in tcmpcrntc climntcs. Jlr. ' I ! . licndlc said thiit fruit; kept in cold storage 1i:id not tlic flnvoiir of tlic origiilnl fruit. A mcthod tlint would cniililc soft fruits to be licpt until tlicy ircrc out of season liiid yct to he devised. Mr. A., Samson siiitl tlint storage of soft fruit in carbon dioxide wns usclcss. Prccziiig in 30% syrup wns tlic most cffcctive iiictliotl of prescrvntion, but. csposiirc of the frozcii fruit to tlic iiir ciiusctl ositliit,ivc clinugcs wliich tlcstroyctl tlic fliivoiir. Oritngcs could not be prcscrved undcr conditions siiitiihlc for npplcs. Storngc in i i n inert qas, siicli as cnrbon tliosiclc, hydrogen or drogcn, or 111 :I v~iciiiiin, wiis iiicffcctu:il. lrcssrs. A. i\Iorc, T. ~IcLiicIiliiii, Biirrs, Coync nntl T?. R. Stcpliciis nlso c:ont,rilmtctl to :LII interesting tliscussioit. OBlTUARY PROF. C. M. THOMPSON Jniiiiiiry I tlic Socict,y Ii:is lost, :I tlistinpiiishctl incrnl)cr of nciirly 50 yciirs' stiiiiding. mtcr in 1855 :in11 in tluc COIICS~ stutliccl n t University Collcgc, London, tlicn !rrini ty Collcgc, Cambridge, wlicrc he gradiintcd JI.A., iind Inter with Chisen nt 13onn. In 1881 tic was nwiirtlctl :I I).Sc. tty Lontlaii University iintl in IS83 wiis iippointctl first l'rofcssor of Clicmistry in tlic tlicii newly-formed Univcrsit,y Collcgc of South Wiilcs and ;\Ioiimoiitlisliirc ;it C:irtliff untlcr l'rincipiil Viriitniu JOI~CS. Tliis post, lie licltl until 1921, \vlicn lie retired iintl \cis elected 151ncritirs Professor. I-lc also represciited tlic Ciiii~sity of Cnmbridgc on the Coiirt. of Go-t!l.llCJrS of the University of I'iilcs. Tlic Collcgc wliic!li tlcvclopctl so \vcll iincl tlic University Iiotll o\vctl miicli to his ii(liiiiiiist.riit.i.c iildity, soiuitl jiitlginent, uiitl wiae coiiiiscl as ii iiicni1)cr Of its Senrite, iilso to liis tciichiiig skill.