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xxxvi ANNUAL REPORT DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY Number of Students Intermediate Science 81 Sc General 51 Sc Special 35 Medical 99 Engineering lst Year 36 Engineering Metallurgy 16 Dental 15 Higher Degrees 21 Diploma of Chemical Engineering Total 357 Results of Examinations Seventeen students took the Sc Special Examination in Chemistry Of these obtained First Class Honours were placed in the Second Class and obtained Pass Degree Higher Degrees Ph Chemical Engineering William Preston The Removal of Sulphur Compounds from Flue Gases Ph Louis Slotin An Investigation into the Intermediate Formation of Unstable Molecules during some Chemical Reactions Ph Sykes The Stability of Egg Albumin Departmental Notes The extension and refitting of 6a one of the older laboratories of the Department has been completed Increased accommodation for General Honours and Intermediate Science students has thus become available the congestion of the junior laboratory has been relieved and the teaching of Intermediate Science students has been re-organised Dorr-Oliver filter and its accessories has been added to the equipment of the Chemical Engineering Laboratory DEPARTMENTS OF GEOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY Number of Students Geology Arts and Science-lst Year 32 Final Years 19 Engineering- lst Year 27 3rd Year 11 Total 89