The following are summaries of seven of the papers presented at the Research and Development Topics in Analytical Chemistry meeting of the Analytical Division held on May 4th and 5th, 1976, at the University of Exeter.

The following are summaries of eleven of the papers presented at the Research and Development Topics in Analytical Chemistry meeting of the Analytical Division held on May 3rd and 4th, 1977, at Chelsea College, London and reported in the June issue of Proceedings (p. 131).