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EDINBURGH MEETING. 
various substances in the Pharmacopoeia, and prescribed, by all medical practitioners 
throughout England, Scotland, and Ireland. 
Legislation in pharmacy still creeps on but slowly. Still the Council think, that there 
is great reason for congratulation in the fact, that all opposition to a new and extended 
Pharmacy Bill is apparently at an end. The Council are ready to believe, that from the 
careful watching, energy, and activity, so long displayed by the London Council, it is 
alone owing to the entire pre-occupation of the House of Commons with important 
State affairs, that the introduction and probable passing of a new legislative enactment 
has been delayed. Whether any effort will be made to introduce the Bill to the House 
of Lords during the present Session, remains to be seen. Be that as it may, however, 
the Council here cannot help expressing the feeling of confidence which they entertain 
towards the Committees in London, in reference to their exertions iu connection with 
the proposed Pharmacy Bill, copies of which have been already printed and circulated, 
and which has received the approval not only of the Members of the Pharmaceutical 
Society, but also that of chemists and druggists generally. 
The Council feel proud of the position in which the Benevolent Fund of the Society 
has been placed. Already the sum originally named as the proper amount to be per¬ 
manently invested, namely, £10,000, approaches completion ; while the sum, during the 
last year, voted and paid to decayed and unfortunate Members, has been considerable. 
The distribution of such a fund, judiciously applied, cannot have failed to carry relief 
and comfort to many suffering from the effects of pain and destitution. Still the Council 
would take the opportunity, of pressing the claims of the Benevolent Fund upon the at¬ 
tention of all those connected with the Society, because the annual subscription will be 
the means of strengthening the hands of the Council, in meeting the claims of those 
who, from causes over which they themselves had no control, have found the gleam of 
success which for many years had cheered them in their battle of life, suddenly and un¬ 
expectedly obscured by the dark cloud of adversity. Cases of the most clamant descrip¬ 
tion are continually coming before the Council in London, and it is obvious that the 
larger the amount of funds at their disposal, the more extended must be the area, of the 
pleasing duty of benevolence and sympathy, towards the assistance of those who, whether 
from physical or mental suffering, have been comparatively laid aside and rendered in¬ 
capable of further exertion, on behalf of themselves or of those near and dear to them. 
The following is a statement of the intromissions of the Secretary for the year 1867. 
The amount may be remarked as somewhat larger in the aggregate than usual, a cir¬ 
cumstance, however, easily explained, in consequence of the Conversazione, which was 
held in the Industrial Museum last year. It was, however, a great success, and the 
Council, as will be seen from the account, subscribed amongst themselves Sixteen 
Guineas, so as to lessen the expense to the Society. About one thousand ladies and 
gentlemen attended on this occasion, and the Council hope that ere long they may have 
another opportunity of affording the same gratification and satisfaction which all felt, 
who attended in the galleries of the Museum of Science and Art, on the invitation of 
the Pharmaceutical Society. 
John Mac/cay in account with the Pharmaceutical Society, from January 1st to 
December -31sL 1867. 
1867. £ ». d. 
May 1. Contributions from Council in 
Edinburgh towards Conver¬ 
sazione . 16 16 0 
,, 4. Cash from London. 60 0 0 
Dec. 31. Balance due to Secretary ...23 2 2 
£89 18 2 
1867. £ s. d. 
Postage Stamps . 2 6 3 
Publications for Library. 6 10 5 
Conversazione, including Expenses 
connected with Lecture on Spec¬ 
trum Analysis . 37 4 3 
Expenses of Annual Meeting . 3 16 3 
Attendance at Door of Meetings... 0 3 0 
Rent of Rooms and Hall. 30 0 0 
Insurance on Museum . 0 6 0 
Specimen Boxes for the Museum... 0 10 6 
Curator (Mr. W. Hill) . 5 0 0 
Printing. 2 17 6 
Mai tin for Museum. 0 3 0 
Petty Expenses. 110 
£89 18 2 
Balance due to Secretary . 23 2 2 
