On tlic Contilielit t,hc btntc of nffnirs was quite different, and tlic bcst technical institutions he had seen were in Stockliolm, Delft, and Copcnhngcn. In spite of the compnrntivcly small population of thew cities, very inucli good work \vns being donc time.
It ivtis, of course, csscntial that thc profession should coiit,inuc to nttrnct iiicn suitnblc to condnct rcscnrcll nnd control largc scale opcmtions bnscd upoil rcscnrcli in organic clicniistry. Tliis wns the root of thc \vholc qucstion, and one \vhich niiy Govcrnnicnt must bcnr in mind wlien consicldring dycstuffs industry or any ot-hcr (lcpending upon orgnnic cllcinistry. -4ssu~i. DIX'NEI~ Tlic dinner, \vliich took plncc st thc klclpl~i Notcl, was very ivell nttciitlcd. X r . Scholcficltl Imsidcil, nntl the gucstrs inclirtlcd tlic Lord ltlnyor of Livcrpool nnd thc Lady Illtiyorcss, Dr. E. 1'. drnlstrong, Prof. Bnly, 311.. C. s. Garlnnd, Prof. l.reilbron, nnd ?dr. Gnbriel Jones.
In proposing tlic tonst of " TIN Lord Jhyor and City of Liverpool," Prof. J-Icilbron nlludctl to thc grent work which hnd bccii donc by the civic natlioritics to ninkc Liverpool worthy of its grciit trnrlitions. Replying, tlir Lord JInyor snid that it \ v n ~ grcikt pleitstlrc to accept the Iiospitnlity of the Britisli Association of Clicniists i i i Livcrpool. The city Iind for niorc thnn a luindrctl ycnrs heen nssocintcd with clicmical industry, nnd they coultl not think of Livcrpool without t.Iic xinnic of Jlusprat~t coining to their iaintls. Liverpool had grown rind pro.+ pcrcd sincc t,hut tiinc, ii1ld there \viis hcforc t.lie cit,y i i fut,urc in kecping with its grcnt triitlit.ions.