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next, to whom the certificate of honour was allotted, came very nearly up to 
the same standard, and if another medal had been given lie would certainly 
have received it. All three gentlemen to whom marks of distinction bad been 
awarded by the Council were most richly deserving of them. 
The questions and awards were as follows :— 
1. What is the weight of a fluid ounce of Pure Ether ? Describe minutely the way 
in which you would determine the specific gravity of this fluid, pointing out 
sources of error that might affect the result if the temperature of the atmosphere 
be much above that at which the determination is to be made. 
2. What is the meaning of the expression “ mechanical equivalent of heat ”? 
3. What are the latent heats of water and of steam, the latter being under the ordinary 
pressure of the atmosphere ? 
4. What are the best excipients for giving a pilular consistence to each of the following 
medicines, namely, Calomel, Camphor, Creasote , Copaiba , Oil of Peppermint, 
Mercurial Ointment ? 
5. Describe the Pharmacopoeia process for the preparation of Acidum Nitro-Hydro- 
chloricum Dilutum; explain the reactions which occur, and point out the differ¬ 
ence between the present process and that given in the Pharmacopoeia of 18G4. 
6. Give the symbolic formulee for Acidum Citricurn, Acidum Tartaricum , A lumen, 
Ammonia Carbonas, Antimonium Tartaratum , Chloroformum, Hydrargyri Per- 
cliloridum, and Hydrargyri Subchloridum; representing them according to the 
two systems of notation adopted in the Pharmacopoeia. 
7. Describe the principal manufacturing process for the production of Carbonate of 
Soda, and the Pharmacopoeia process for Bicarbonate of Soda. 
How is Glycerine obtained? What is its composition, and in what way is it related 
to Alcohol ? 
, Council Medal .Hermann Woolley. 
Certificate of Honour ...Joseph Bemrose. 
Certificate of Merit .Henry Thomas Harwood. 
BOTANT AND MATEEIA MEDICA. 
Professor Bentley said that to him, one of the most pleasing events in the 
year was that when he was called upon to make a few remarks with reference 
to the class whicli he had the honour to conduct in that Institution,—that of 
Botany and Materia Medica,—and it was so because upon every occasion he 
was able to speak of the good conduct, diligence, perseverance, and progress 
of his pupils. This had now become quite a stereotyped phrase with him, 
but whatever he had said on former occasions the pupils fully deserved 
during the last session. He could say most emphatically, and without fear 
of contradiction, that in no institution in the kingdom could there be found 
a better conducted class of students, more regular in attendance, or more 
attentive, than in the Pharmaceutical Society. He could speak in like 
terms of commendation of the conduct of the students in the Botanic 
Garden, while attending his summer course of lectures. He had lectured 
at the Gardens for nearly twenty years, as their Professor of Botany, 
and during that period he had never had any complaint of the slightest im¬ 
portance brought before him by the authorities of the Boyal Botanic Society. 
During the last session he had had nearly 80 students attending his class, and 
he thought that fact spoke volumes in reply to the remark which was sometimes 
made about Pharmaceutical Students not wishing to improve themselves. 
With regard to the Terminal Examination, there had been 11 competitors for 
the Medal and other honorary distinctions, and while all had acquitted them¬ 
selves creditably, four especially had gained honorary distinctions. The 
