THE ARSENIC BILL. 
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per cwt. The duty was repealed in 1845. We import myrrh 
from the East Indies, &c. 
Seeds Anise . — Previously to 1832, the duty was 60s. per 
cwt.; it was then reduced to 5s., and in 1842 was fixed at 
2s. 6d. per cwt. on the produce of British possessions, and 5s. 
on that of foreign parts. The duty was repealed in 1845. We 
import anise seeds from the Mediterranean. 
Squills . — The duty, which, previous to 1832, was 20s. per 
cwt. on dried, and 5s. on undried, was then fixed at 8s. per 
cwt. on the former, and Is. on the latter. In 1842 the duty 
was fixed at Is. on dried, and 6d. on undried. In 1845 the 
duty was repealed. We import squills from Trieste, &c. 
Pharmaceutical Journal , May 1851. 
THE ARSENIC BILL. 
This Bill having passed the first and second readings in the 
House of Commons, was introduced into Committee on the 15th 
of April, pro forma ; with the intimation, on the part of the 
Secretary of State for the Home Department, that it would be 
reprinted with some verbal corrections, and again brought before 
the House in its amended state prior to the third reading. 
The alteration required is in the second clause, which is 
obscurely worded, and for which it is proposed to substitute the 
following : — 
II. No person shall sell less than ten pounds weight of Arsenic 
at any one time to any person who is unknown to the person 
selling such Arsenic, unless the sale be made in the presence of 
a witness who is known to the person selling the Arsenic, and 
to whom the purchaser is known, and who signs his name, 
together with his place of abode, to such entries, before the 
delivery of the Arsenic to the purchaser ; and no person shall 
sell less than ten pounds weight of Arsenic at any one time to 
any person other than a male person of full age. 
III. No person shall sell any Arsenic, unless the same be, 
before the sale thereof, mixed with soot or indigo, in the pro- 
portion of one ounce of soot or half an ounce of indigo at the 
least to one pound of the Arsenic, and so in proportion for any 
greater or less quantity: provided always, that where such 
Arsenic is stated by the purchaser to be required, not for use 
in agriculture, but for some other purpose for which such ad- 
mixture would, according to the representation of the purchaser, 
render it unfit, such Arsenic may be sold without such admix- 
ture, in a quantity of not less than ten pounds at any one time. 
