This review follows the last one (I) and covers the period from October 1981 to September 1983. During the later part of 1983 the senior author made a trip to several countries where he previously served as visiting professor and visited a number of laboratories in order to observe the recent developments in organic elemental analysis. It was found that the automated CHN analyzer has become standard equipment, while the manually operated combustion trains are used for checking analytical results which are at variance with the theoretical values or for testing compounds which may explode on combustion. No new instruments were introduced after the publication of the author's comprehensive treatise (2). For the determination of major constituents, reference compounds for C, H, N, 0, Cl, Br, I, F, and S are available (3); thus the analyst can use them for verification of analytical procedures and as calibration standards.The demand for determination of trace elements in organic materials has increased by leaps and bounds lately. Most T. S. Ma Is Emeritus Professor of Chemistry at the City University ol New York where he retired recently after completion of 25 years of service. Professor Ma now divides his time between writing at home in North Carolina and consulting or lecturing abroad. He has written 7 books, 8 chapters In chemical treatises, and 150 research papers. He has lectured In many countries during the past 3 decades. He served twice as Futbright lecturer and once as American specialist with the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the State Department. Professor Ma is editor of Mfcrochtmlca Acta, the international Journal on microchemistry and trace analysis. The current interests of Professor Ma are concerned with microchemical Investigation of medicinal plants, organic analysis and synthesis in the milligram to microgram range, and the use of small-scale. Inexpensive equipment to teach chemistry. Professor Ma received the Benedetti-PIchler award In microchemistry In 1978.