INSTITUTION OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERS
'I'lic Jtistitrttioti of Clicinicnl Eiigiiicers held its ninth :itiiiii:iI corj)orntc meeting 011 AInrcli 5 nlid 6, with BIr. .I. ilrtliiir 'l~c:ivcll, tlic I'rcsiclciit, in tlic Clinir.
The first session was Iicld iii tlic rootiis of tlic Clie~nicnl Society nt I3iirliiigton IIoiisc, l'iccndilly, I'., on !l!h~irscliiy iifbcrti~~oii, Jlnrcli 5, nt which tlic follo\viiig papers w r c ~)r~!.st~iitetl :-" Flits '\'ns niitl its lSstr;ictioii," by I)r. \'. ll. Gihsoii, " 'l'lic Rccovcry of Guin froiii Fossil Kiiiiri 'I'iiiilier," l)y Dr. 11. C : . Tsriicl, iiiitl " 'l'lic 15strnctioii of 'I~crpciic Cliciiiic:ils f roni Wnstc l'iiic WOO~S," l)y 1. \', IIiimphrry. 111 tltc! cvcning, in tlic Lecture 'l'licntrc of tlio Iiist.itution of Civil lStigiiiccrs, Great Cloorgc Street,, S.W., n Icct,itrc wiis clclivcrcd by .I3iiroti C:i:in ilhcrto f ~l ~i t i c , Professor of Ckocliciiiistry in t lie University of ltoiiie, on " !I'h New ltiiliiitl Imtcitc ltitliistry," in which Iic t1cscril)ctl the iiictltotls dcvc!lol)c!tl i t i ltiily for tlic cstrnction of iilumiiiii niitl potiisli srilts froiii Icitcitc, : L miticriil cottsistitig of ti silic:itc of iiliitititiii :iiitL potiisli, lritlicrto coiisitlcrctl \vortliless, wliich mists i i i wry coiisitlcriil)l(~ ntiiorttits in t lie volciitiic rocks of Chitriil Itiily. On Jliircli (i tlic iiicetiiig wiis licli1:it the 1Iotcl 'ictorin, KortliiiiiiLcrI;iiid Avcniic, Loudoii, \'.C., Jlr. ,I. ilrtliiir Itcrivcll 1)ciiig iii tlic Cliiiir. 'lllie niiiiiinl rcport of the (loiuicil iiiid tlic 1)nlniicc sliect :m1 st:itciticnt of nccoiiiits for 1930 wcrc presciitcd ntitl ~itiiiiiiiiiotisly ntloptcd. 9'11~ rate of gro\vth of tlic tticinlicrsliip \ms csnctly tlic s:itiic (is in the previous yciir, tlic net. iricrc:ise 1)ciitg 63, iiiiikitig n total iiic~iilicrship of tifil. !I'lic followiiig Oiliccrs iiiitl Jlciiil)crs of C'outicil \vcrc c.lvctctl for tlic yoiir ICUI :-f'wsiden/: Jlr. \'. A . S. C'iiltlcr ; I'icc-f'r~,.sit/eir~.~ : Jlr. C;. Griiy i i i i d Or. 71.