was  obtained  from  1,350  sub- 
scribers,  whose  gifts  ranged  from  20,000  marks  to  50  pfennig  (12 
cents);  244  contributors  furnishing  221,850  marks. 
