A METHOD FOR THE ANALYSIS OF LIPSTICK 399 result in improvements which will, some day, culminate in a really compre- hensive, analytically precise method for the analysis of lipstick. REFERENCES Shupe, Irwin S., y. Assoc. Offi. •lgr. Chemists, 26, No. 1,249 (1943). Freeman, Kenneth, personal communication. Sclar, R. N., and Freeman, K. A., y. •lssoc. Offi. •lgr. Chemists, 38, No. 3 (1955). Newburger, S. H., y. Soc. Cosmetic Chem., 1, 95 (1948). SOCIETY OF COSMETIC CHEMISTS OF GREAT BRITAIN ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING HELD AT THE BONNINGTON HOTEL, W.C.1, ON FRIDAY, MAY 25TH, 1956 THERE was the customary good attendance at this Annual General Meeting of the Society when the President, Mr. R. T. Dobson, took the chair. He presented the Council's report for the year, calling attention to the continued expansion of the membership, which stood at 248 at the end of the financial year. During the lecture season six scientific meetings had been held at the Royal Society of Arts. Except for one of these, which had been honoured with extremely inclement weather, the attendance had been unusually good, although the Council would continue to work for still larger attendances and expected that the programme t'or 1956/7 would be well supported. Experienced specialist lecturers had promised to speak on their respective subjects, the programme dealing with the following: Histology of the skin Polyvinyl pyrrolidone Silicones in the cosmetic industry Particle size measurement of powders, Cationic surface active agents Ion exchange resins and suriace phenomena. The golf tournament had been held at the Burhill golf course in ideal sunny weather with a gentle breeze. Mr. L. O. Gatland won the Firmenich Cup, with Mr. A. B. Bell as hi.• runner-up the foursomes were won by Messrs. A. B. Bell and F. W. Cripps, with Messrs. J. R. A. Evans and E. Fairbanks-Smith as runners-up. The Dinner and Dance was held at the Caf• Royal, Regent St., 162 people being present--an increase of nearly fifty over those at last year's event. Dr. Kent-Jones, F.R.I.C., President of the Royal Institute of Chemistry, and Lt.-Col. ,1. K. L. Wenham, Chairman of the Toilet Preparations Federation, Ltd., were our guests of honour. The President went on to express the Council's appreciation of the work

400 JOURNAL OF THE SOCIETY OF COSMETIC CHEMISTS of Dr. A. W. Middleton, the Society's Honorary Editor, in publishing three issues of the Journal in the Society's year, thus, with the American Society's four issues, giving the members seven journal issues in the period. Unfor- tunately, owing to the pressure of business, his services would not be available after the July issue, and Mr. W. R. Littlejohn had agreed to carry out the onerous duties of Honorary Editor. Both Dr. Middleton and he were certain that the journal would be in competent and skilful hands, and they trusted that members would support Mr. Littlejohn by submitting scientific matter for publication. The Society's thanks were also due to Mr. Holmes who, in his capacity of advertising manager, had kept the Journal's finances on a sound basis, and to Mr. F. Riley, the Honorary Secretary, for his work, and particularly for the interesting News-Letters which he had circulated. The Educational Course held at Acton Technical College was making steady progress under Dr. K. G. Johnson's guidance. The third year of the course had been made possible by the help of specialist lecturers, most of whom were members of the Society, and the first examination for the Society's Diploma would be held at the end of the summer session in June. The Honorary Treasurer, Mr. H. J. Lovell, then presented the balance sheet and accounts. The satisfactory state of the financial affairs was appreciated, and the report accepted unanimously. The Council had given considerable attention to the desirability of revising the phraseology and arrangement of the Rules, at the same time suggesting some minor changes. Dr. R. H. Marriott had been the chairman of the sub- committee dealing with this matter, although Mr. F. Riley and Dr. A. W. Middleton had also made important contributions to the work. The revised rules now before the meeting had been submitted to a lawyer for his criticism, and they embodied his suggestions where they were of a legal nature. The principal changes were to make the conditions of full membership of the Society more stringent to permit those not qualified to be members of the Society, but whose connection with it would advance the objects of the Society, to be admitted as Affiliates, whose rights and obligations were de- fined and to clarify the Society's rights to suspend or remove members. After considerable discussion, the proposed rules, with three amendments, were accepted unanimously. Before vacating the chair for the election of officers and of three members of Council, Mr. Dobson made a few personal observations, saying: "I should like to take this opportunity of expressing my appreciation for the co-operation given to me by all officers and members of the Council during my year of office. "Although all officers and members have been most helpful, I trust that I may, without minimising the efforts of others, specially mention our Past President, Dr. Marriott, our Honorary Secretary, Mr. Riley, and our Honorary Editor, Dr. Middleton.