Issued with March Number, 1898.

Proceedings.

COUNCIL.

It has been decided that the summer meeting of the society shall be held in connection with the meeting of Section C of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the time to be divided between the two organizations, as at last year's summer meeting.

The following persons have been elécted officers of the society in accordance with the provisions of the constitution :

Councilor-Horace L. Wells.

Directors for two years—C. F. Chandler and Wm. McMurtrie. Directors for one year-C. A. Doremus, and C. B. Dudley. Committee on Membership-P. T. Austen, A. A. Breneman, C. A. Doremus.

Committee on Finance-A. P. Hallock, A. H. Sabin, Durand Woodman.

Committee on Papers and Publications-Edward Hart, J. H. Long, T. B. Osborne.

Editor-Edward Hart.

The publisher of the Journal has been directed to furnish to the Committee on Atomic Weights 100 reprints of the annual report.

A committee of five persons, consisting of E. E. Ewell, chairman, Washington, D. C., G. E. Barton, Millville, N. J., C. E. Linebarger, Chicago, Ill., F. P. Venable, Chapel Hill, N. C., and L. P. Kinnicutt, Worcester, Mass., has been appointed to study and report upon the means by which this society can. hasten the adoption of uniform systems of graduation, definite limits of accuracy, and standard methods for using all forms of measuring instruments in use in chemical laboratories. ther, the committee has been instructed to cooperate with other scientific bodies which have already undertaken this work, or which may enter upon it in the future.

NAMES PROPOSED FOR MEMBERSHIP.

Allen, Charles R., New Bedford High School, New Bedford, Mass.

Atwood, Wm. P., 11 Harding St., Lowell, Mass.

Aubert, A. B., Univ. of Maine, Orono, Me.

Badger, Ernest F., Expt. Station, Lawrence, Mass.
Bardwell, Fred. L., Mass. Inst. Tech., Boston, Mass.
Barlow, W. H., Mass. Inst. Tech., Boston, Mass.

Bassett, George O., 42 Farnsworth St., So. Boston, Mass. Bassett, Win. H., 236 Maxfield St., New Bedford, Mass. Bates, H. R., Ashepoo Fertilizer Co., 143 E. Bay St., Charleston, S. C.

Baxter, Gregory P., Chem. Lab., Harvard College, Cambridge, Mass.

Beach, I. E., Lawrence, Mass.

Beardsley, Wallace B., 805 Amsterdam Ave., N. Y. City. Blanchard, Arthur A., Newton Centre, Mass.

Bradford, Ernest, Ohio State Univ., Columbus, O.

Burnham, Guy J., Fitchburg, Mass.

Burns, Dr. Peter S., Mass. Inst. Tech., Boston, Mass.
Butler, W. F., 79 Tudor St., Chelsea, Mass.

Chapin, Edward S., 23 Parker St., Boston, Mass.
Chapin, L. P., Mass. Inst. Tech., Boston, Mass.
Clapp, E. H., 620 Atlantic Ave., Boston, Mass.

Clark, Harry W., Room 502, State House, Boston, Mass. Coburn, Arthur S., care of C. B. Coburn & Co., Lowell, Mass. Cochrane, A. L., care of Cochrane Chem. Co., Boston, Mass. Comey, Arthur M., Room 22, 620 Atlantic Ave., Boston, Mass.

Woburn, Mass.

Culmann, Dr. Julius, P. O. Box 3092, Boston, Mass.
Dickermann, Judson C., 10 Minot St.,
Doggett, Chas. S., Norwood, Mass.
Dixon, J. B., 32 Lawrence St., Boston,

Mass.

Duckworth, Harry D., Cocheco Mfg. Co., Dover, N. H. Dunlap, Frederick L., Worcester Poly. Inst., Worcester, Mass.

Durfee, Winthrop C., 81 Sedgwick St., Jamaica Plain, Boston, Mass.

Durkee, W. C., 392 Boylston St., Boston, Mass.
Fay, Henry, Mass. Inst. Tech., Boston, Mass.
Forbush, Gayle T., 30 Kilby St., Boston, Mass.
Gage, Stephen D., Expt. Station, Lawrence, Mass.

Glaesel, Theodore, 278 Centre St., Jamaica Plain, Boston, Mass.

Glasoe, Paul M., Univ. of Minn., Minneapolis, Minn.
Goodhue, Leonard H., 6 Chestnut St., Salem, Mass.

Goodrich, Arthur L., A I Berwick Park, Boston, Mass.
Graves, W. B., Andover, Mass.

Greenwood, Harry D., Everett Mills, Lawrence, Mass.
Hale, Frank M., 137 Glenwood Ave., Jersey City, N. J.
Hapgood, Charles W., Learnard & Bird Oil Co., Abattoir,
Brighton, Mass.

Hayward, Harrison W., 79 Milton Ave., Hyde Park, Mass. Hill, Wm. G., Jr., 84 Converse Ave., Malden, Mass. Holman, Dr. Geo. M., Mass. Inst. Tech., Boston, Mass. Holmes, V. F., Mass. Inst. Tech., Boston, Mass.

Hollis, Frederick S., Newton Highlands, Mass.

Hosford, Roger F., 42 Farnsworth St., South Boston, Mass.
Howard, Alonzo P., 13 Pearl St., Boston, Mass.
Hughes, R. M., 4 Oxford Terrace, Boston, Mass.
Jenkins, Chas. D., 32 Hawley St., Boston, Mass.

Jennings, W. L., Worcester Poly. Inst., Worcester, Mass.
Kelley, Wm., Mass. Inst. Tech., Boston, Mass.
Kimball, H. S., 7 Exchange Place, Boston, Mass.
Kimberly, A. Elliott, State Expt. Station, Lawrence, Mass.
Lanzendoerfer, George, 280 Dover St., Boston, Mass.
Leach, Albert E., Room 501, State House, Boston, Mass.
LeBosquet, Maurice, 328 E. Eagle St., East Boston, Mass.
Lee, John C., Brookline, Mass.

Livermore, Wm. D., Washington Mills Co., Lawrence, Mass.
Loveland, James W., 184 Broadway, Cambridgeport, Mass.
Lythgoe, Hermann C., Winthrop, Mass.

Marble, J. Russel, Worcester, Mass.

Martin, Henry, South Gardiner, Me.

McGilton, Wm. W., Middlebury College, Middlebury, N. Y. Means, R. F., 6 Custom House St., Boston, Mass.

Merigold, Benjamin S., 67 Thayer Hall, Cambridge, Mass. Moat, C. P., 70 Middle St., Portsmouth, N. H.

Mommers, Richard, 543 Massachusetts Ave., Boston, Mass. Moody, H. R., Winsted, Conn.

Moore, Hugh Kelsea, West Paris, Me.

Mulliken, Dr. Samuel P., Mass. Inst. Tech., Boston, Mass.
Neidich, Samuel A., A 1 Berwick Park, Boston, Mass.
Norris, James F., Mass. Inst. Tech., Boston, Mass.
Nye, Walter B., Cumberland Mfg. Co., Boston, Mass.
Olney, Louis A., Lowell Textile School, Lowell, Mass.
Ollson, Gustav, Everett, Mass.

O'Regan, D. F., Worcester Poly. Inst., Worcester, Mass.
Parker, Horatio N., 24 Shepard St., Cambridge, Mass.
Patch, Edgar L., 91 Broad St., Boston, Mass.

Phelan, J. W., Mass. Inst. Tech., Boston, Mass.

Pierce, Frank L., 31 Milk St., Boston, Mass.

Piper, Walter E., Boston Rubber Shoe Co., Fells, Mass.

Porter, Miss Georgia, Woburn, Mass.

Prescott, Samuel C., Mass. Inst. Tech., Boston, Mass.

Price, Raymond B., Boston Woven Hose & Rubber Co., Cambridgeport, Mass.

Reed, Ernest A., Boston Woven Hose Co., Cambridgeport, Mass.

Rice, Wm. F., 174 Prichard St., Fitchburg, Mass.

Richards, Mrs. Ellen H., Mass. Inst. Tech., Boston, Mass.
Richards, Prof. R. H., Mass. Inst. Tech., Boston, Mass.
Root, Wm. L., Mass. Inst. Tech., Boston, Mass.
Russell, L. Kimball, Mass. Inst. Tech., Boston, Mass.
Sauveur, Albert, 446 Tremont St., Boston, Mass.
Sawyer, Harris E., 37 Gates St., South Boston, Mass.
Sawyer, Walter H., 60 Congress St., Boston, Mass.
Scudder, Heyward, M.D., 29 Newberry St., Boston, Mass.
Sears, J. H., East Dennis, Mass.

Seidensticker, Lewis J., 95 Inman St., Cambridge, Mass.
Sharples, Philip P., 13 Broad St., Boston, Mass.

Sherman, George W., Cambridgeport, Mass.

Simpson, E. T., care of Simpson & Rololand, Lowell, Mass.
Smith, John W., Mass. Inst. Tech., Boston, Mass.

Snyder, Wm. H., Worcester Academy, Worcester, Mass.
Stantial, Frank G., Everett, Mass.

/Stevens, Edward K., 38 St. Botolph St., Boston, Mass. Stickney, Miss Delia, 19 Trowbridge St., Cambridge, Mass. Sullivan, J. M., Jackson, La.

Thayer, Fred. L., Rumford Chem. Works, Providence, R. I. Thomas, Wm. H., Jr., care of Old Dominion Cotton Mills Co., Magog, P. Q.

Thorpe, Edward E., 711 Boylston St., Boston, Mass.

Torrey, Charles A., Jr., 44 Newbury St., Boston, Mass. Trowbridge, P. F., 226 Observatory St., Ann Arbor, Mich. Tucker, Greenleaf R., City Hospital, Boston, Mass.

Ulmer, George F., 543 Massachusetts Ave., Boston, Mass.
Underwood, George R., Peabody, Mass.

Wakefield, Frank P., 58 Eastern Ave., Boston, Mass.
Walker, Wm. H., Mass. Inst. Tech., Boston, Mass.

Walls, Arthur W., care of Merrimac Chem. Co., North Woburn, Mass.

Wason, Robert S., 61-63 Chatham St., Boston, Mass.
Watkins, Willard H., 33 Fisher St., Dover, N. H.

White, Miss Laura B., Girls' High School, Boston, Mass.
Wilder, Salmon W., Jr., Bellows Falls, Vt.

Wilson, Herman T., Glucose Sugar Ref. Co., Peoria, Ills. Woodman, A. G., Mass. Inst. Tech., Boston, Mass.

Woodworth, E. Harold, Mass. Inst. Tech., Boston, Mass.

APPLICANTS FOR ASSOCIATE MEMBERSHIP.

Ashby, Geo. J. M., 890 Old Colony Bldg., Chicago, Ill.
Atteaux, F. E., 174 Purchase St., Boston, Mass.

Butler, Paul, Lowell, Mass.

Ellsworth, William, 30 Pine St., N. Y. City.
Frink, Cyrus L., 21 Pear St., Boston, Mass.
Hall, A. W., 15-17 Harcourt St., Boston, Mass.
Isaacs, A. S., 140 Sheffield St., Allegheny, Pa.
Shaw, John, 40 India Wharf, Boston, Mass.
Turnbull, Arthur, 38 Kilby St., Boston, Mass.

NEW MEMBERs elected fEBRUARY 4, 1898.

Betts, Anson G., Lansingburgh, N. Y.

Chalon, P. F., 86 Rue Cardinet 86, Paris, France.
Deck, Rev. James, Georgetown Univ., Georgetown, D. C.
Elliott, Arthur H., 4 Irving Place, N. Y. City.

Elworthy, Herbert S., care of H. S. King & Co., 65 Cornhill, London, E. C.

Engle, Wilber D., 413 W. 145th St., N. Y. City.
Georgii, Max., 606 F St., Washington, D. C.
Gomberg, M., Univ. of Mich., Ann Arbor, Mich.
Gotthelf, August H., Hastings-on-Hudson, N. Y.

Griffin, John J., Catholic Univ. of America, Washington, D. C.
Harris, C. D., N. C. Agr. Expt. Station, Raleigh, N. C.

Jacobs, Chas. B., Ampère, N. J.

James, Joseph H., 1969 Amsterdam Ave., N. Y. City.

Jessurun, David, Lawrence, La.

Kastle, Dr. J. H., Agr. College, Lexington, Ky.

Lyons, Robert E., Ph.D., Bloomington, Ind.

Mahon, R. W., McKeesport, Pa.

Remsen, Prof. Ira, Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, Md.

Riddell, Dell F., 1248 N. 27th St., Lincoln, Nebr.

Small, Fritz H., Smethport, McKean Co., Pa.

Watters, Leon L., 153 E. 56th St., N. Y. City.

ASSOCIATE Elected feBRUARY 4, 1898.

Fernandez-Cavada, F., Audubon Expt. Station, New Orleans,

La.

NEW MEMBErs elected FEBRUARY 24, 1898.

Adams, Maxwell, Box 117, Chico, Calif.

Chamberlain, Geo. E., Glucose Works, Bush and Taylor Sts., Chicago, Ill.

Gere, Miss Mariel C., 849 D St., Lincoln, Nebr.

Gooch, Prof. F. A., Yale Univ., New Haven, Conn.