SOCIETY OF CHEMKAL INDUSTRY. AWAltD O F TBE SOCIETY'S AIEDAL. Tho Council of tho Socicty hns nwnrdcd its Mcdnl for tho ycnr 19% 10 Monsicur Pniil Kcstncr in rccognition of his distinguished scrriccs to clicmical industry. Alonsicur Kcstncr wns born in hlsncc prior to tho Gcrninn occupntion iii 1871, nnd nltliougli most of his life lins bccn spcnt in Frnncc 110' lived for ecvcrnl ycitrs in this country, nrid hns bccn n nicnibcr of tho Society siiico 1893. 130 wns on0 of tlio cliicf founders nnd tho first prcsidcrit of tho SociBtA do Cl~cniio Indiistricllo in Frnncc, which y'ns cstiiblislicd in 1917. Ho hns h c n connected wit]! cnginccring n s npplicd to chcmicnl industry throughout his cnrccr, and ntnong his inoro iiotnblo nchiovcnicnts nro tlio uso of forced draught in acid ta\vcrs, nutomntic wid clcvntors, tho climbing filrn ovnporntor, tho scalc-loss wntcr-tubo boiler, nnd sovcrnl inrciitioria in conncsion with beet-sugnr niatiufncturo. Very shortly bcforo tlio nrniistico IU. Kostncr gnvo nn nddrcss of outstnnding intorcst nnd importnnco to tlio London Section of tlio Socicty on '' Tho Alsnco Potnsh 1)cposits and thcir lko,:omic Significnnco in relation to Tcrma of Pcnco (c/. J. 1918, 291 T). $110 prcvioiis rccipicnts of tlio society's hfednl hnvc bccn t ---. ----. . .