EDINBURGH MEETING. 
521 
We, the undersigned, have examined the foregoing accounts, with vouchers attached, 
find them correctly stated and entered, and the balance due to the Secretary as at 31st 
December, 1867, twenty-three pounds two shillings and two pence sterling. 
( Signed ) Wm. Ainslie. 
WlLLM. AlTKEN. 
D. R. Brown. 
The approval of the Report was put to the meeting and carried unanimously. 
The following were thereafter elected as office-bearers for 1868-9 :— 
President—Mr. Ainslie. 
Vice-President—Mr. Aitken. 
Council—President and Vice-President, Messrs. J. R Young, G-. Blanshard, Simpson, 
Gardner, Noble, Raimes, H. C. Baildon, Buchanan, Kemp (Portobello), D. R. Brown, 
Storrar (Kirkaldy), Laird (Dundee), Kinninmont (Glasgow). 
Examiners—President and Vice-President, Kemp, Young, Gardner, D. R. Brown, 
Noble, Buchanan, President and Vice-President in London, and Secretary in Edinburgh, 
ex officiis. 
Curator of Museum and Library—Mr. W. Hill. 
Library and Museum Committee—President and Vice-President, D. R. Brown, Noble, 
and Mackay. 
Secretary—Mr. John Mackay. 
A special vote of thanks to the Secretary, proposed by Mr. H. C. Baildon, was car¬ 
ried with acclamation. 
Mr. Mackay moved a cordial vote of thanks to the retiring President, which was 
very unanimously carried, and the members, along with their friends and others, adjourned 
to the large saloon of the hotel, where they sat down to the 
ANNUAL SUPPER. 
Mr. Ainslie, Chairman, Mr. Aitken, Croupier, assisted by Mr. Kemp, Portobello. 
About 130 were present, and, after an excellent supper, the following toasts were 
given and responded to:— 
Before commencing, however, apologies were read from Professor Christison, Professor 
Maclagan, Dr. A. Crum Brown, Dr. Arthur Gamgee, Dr. Argyll Robertson, and several 
other gentlemen in Glasgow, Dundee, and elsewhere. 
The Chairman then gave in succession—“ The Queen “ Prince and Princess of 
Wales and other Members of the Royal Family “ Navy, Army, and Volunteers re¬ 
plied to by Mr. Blanshard. “The Pharmaceutical Society.” The Croupier gave—• 
“ Honorary Members of the Society in Scotland replied to by Professor Archer. 
“The Memory of Jacob Bell,” by Mr. D. R. Brown. “ The Royal College of Physicians 
and Surgeons,” by Mr. J. R. Young ; replied to by Dr. Smith. “ President and Council 
in London,” by Mr. Kinninmont, of Glasgow ; replied to by Mr. Mackay. “ The Museum 
of Science and Art, by Mr. H. C. Baildon ; replied to by Professor Archer. “The Re¬ 
tiring President,” by Mr. Storrar, of Kirkaldy. “Pharmaceutical Education,” by Pro¬ 
fessor Archer. “ The Council in Edinburgh,” by Dr. S. Macadam; replied to by Mr. 
D. R. Brown. “ Visitors from a distance,” by Mr. Mackay ; replied to by Mr. Cameron, 
of Kelso. “The Chairman,” by Mr. George Blanshard. “The Croupiers,” by Mr. D. 
R. Brown. “ The Secretary,” by Mr. Kemp, Portobello. 
Early in the evening a telegram was received from the Glasgow Chemists’ Association, 
who were holding their Annual Supper in Glasgow at the same time. On this being 
made known a return message was despatched reciprocating all the kindness expressed 
in the sheet received. 
The whole evening was spent most agreeably, the various toasts being interspersed 
with songs from the Messrs. Brown and others, and at a very late (or rather early) hour 
the company separated, evidently delighted with the well-arranged proceedings of the 
evening. 
