SOCIETY OF COSMETIC CHEMISTS OF GREAT BRITAIN 281 Hon. Treasurer: R. E. Spate. The election of three Members of Council, from nine candidates, resulted in the following being returned: K. G. Johnson, B.Sc., Ph.D., A.R.I.C. A. W. Middleton, B.Sc., Ph.D., F.R.I.C. Miss L. P. Torry, B.Sc. The Council for the next year will consist of the above, together with S. J. Bush, F.R.I.C., R. T. Dobson, J. B. Wilkinson, B.A., B.Sc., F.R.I.C., and the Hon. Editor, A. Herzka, B.Sc., A.R.I.C. The meeting passed a vote of thanks to retiring members of Council, and at its conclusion the President presented Mr. F. Riley with a silver salver. The President referred to Mr. Riley's outstanding work as Hon. Secretary to the Society, from 1954 to 1959, and stated that Council wished Mi. Riley to receive a token of their esteem, respect and gratitude. The meeting ended pleasantly with an informal meal. Income Tax relief for annual subscription THE SOCIETY has been approved by the Commissioners of Inland Revenue for the purposes of Section 16 of the Finance Act, 1958, and members (both corporate and non-corporate) who qualify for relief under that Section will in future be able to claim the whole of their annual subscription as a deduc- tion from their emoluments assessable to income tax under Schedule E. In order to qualify for relief a member must be able to show that: (a) the subscription is defrayed out of the emoluments 6f his office or employment, and, (b) the activities of the Society so far as they are directed to all or any of the following objects: (i) the advancement or spreading of knowledge (whether generally or among persons belonging to the same or similar professions or occupying the same or similar positions) (ii) the maintenance or improvement of standards of conduct and competence among the members of the profession are relevant to the office or employment, that is to say, the per- formance of the duties of the office or employment is directly affected by the knowledge concerned or involves the exercise of the profession. The first subscription for which relief may be claimed is that payable on 1st April 1959. Members who are eligible for relief should apply to their tax offices as soon as possible for form P358 on which to make a claim for adjustment of their P.A.Y.E. coding. It is understood that members will not be required to produce a receipt for the payment of the subscription.

•2 JOURNAL OF THE SOCIETY OF COSMETIC CHEMISTS THE INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION ADVANTAGE WAS taken of the holding of the Congress to have a meeting of the proposed International Federation of Societies of Cosmetic Chemists. This took place on 15th April 1959 in the Chemical Society's rooms in Piccadilly, by kind permission of their President. The agenda was a long one. Dr. Marriott was elected to the Chair and Mrs. Millman, Genera} Secretary of the British Society, was voted to act as the Secretary for this meeting. This meeting was an occasion in which the Toilet Preparations Federation of Great Britain helped considerably insomuch as they entertained all the delegates to lunch. This gave the opportunity for all to meet the business executives of some of the large cosmetic companies in England. It was said by the Chairman of the Meeting that the completion of the rather long agenda could only have been attained because all the delegates showed xvillingness and a desire to look at the project internation- ally and in no instance was any delegate desirous of over-representing his own Society. All are to be congratulated on the spirit in which the items on the agenda were discussed. The following is the press release of the meeting, which was issued to the press in all the countries where cosmetic societies exist. A historic meeting took place in the rooms of the Chemical Society, Burlington House, London, on 15th April 1959, when representatives of eight countries met to discuss the formation of an International Federation of Societies of Cosmetic Chemists. This Federation would link together the various autono- mous hational societies into an international body, capable of acting in such fields as international standards, establishment of the professional status of the cosmetic scientist, publication of bulletins, abstracts and reviews on cosmetic science, to name only a few. The countries represented on this occasion were: Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Great Britain, Norway, Sweden and the United States. Agreement was reached on a pro- visional constitution. The delegates are now returning to re- port to their national Societies and as soon as possible a second council meeting will be held to draw up a final constitution. A provisional secretariat has been established in London (2, Lovers Walk, London, N.3), but the •inal headquarters have yet to be agreed. It was generally agreed that this meeting had laid the foundation of the International Federation which, subject to agreement by the various national societies, can be looked on as an organisation in being.