Annual General Meeting, March23~~, 1904

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ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING, MARCH23~~, 1904. Professor W. A. TILDEN,D.Sc., F.R.S., in the Chair. THE PRESIDENTdeclared the ballot open for the election of Officers and Council for the ensuing year, iMr. G. BARQERand Dr. S. B. SCRRYVERbeing appointed Scrutators. He then presented the following Keport on the state of the Society during the past twelve months :

REPORT OF THE COUNCIL. The Council are in the fortunate position of being abie to report that the Society continues to increase and flourish. At the date of the Annual General Meeting last year, the number of Fellows was 2,631 * ; since that date, 170 Fellows have been elected and three reinstated, making a gross total of 2,804. Of these, 23 have been removed for non-payment of subscriptions, and the elections of 2 have become void, 28 have resigned, and 17 have died, leaving a net total of 2,734 Fellows on our list.

The names of the Fellows who have died are : H. G. Adshead. T. H. Dodd. C. James. J. 0. Alexander. T. W. Fletcher. T. A. Lawson.

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The following Fellows have withdrawn : W. H. Barlow. W. Grafton. W. Round. W. M. Brothers. A. Hill, W. J. C. Scrutton. R. J. Brown. T. Lemmey. G. A. Shaw. A. Collenette. W. Lewins. E. A. Smith. W. Diamond. H. Macan. G. C. Thomson. J. R. Don. A. M. Martin. A. L. Thornton. D. Eerrier. J. A. Mathews, G. A. Waterhouse, A. E. Garrod. J. Morieon. W. J . Williams. W. Goodall. A. A. kamsay. A. W. Winterton. J. Robson. * Last year this number was incorrectly stated to be 2,471 (Proe., 1903, 19, 81 ; TRANS.,1903, 83, 629). VOL. LXXXV. KK View Article Online

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As in future Reports the accounts and other statistics of the Society will be given for the calendar year, the following data for the year 1903 may be of interest for purposes of comparison. The number of Fellows on January lst, 1903, was 2,607, and during the year 173 Fellows have been elected and 5 reinstated by the Council, making a gross total of 2,785. Of these, the Society has lost 16 by death, 46 from resignations, and 23 by removal for non-payment of subscriptions, giving the number of Fellows in the Society on December 31st, 1903, as 2,700. The Society has to lament the death of a distinguished Foreign Fellow, Professor Wladimir Markownikoff, on February 11th, 1904. The small number of Fellows still living, who were elected in the earlydays of the Society has been further reduced by the death of Dr. William Francis. The scientific work of the Society during the past session gives evidence of continued activity. Since the last Annual General Meeting, 163 scientific communications have been made to the Society, 107 of which have already been published in the Transuctions, and abstracts of all have appeared in the Proceedings. During 1903, 181 scientific communications were made to the Society, 110 of which were published in the Transactions for that year, abstracts of all appearing in the P?*oceedingsfor 1903. The volume of Transactions for 1903 contains 142 memoirs occupying 1,490 pages, whilst that for the preceding year contains 160 memoirs occupying 1,604 pages. The Journal for 1903 contains also 3,882 abstracts which may be

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Part I. No. of Pages. Abstracts. Organic Chemistry ...... 872 1650

Part 11. General and Physical Chemistry ...... 47 1 Inorganic Chemistry ...... 443 Mineralogical Chemistry ...... 119 Physiological Chemistry ...... 39 1 Chemistry of Vegetable Physiology and Agri- culture ...... 342 Analytical Chemistry ...... -566 768 -2232 Total in Parts I. and 11, ...... 1640 3882 View Article Online

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In April last, Professor Emil Fischer was invited to give the Faraday Lecture in the autumn, and provisional arrangements were made for its delivery early in the present session. Much to the regret of the Council, continued ill-health has prevented Professor Fischer from fulfilling his intention, and for the present the hope of numbering him among the Faraday Lecturers has had to be abandoned. The Council are glad to be able to announce that Professor Ostwald will deliver the Paraday Lecture on Tuesday, April 19th, in the Lecture Theatre of the Royal Institution, kindly lent by the Managers for the occasion. The Centenary of the Enunciation of the Atomic Theory by Dalton was celebrated by the Literary and Philosophical Society of Manchester in May last, and in company with Sir Henry Roscoe, Professor Thorpe, and Professor Frankland, Vice-presidents, Dr. Scott, Secretary, and Sir William Ramsay, Foreign Secretary, the President attended the meeting, and presented an address in the name of the Chemical Society. The triennial award of the Longstaff Medal to the Fellow of the Society who, in the opinion of the Council, has done the most to promote chemical science by research in the interval since the last presentation was made, on the recommendation of the Research Fund Committee, to Professor W. J. Pope, F.R.S., for his researches on the stereochemistry of compounds of elements other than carbon. The Fifth International Congress of Applied Chemistry was held in Berlin in June last, and the President attended as the representative of the Society. An invitation to the Congress to hold its next meeting

Published on 01 January 1904. Downloaded 26/10/2014 04:50:07. in London, given by the President of the Society of Chemical Industry, was supported by the President, but on a vote being taken Rome was chosen RS the place of the meeting in 1905. The Council welcomed the opportunity of sending a letter of con- gratulation to their distinguished Foreign Fellow, Professor Mendeleeff, on the occasion of his seventieth birthday, which occurred on February 9th last. The increase in the use of the Library mentioned in last year’s report has been maintained, as 975 books were borrowed from the Library, as against 925 during the previous year. The additions to the Library comprise 115 books, of which 49 were presented, 268 volumes of periodicals, and 48 pamphlets; as against 84 books, 338 volumes of periodicals, and 23 pamphlets last year. The corresponding numbers for the year ending December 31st, 1903, are 991 books borrowed, the additions to the Library being 126 books, of which 61 were presented, 271 volumes of periodicals, and 43 pamphlets. The changes proposed in last year’s report with regard to the Library have now been carried out, and cases have been erected in one KK2 View Article Online

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of the rooms in the basemeit for the storage of the less used books, These cases will accommodate about 3,500 volumes, and so provide room for the growth of the Library for about seven years. An equal number of cases can be added at any future period without cost beyond that of the cases themselves. Mr. F. W. Clifford was appointed Librarian on July 1st. The Council regret to have to record the death, on May loth, of Mr. Josiah Hall, who for twenty-five years had been Collector to the Society, and who retired in 1895 with a pension of $130 a year. It mas decided to grant to Mrs. Hall, his widow, an annuity of g.30. The Society has been the fortunate recipient of two handsome busts in bronze of distinguished chemists, that of Liebig (a copy of the one in Munich) having been presented by Dr. Messel, and that of Dalton, which has been modelled from all available sources by Miss Levick, by Professor Thorpe. Two interesting photographs of portraits have also been received, one of Roger Bacon, presented by Mr. Oscar Guttmann, and one of Dr. Wm. Prout, F.R.S., from his son, the Rev. T. J. Prout. At an ext$raordinaryGeneral Meeting of the Society held on July Znd, the proposal of the Council to alter Bye-Law I. so that the annual publications of the Society should not be sent to Fellows who are in arrear with their subscriptions was unanimously approved. To give effect to this change in the Bye-Law, the Journal is now issued to Fellows on the last day instead of the first day of the month. An extra number of the Tvnnsactions was issued on December 31st to provide for the publication of papers which

Published on 01 January 1904. Downloaded 26/10/2014 04:50:07. would have appeared on January lst, 1904, under the old arrangement, and now that the change has been Made the net result is that Fellows receive the monthly parts of the Jou?.ncd a day earlier than heretofore. The first part (Authors’ Index) of the Collective Index for the decade 1893-1902, promised provisionally for 1904, was issued in January to those Fellows who had made application for it in accordance with the printed notices circulated with the monthly parts of the Jou~rzalsince last July, and it is hoped that the subject index for the same period may be ready before the end of next year. The rapid publication of the Author’s Index is due to the untiring energy and devotion of the Indexer, Mrs. Dougal, and has in no way interfered with the issue of the Annual Index at the end of February, which has been customary since she undertook the work involved in its preparation, The Second Report of the Joint International Committee on Atomic Weights, which now includes Professor Moissan as the representative France, with its revised table of atomic weights, has been issued to -7s both in the YroceediPzgs and in the Journal. View Article Online

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The Council resolved that the rooms of the Society should be closed not later than 10.30 p.m. on those evenings on which meetings are held, and, as very few Fellows were found to use the Library on Saturday afternoon, it was further resolved that it should be closed at 2 p.m. on Saturdays from the beginning of the present year. Grants amounting in all to A232 have been made during the year from the Research Fund, of which amount &15 has been returned. The Council desires to record its deep sense of obligation to Dr. Horace T. Brown for the ability and patience with which he has discharged the duties of Treasurer during the past year. Finding on taking office that a complete reorganisation of the method of collecting the contributions of Fellows and of keeping the Accounts of the Society was immediately necessary, he did not shrink from the immense Iabour involved in establishing a new system and getting it into operation. The nature of the changes which have been made is explained below, and it is obvious that great sacrifices of time and of personal effort were involved in the process. It is, therefore, with the utmost regret that the Council has received from Dr. Brown an intimation that his engagements no longer permit him to retain office. In March last it was found that certain subscriptions and admission fees of Fellows which had apparently been paid had not been entered in the Books of the Society. An examination of the Books was made by a firm of Chartered Accountants, and on April 22nd, the late Assistant Secretary, who at that time was acting as Librarian and Curator, was dismissed. The Accountants subsequently reported that an investigation of Published on 01 January 1904. Downloaded 26/10/2014 04:50:07. the Society’s Books, carried back to March, 1895, showed that there was an apparent deficiency amounting to S2306. The late Assistant Secretary, whilst not admitting the accuracy of the amount of the deficiency, has, up to the present, repaid to the Society sums amounting to $250. Hitherto, it has been customary for the Treasurer to close the Books of the Society a few days before the Annual General Meeting, and to make up the Accounts to a date as near to that of the Annual Meeting as possible. This arrangement has given rise to considerable inconvenience, owing in the first place to the short time allowed to complete the financial statements, and secondly to the impossibility of conforming strictly to that portion of Bye-Law VIII., which requires the Auditors to report to the Council at least one week before the Annual General Meeting. In future, therefore, the Treasurer will present his Accounts at the Annual Meeting made up to December 31st, instead of to some indeterminate day near the end of March, and these Acccunts will be dramn up in a somewhat different form from that previously adopted. A statement of the financial View Article Online

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condition of the Society made up for the year ending December 31st last in this modified form accompanies this Report, including R Revenue and Expenditure Account and Balance Sheet, but the Treasurer has considered it advisable on this occasion to include for purposes of comparison another statement made out on exactly the old lines up to March 12th, and it is to this latter statement, which is comparable with the one of last year, that the following remarks apply. Thetotalincomeof the Society,from MarchZZnd, 1903, to March 12th. 1904, was 2,7276 16s. 5d., whilst the expenditure for the same period mas 26060 17s. 4d., showing an excess of income over expenditure of 2,1215 19s. Id., against a surplus last year of 3S17 7s. Id. The comparison, however, is not a fair one, unless we adjust the figures in the respective years for the arrears of contributions in each case. Owing to the alteration in July last of Bye-Law I., by which Fellows who are in arrear with their subscriptions do not receive the publications of the Society, the annual contributions, which become due in January, have been paid up more punctually this year than usual. On March 22nd, 1903, the arrears amounted to S2316, whilst on March 12th this year they were 32008, a difference in favour of this year of 2,308. When this adjustment is made, the surplus of this year becomes &907 19s. Id. against 2,817 7s. Id. last year, a result which may be regarded as highly satisfactory when we take into consideration certain large items of extraordinary expenditure which have been incurred this year, and which will be alluded to later. The total amount received this year for Admission Fees, Life Com-

Published on 01 January 1904. Downloaded 26/10/2014 04:50:07. positions, and Subscriptions is 35809 against 34776 last year, a difference in favour of this year of 31033. This, however, includes A250 received on Account of Arrears of Subscriptions from the late Assistant Secretary, and, as already stated, the subscriptions this year are paid up more closely by 3308. With these adjustments, the increased income this year from contributions of Fellows is &475, about half of which is due to the unusually large number of Life Composition Fees. The sale of the Society’s publications, and the proceeds of the advertisements in the Journal have brought in 340 9s. 4d. more than last year. With regard to investments, the Treasurer has to report that since the last General Meeting he has, with the authority of the Council, purchased on behalf on the Society S1500 of Transvaal 3 per cent. Guaranteed Stock. The investments on the General Account now stand :tt 318,909 0s. 5d., whilst those of the Research Fiind Account nro valued at X6659 5s. 5d. The total expenditure this year shows the large increase of View Article Online

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&665 19s. 4d., which is due to certain large items of an exceptional nature. The balance of the cost of the first volume of the Decennial Index, 1893-1902, amounting to 3386 98. 7d., is chargeable against this year’s revenue, being an increase of 2,254 5s. 3d. The completion of the Library Catalogue was announced in the Report of last year, but the main cost of 3156 16s. Od. has been borne by the present accounts. The additional accommodation for books referred to in an earlier part of this Report has been provided at a cost of 3128 2s. 4d. Two other large items of expenditure of an exceptional nature amounting to &228 Is. 6d. are included under Accountants’ and Legal charges, and are mainly attributable to the special investigation of the Society’s Accounts to 1895, to which reference has already been made above. It is satisfactory to notice that the expenses incidental to the publication of the Journal show a decrease this year of about $100. The system of keeping the Treasurer’s accounts has undergone revision during the past year, the old system having been found in- sufficient for the present needs of the Society. At the request of the Council, Messrs. W. B. Keen and Co., Chart- ered Accountants, have opened up a new set of books, and have also undertaken to give the Treasurer a quarterly audit, and to assist in the preparation of the accounts for the Annual Statement. This arrangement, which guarantees skilled professional assistance and a thorough checking of the accounts at frequent intervals, has now been in operation for some time, and will not entail any additional expense to the Society, as the appointment of a Treasurer’s Assistant

Published on 01 January 1904. Downloaded 26/10/2014 04:50:07. is thereby rendered unnecessary. Arrangements have been made with Messrs. Coutts and Co., the Society’s Bankers, by which in future they will receive the contributions of Fellows direct. View Article Online

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INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31s~DECEMBER. 1903.

Income . Expenditwe . f: 8 . rl . ZC s . d . 8. (1. E 8 . rl TOLife Compositions ...... 364 0 0 By Expenses on aceonnt of Journal and Proceedings :- Salary of Editor ...... 300 0 0 ,, Admission Fees ...... ti48 0 0 Salary of Sub-Editor ...... 200 0 0 Salary of Indexer ...... SO 00 ., Annual Subscriptions . 4141 0 0 Editorial Postages ...... 15 12 10 .. Cash on account of Subscry&ions ah'.ees' oi'iait' y%-s per $1 r. G: Abstractors' Fees ...... 404 5 5 Steele ...... 850 0 0 Printing of Journal ...... 1922 15 10 -- 9403 0 0 Printing of Advertisenients ...... 29 16 7 Investments :- Printing of Wrappers ...... 112 16 .. Distribution of Journal ...... 436 18 G Dividends on $6. 730 Metropolitan Consolidated 33 per cent. Stock 222 16 0 ... Authors' Copies ...... $14 15 0 $1. 050 Londoii and North Western Railway 3 per cent . -- 3.j97 2 S Debenture Stock ...... 29 13 4 Printing of Proceedings ...... 211 14 2 El.520 14s . 3d . Cardiff Corporation 3 per cent. Stock ... 43 3 0 Distribution of Proceedings ...... 46 14 5 &1.400 India 24 per cent. Stock ...... 33 2 2 Printing of Bye-Laws ...... 2769 $2. 358 Midland Railway 24 per cent. Pre'f'Pre;i.ce'Stodk 55 10 :: --- 26.5 14 4 E2.400 Bristol Corporation 23 per cent. Debenture Stouk 57 5 $1 Collective Index 1593-1902 :- $1. 200 Leeds 3 per cent. Stock ...... 34 1 0 .. lucoine Tax Recovered ...... 26 !) 0 Salaries ...... 130 3 3 Bank Interest on Deposit Acco&" ...... I7 13 5 -- 519 13 2 ., Library Expenses :- Publications:- Salary of Librarian ...... 113 1 6 .. Books and Periodicals ...... 326 17 7 Sales : Binding ...... 595l(i Journals ...... 721 5 6 Book-Case ...... 128 2 4 Proceedings ...... 17 15 6 Library Sundries ...... 10009194 General Index ...... 6886 Gratuity to Assistant ...... Memorial Lectures ...... 2389 .. 54G 17 6 Lihrary Catalogue ...... 3753 Jubilee Volumc ...... 126 .. Printing Library Catalogue ...... 166 16 0 859 6 0 .. Indexing for International Catalogue ...... 3000 Less Publishers' Commission ...... 76 18 3 .. Bunsen Memorial ...... 2000 78" 7 9 Proceeds of Advertisements in Journal ...... fS2 12 10 .. BaIRnce of Dinner Account ...... 19G5 Less Commission ...... 12 8 2 ~- 50 4 S .. Illuminated Address to Literary and Philosophical Society. Man- 52 12 5 chester ...... 2136 .. Subscriptions froin other Societies :- Society of Chemical Industry ...... 990 .. Administrative Edenses :- Society of Public Analysts ...... 10 10 0 Tea Expenses ...... 26 12 5 Published on 01 January 1904. Downloaded 26/10/2014 04:50:07. Physical Society ...... 14 3 Salary of Assistant Secretary...... 150 0 0 Faraday Society ...... 110 Salary of Office Assistant ...... 2840 District Agricultural Analysts' Association ...... 0106 Treasurer's Assistant ...... 5n0 32 14 0 Wages (Commissionaire. Housekeeper. Charwonieii) ...... 163 10 6 .. Sale of Apparatus ...... /i 0 0 Pension to Mr . Hall ...... 48 17 5 Pension to Mrs . Hall ...... 18 14 0 Gas and Electric Light ...... 27 14 2 Coal and Coke ...... 602019 12 0 Repairs and Cleanjng ...... Petty House Expenses ...... 3653 Qratuities ...... 355 Insurance ...... 692 Guarantee Society ...... 226 Accountants' Charges ...... 10 10 0 .. .. Special'Investigation; ~SQF-~~O?...... 158 5 0 .. .. Designing and Opening New Rooks ...... 25 10 0 Legal Charges ...... 44 ti fi Miscellaneous Printing ...... 1063 fi Stationery ...... 60 10 7 Office Furniture ...... 31 17 2 Bank Charges ...... 1810 Postages ...... 99 3 11 Sundry Expenses...... 3177 .. .. 1138 5 5 .. Balance. being Excess of Income over Expenditure carricd to Balance Sheet ...... 591 7 4 .. 26817 19 7 View Article Online

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RESEARCH FUNDINCOME AND EXPENDITUREACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31~~DECEMBER. 1903 .

Expiditwc. To Dividends :- 2 s . d . Ey Grants to- & s . rl . s s . d . On &4400 llletropolitan Consolidated 3& per J . R . Coheii ...... 500 cent . Stock ...... 115 13 4 J . McCrae ...... 500 On 21000 North British Railway 4 per cent . J . J . Siidborough ...... 20 0 0 No . 1 Preference Stock ...... 3i 14 4 R . S. Morrell ...... 15 0 0 On &lo34 Great Western Railway 24 per cent . J . N . Collie ...... 25 0 0 Debenture Stock ...... 2-1 6 10 T. S . Patterson ...... 12 0 0 207 14 6 A . Lapworth ...... 15 0 0 A . W . Harvey ...... 10 0 0 .. Repayments of Research Grants :- J . Wade ...... 10 0 0 A . R . Ling ...... 10 0 0 F . Soddy ...... 25 0 0 J . McCrae ...... 5 0 0 H . A . Auden ...... 500 J . N . Collie ...... 10 0 0 J . C. Cain ...... 10 0 0 -- 25 0 0 F . G . Donnnn ...... 10 0 0 10 3 0 ,, Repayment of Income Tax ...... -.... 12 7 10 G . D . Lander ...... B . Prentice ...... 10 0 0 ,, Balance, being excess of Expenditure over Income A . Slator ...... 10 0 0 carried to Balance Sheet ...... S 15 8 8 . Smiles ...... 10 0 0 B . D . Steele...... 25 0 0 -- 232 0 0

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I have -examined the shove Accounts with the Books and Vouchers of the Society and certify them to he in accordance therewith . I have also verified the Balances at the Bankers and the Investments. Approved- LEONARDTZMPLE THORBE . W B . KEEN. GERALDT . MOODY. 1nzcclitors . 17th March, 1904. Chnrtcwd Accountant., JOHNJVADE . 1 View Article Online

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DR. € a . a. 1 3. tl . ClL Balance at Bank. 21st March. 1903 ...... 1707 9 7 Expenses on Account of the Journal aid I'rocecdznys . .. in hands of Treasurer ...... 120 3 a . d . & J . d . -- 1708 11 1 Salary of Editor ...... 300 00 Transferred from Deposit Account (30th Novembcr . 1903) ...... 1000 0 0 .. Sub-Editor ...... 290 00 Indexer ...... SO 00 Receipts by Life Compositions. Admission Fees and Subscriptions Ediodrial Postages ...... 14 10 2 from 21st March. 1903. to 12th March. 1904 :- Abstractors' Fees ...... 401 55 Life Compositions ...... 542 0 0 Printing of Journal ...... lS6G 161 Admission Fees ...... 672 0 0 .. Advertisements ...... 27 122 Cash on Account of Subscriptions and Fees for past years per Distr?lbutionWrappers of Journal b; Printk'is...... 39510s 166410 Mr . R . Steele ...... 250 0 0 ...... Subscriptions in Arrear ...... 137 0 0 Society ...... 14 65 .. for 1903 ...... 1413 0 0 Autho:s' Copies ... '...... S4 180 .. .. 1904 ...... 2793 0 0 -- 3496 0 10 I ...... 200 .. 1905 -. Printing of Proceedings ...... 184 176 5E09 0 0 Distribution of Proceedings ...... 3755 Salc of Journals ...... 721 5 6 22 5 11 .. Proceedings ...... 17 15 6 Publisher's Commission ...... 76 15 3 .. General Index ...... 71 16 0 Advertising Agent's Commission ...... 1309 .. Memorial Lectures ...... 22 G 3 E9 19 0 .. Library Catalogue ...... s53 .. Jubilee Volume1...... 126 Expeilses on Account of Collective Index. Proceeds of Advertisements in Journal ...... S6 16 (i salaries ...... 133 67 Y?!) 7 0 Printing ...... 237 60 Subscription from the Society of Chemical Industry ...... 9 9 0 Postage ...... , ...... 15 170 91 Public Analysts ...... 10 10 0 366 9 7 .. :: Phy&al Society ...... 14 3 G .. .. Faraday Society ...... 1 1 0 Expenses on Account of the Libs.as.y Catalogue . .. .. District Agricultliral Analysts' Association ... 10 6 Printing ...... 156 1G 0 35 14 0 Year's Dividends on 2.6,730 Metropolitan Consolidated 33 per cent . Expeicses on Account of the Librury . St.ock ...... 223 15 8 Salary of Librarian...... 95 52, Year's Dividend: on $1.050 London and North-Western Railway 3 per Books and Periodicals ...... 232 11 cent. Debenture Stock ...... 29 18 7 Binding ...... 59 165 Years Dividendsonsl. 520 14s. Sd . Cardiff Corporation 3 per cent . Stock 43 10 6 Gratuity to Assistant ...... 1000 Book Case 12: 24 I .. g1.400 India 24 percent . Stock ...... 33 5 1 ...... g2,3.58 Midland Railway 23 per cent . Preference Other expenses ...... 832 .. Stock ...... 56 0 2 532 11 11 .. .. 2.2,400 Bristol Corporation 2$ per cent. Debenture Eouse Expenses . Stock ...... 57 5 0 Providing Refreshments ...... 2529 .. .. &l.200 Leeds Corporation 3 per cent. Stock ...... 34 7 0 Lighting the Building ...... 27 142 Interest on Bank Deposit ...... 17 13 5 Heating the Building ...... 14 70 495 15 5 Repairs and Cleaning ...... 61 810 Sale of Apparatus ...... 700 Petty House Expenses ...... 3812

Published on 01 January 1904. Downloaded 26/10/2014 04:50:07. Wages (Commissionaire, House Porter. and Charwomen) ...... 149 99 Gratuities ...... 395 320 13 4 Salary of Assistant Secretary Rsl i?)lCLttYl ...... 150 0, 0 Assets. Value. Pension to Mr . Hall ...... 76 5 S .. Mrs. Hall ...... 2640 12th March. 1904. 3 s . a . Offlce Assistant...... 3526 Balance at Bank (Current Account) ...... 1452 7 9 Miscellaneous Printing ...... 9500 .... (on Deposit) ...... 1000 0 0 Printing Charter and Bye-laws ...... 18 10 9 in hands of 'I'reasurer ...... 11 8 11 Stationery ...... 493000 15 7 €6. 60MetropolitanConsolidated 34 per cent . Stock ... 6904 12 0 Indexing for International Catalogue ...... €1. 050 London and North-Western Railway 3 per cent. Offlce Furniture ...... 32 17 11 Debenture Stock ...... 9E7 0 0 Bank Charges ...... 1109 $I 520 14s 3d. Cardiff Corporation 3 per cent Stock ... 1345 16 6 Postages ...... 8519G8 11 4 823358 Midland Railway 24 per cent. Preference Stock 1697 15 3 Dinner Account Balance ...... $2. 400 Bristol Corporation 24 per cent. Debenture Guarantee Sociity Premium ...... 2262126 Stock ...... 1S72 0 0 Illuminated Address. Literary and Philosophical Society. Manchester ... €1. 400 India 23 per cent . Stock.,...... 1106 0 0 Insurance (till 1910) ...... 37 14 0 $1. 200 Leeds Corporation 3 per cent. Stock ...... 1093 0 0 Bunsen Memorial ...... 1552000 5 0 €1. 500 Transvaal 3 per cent. Guaranteed Stoc 1...... 1440 0 0 Accountants' Charges. Special Investigation 1S9G-1 902 ...... -- Designing and Opening New Books ...... 25 10 0 221s. 909 0 5 Solicitor%Zharges ...... 4466 - Sundry Expenses ...... 4111 Amount placed on Deposit 1000 0 0 Purchase of 221500 Transvaai'k p'li c& . Guakteed Siock ::: ::: ::: 1460 13 G Balance at Bank ...... 1452 79 The sum of 247 12s. Gd., being claim for retnrn of Income Tax. has not yet ., in hands of Treadurer ...... 11 511 been receivod . -- 1463 16 8 --- .- f9985 7 6 €9985 7 ti

I linvc examined tlic above accouiit with the BOolis and \70ucliers of the Society. and certify it to be in accordance therewith. 1 have also verified the Bank Balance and the Investments . Approved LEONARDTEMPLE TIIORNE . V. €3 . KEEN. GERALDT . MOODY. ). Itdltors. Chartered Accountant . JOHNWADE . Published on 01 January 1904. Downloaded on 26/10/2014 04:50:07.

BALANCE SHEET.-THE CHEMICAL SOCIETY, 31 ST DECEMBER,1903.

$ s. (7. B 8. d. By Tnvestmenbs (value when acquired) :- 2 c. To Subscriptions :- &I050 London and North Western Railway 3 per Received in advance for 1904 ...... 144 0 0 cent. Debenture Stock ...... 839 12 3) ,, ,, 1905 ...... 2 0 0 g6730 Metropolitan Consolidated 34 per cent. Stock 7212 8 -- 146 0 0 g1520 148. 3d. Cardiff Corporation 3 per cent. Stock 1650 0 ,, Sundry Creditors ...... 1134 15 0 91400 [ndia 24 per cent. Stock ...... 1316 1 62400 Bristol Corporation 24 per cent. Debenture ,, Research Fund :- Stock ...... 2070 2 Grants unexpended ...... 300 0 0 P2356 Midland Railway 24 per cent. Prcfcrencc Research Fund :- Stock ...... '7072 6 ,, &1200 ,.. I As at 1st January 1903 I Leeds Corporation 3 per cent. Stock 1143 ... 6751 5 9 Transvaal3 per cent. Guaranteed Stock"' ... 1460 13 Ke8s Excess of Exbenditwe o& Inco~iie1:: ::: '1: S15 S 21500 -- -- 6749 10 1 Chemical Society :- (Estimated present value of Investments, ,, rE16,650 17s. Od.) Amount of Fund at 1st January 1903 .., 17090 9 0 Add Excess of Income over Expknditure f&: t,lli'yek';* ,, Library, Furniture, Stock of Publicat,iona. kc. (not. 891 1 4 valued) ...... :., ...... _-- 17981 10 4 ., Sundry Debtors :- (The liability in respect of Life Compositions is not Society of Public Analysts ...... jncluded.) Physical Society ...... Advertising Agents ...... Messrs. Gurney &Jackson ...... /" ,, Subscriptions in Arrear ...... ,! Insurance paid in advance ...... s ,, Cash:- s At Bank. hkssrs Coutts and (3)...... c! In hand ~...... 3 ., Rrsearcli Fund :- Investments (value when acquired): $3000 North British 4 per criit. View Article Online No. 1 Preference Stock ...... 21010 0 0 24400 Metropolitan Consolidated / / 31 per cent. Stock ...... 4.Xi 1S 0 21034 Great Western Railway 2& / per cent. Debenture Stock ...... 1049 15 11 -- 6647 13 11 ,, Cash at Bank ...... 194 16 2 --684'2 10 1 (Estimated present value of Research Fund Inrestmrnts, $6,553 17s.2d.) ,__/" €26104 15 5 Published on 01 January 1904. Downloaded on 26/10/2014 04:50:07.

THE TREASUREROF THE CHEMICALSOCIETY IN ACCOUNTWITH THE RESEARCHFUND. DR. FROM21ST MARCH,1903, TO 12TH MARCIT, 1904. CR.

____ ~~ ~- 1903 & s. d. 2 s. d. 1903. & s. d. f s. n. Mar. 22. Balance at Bank, 22nd March, June 22. Grants to J. B. Cohen ...... 500 1903 ...... 364 3 I1 ,, J. McCrae ...... 500 Year's Dividends on &4,400 ,, J. J. Sndborougli ...... 10 0 0 Metropolitan Consolidated 3& ., R. S. Morrell ...... 15 0 0 per cent. Stock ...... 146 6 2 ,, J. N. Collie ...... 25 0 0 Year's Dividends on $21,000 ,, T. S. Patterson ...... 12 0 0 North British Railway 4 per ,, A. Lapworth ...... 15 0 0 cent. No. 1 Preference'Stock 37 14 4 !, A. W. Harvey ...... 10 0 0 Year's Dividends on 33,034 ,, J. Wade ...... 10 0 0 Great Western Railway 24 per ,, F. Soddy ...... 25 0 0 cent. Debenture Stock ...... 24 11 2 1904. 132 0 0 208 11 8 Jan. 25. ,, H. A. Auden ...... 500 Repayment of Unexpended Grants 45 14 1 ;, J. C. Cain ...... 10 0 0 1904. Assets. Estimated Value. ?, P. G. Donnan ...... 10 0 0 Mar. 12, Balance at Bank ...... 164 11 8 ,, G. n. Lander ...... 10 0 0 &4,400 Metropolitan Consolid- ,, 13. Prentice ...... 10 0 0 ated 3fr per cent. Stock ...... 4488 0 0 ,, A. Slator ...... 30 0 0 &l,OOO North British Railway :, S. Smiles ...... 30 0 0 4 per cent, No. 1 Preference :, 1: D. Steele ...... 25 0 0 Stock ...... 1195 0 0 ,, J. J. Sndborongh ...... 10 0 0 $1,034 Great Western Railway 100 0 0 24 per cent. Debenture Stock 811 13 9 Longstaff Honorarium, Professor W. J. Pope ...... 20 0 0

26659 5 5 Cost of Longstaff Medal, Profersor View Article Online W. J. Pope ...... 1 10 u The sum of 220 2s. 5d., being claim Cheque Book ...... oso for return of Income Tax. has Balance at Rank ...... not yet been received. Mar. 12. 164 I1 8 2418~_ 9 8 2418 9 8 I have examined the above Account with the Books and Vouchers of the Society and certify it to be in accordance therewith. I have also verified tne Bank Balance and the Investments. Approved- LEONAEDTEMPLE THORNP. W. B. KEEN, GERALD T. MOODY. Auditors. 17th March, 1904. Chartered Accountant. JOHNWAnE. View Article Online

492 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING.

Professor H. B. DIXONmoved the adoption of the report, which was seconded by Mr. E. W. VOELCKERand carried unanimously. Dr. SCOTTproposed, and Dr. PHILIPseconded, a vote of thanks to the Auditors, which was acknowledged by Dr. MOODY. The PRESIDENTthen delivered his address, which will be found on p. 493. Professor EMERSONREYNOLDS proposed a vote of thanks to the President, coupled with a request that he wauld allow his address to be printed in the Transactions. Mr. DAVIDHOWARD seconded the motion, which was carried by acclamation and acknowledged by the PRESIDENT. Professor DIVERSproposed a vote of thanks to the Treasurer, Secre- taries, and Council. This was seconded by Mr. SPILLERand unanimously adopted. Dr. WOTTresponded. The Scrutators presented their report to the President, who declared the following to have been duly elected as Officers and Council for the ensuing year :

President : W. A. Tilden, D.Sc., F.1Z.S.

Vice-Presidents who haw JiZZed the o@ce of President : H. E. Arm- strong, Ph.D., LL.D., F.R.S.; A. Crum Brown, D.Sc., LL.D., F.R.S.; Sir W. Crookes, F.R.S. ; James Dewar, M.A., LL.D., P.1Z.S. ; A. Vernon Harcourt, MA., D.C.L., F.R.S. ; H. Muller, Ph.D., LL.D., F.R.S.; W. Odling, M.A., M.B., F.R.S. ; W. H. Perkin, Ph.D., LL.D., E.R.S. ; J. Emerson Reynolds, Sc.D., M, D., F.R.S. ; Sir H. E. Roscoe, LL.D., F.R.S.; W. J. Russell, Ph.D,, F.R.S.; T. E. Thorpe, C.B.,

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I%e-Pvesidertts : Horace T. Brown, LL,D., F.R.S. ; Harold B. Dixon, M.A., F.R.S. ; Wyndham R. Dunstan, M.A., F.R.S. ; P. F. Frankland, LL.D., F.R.S. ; David Howard ; Raphael Meldola, F.R.S.

Secretaries: W. P. Wynne, D.Sc., F.R.S. ; M. 0. Forster, D.Sc., Ph.D.

Foreign Secretary : Sir W. Ramsay, ILC. B., LL.D., F.R.S.

Treasurer : Alexander Scott, M.A., D.Sc., E.R.S.

Othlr Jfembers of (3ounciZ : Augustus E. Dixon, M.D. ; J. J. Dobbie, M.A., D.Sc. ; Bernard Dyer, D.Sc. ; Alfred D. Hall, M.A. ; A. Harden, D.Sc., Ph.D.; J. T. Hewitt, MA., D.Sc.; C. A. Kohn, Ph.D., B.Sc. ; A. Lapworth, D.Sc. ; J. E. Marsh, M.A. ; E. J. Mills, D.Sc., F.R.S. ; S. Ruhemann, M.A., Ph.D. ; J. M. Thornsou, LLD., F.R.8. The proceedings then terminated.