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North British Branch of the Pharmaceutical Society. It was to the forethought of Mr. 
Hodge, in applying for the loan of these specimens, and Mr. Mackay’s kind and ready 
compliance with this request, that the members present were indebted for the opportu¬ 
nity of seeing many uncommon forms of drugs. 
Mr. Deane then rose and said, that he had a very pleasant duty to per¬ 
form in expressing, on behalf of the Conference, the obligations that its mem¬ 
bers felt very deeply to their brethren in Dundee. After stating how admi¬ 
rable were all the arrangements made, and how pleasantly those who had 
come from England would always think of the cordial reception given them 
by Dundee on behalf of Scotland, he concluded by moving :— 
“ That the warmest thanks of this meeting be hereby offered to the Dundee members 
of the Conference generally, and especially to the Local Secretary, Mr. Hodge, for their 
cordial and very successful efforts to promote the objects of the meeting, and the con¬ 
venience and pleasure of their visitors.” 
Mr. Mackay seconded the resolution in an able and earnest speech, alluding 
to the rapid growth of Dundee, which placed it second only to Glasgow, and 
to the great prosperity that it had enjoyed for the last few years. The way 
in which his Dundee brethren had acquitted themselves in the entertainment 
of the British Pharmaceutical Conference, showed that the reputation of their 
good old town could not have been in better hands. 
The President feelingly added his testimony to the excellence of the 
arrangements, and to the very considerate kindness shown at all points by 
the chemists of Dundee. 
The resolution was carried with a burst of applause. 
In the temporary absence of Mr. Hodge, the vote was acknowledged, on 
behalf of the Dundee chemists, by Mr. Kerr. Mr. Kerr said, that from the 
great distance from Scotland at which previous meetings of the Conference 
had been held, but little was known of its operations up to the time when it 
resolved to pay their town the visit that had just been made. They had con¬ 
sequently to inform themselves, in the first place, as to its objects, and were 
soon satisfied of the desirability of promoting these. They felt uncertainty 
as to whether they could carry out, as well as had been done in various towns 
in England, the reception of the Association, but all determined to do their 
best, and it was extremely gratifying to them to find that their visitors 
were satisfied. The chemists of Dundee had already reaped fruit from the 
movement, by the inauguration of a good feeling and cordiality amongst 
themselves that had previously been unknown, and they trusted that it would 
continue and extend. 
Mr. Young, in eulogistic terms, moved a vote of thanks to the President, 
for the way in which he had fulfilled the duties of his office. He expressed 
the great gratification that he had derived from the meeting. 
Mr. Kinninmont seconded the resolution, and spoke of the novelty of the 
occasion to himself, in meeting so many of his professional brethren, with 
whose writings he was familiar, but whom he had never had the pleasure of 
seeing. For the future, his interest in the published works of those whose 
personal acquaintance he had made, would be much enhanced. He regretted 
that Glasgow had not yet taken a position in relation to pharmacy commen¬ 
surate with its population and importance, but they were trying to do some¬ 
thing by means of the Glasgow Chemists and Druggists’ Association ; and 
such meetings as this would stimulate to further exertions. 
Mr. Deane put the resolution, which was most heartily carried. 
The President acknowledged the vote. He said that he had always been 
convinced of the soundness of the plan of action laid down by the Conference ; 
