54 JOURNAI. OF THE SOCIETY OF COSMETIC CItEMISTS The President presents the Diploma to Mr. 1V[. Pickthall, son of a Past-President. The Diplomas were presented to six of the seven successful candidates, by the President, immediately preceding the first lecture of the 1959/60 Session. Permanent Binding Covers Orders for binding cases, price 7s. each, should be sent to P. G. Chapman & Co., Ltd., Kent House Lane, Beckenharn, Kent, who will also undertake the work of binding at an inclusive cost of 16/6 per volume. 1960 Programme The following lectures will be given before the Society: Monday, 18th January 1•0 The use of polyoxyethylene derivatives in cosmetics by B. A. KILLNER, B.SC. Friday, 12th February 1960 The design of experiments by M. H. QUENOUILLE, M.A. Tuesday, 15th March 1960 Fragrance in the natural orders by E. s. MAURER

SOCIETY OF COSMETIC CHEMISTS OF GREAT BRITAIN 55 Thursday, 7th April 1960 Planning and equipping a cosmetic laboratory by R. H. MARRIOTT, D.SC., F.R.I.C. A display of laboratory equipment will be held in conjunction •vith this lecture. ALL lectures commence at 7.30 p.m. and are given at the Royal Society of Arts, John Adam Street, London, W.C.2. DINNER and DANCE This will be held at the Caf• Royal, Regent Street, London, W. 1, on Friday, 5th February 1960, and tickets at •2 2s. each are now available from the General Secretary. Annual General Meeting The Annual General Meeting of the Society will take place on Friday, 27th May 1960, at 7 p.m. at 55, Park Lane, London, W. 1. PURE & APPLIED CHEMISTRY The International tinion of Pure and Applied Chemistry has decided to publish an official journal PURE & APPLIED CHEMISTRY. The journal will appear at irregular intervals as material is available. It will be published in parts four parts to a volume, each volume containing about 600 pages. The subscription will be approximately f5 5s. per volume. The journal will contain the lectures or papers read at symposia organized or sponsored by IUPAC, reports of IUPAC Commissions, Divisions and Committees, and other material which the IUPAC Authorities may decide to include. PURE & APPLIED CHEMISTRY will be published by the official publishers to the Union, Butterworths Scientific Publications, 4-5 Bell Yard, London, W.C.2, England, to whom all enquiries concerning final price and conditions of sale should be addressed. BOOK REVIEW INTERNATIONALER KODEX DER •THERISCHEN (•Lz--Erster Erg/inzungsband. by A. Miiller. Dr. Alfred Hiithig Verlag, G.m.b.H., Heidelberg, Germany, 1959. 208 pages, size 6 X 8} inches. Price ß DM 24. This first Supplement to the author's International Codex of Essential Oils is divided into 13 main parts. The first deals with the formation of essential oils the second part, with the characteristics of the oils, their