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the way, but whatever they determined upon should be carried out with con¬ 
sistency and earnestness of purpose, and they would be respected. He did 
•not think a man would lose anything even in a poor neighbourhood by closing 
on Sundays; and, if he did, at any rate he would have a certain amount of 
respect as some compensation. 
Mr. Wootton did not quite agree with the remark of the last speaker, that 
this was a principal’s question. He thought it was a question which alto¬ 
gether affected assistants. The principals of large establishments, who were 
generally very excellent men, gave directions to their assistants to supply 
everything that a customer required, on the principle that he must be the best 
judge of what was necessary, and yet they came, as he knew by experience, 
for perfumery, cigars, and such things, which could not by any possibility be 
necessaries. He knew as a fact that there were hundreds of assistants who 
had a great dislike for this Sunday trade, feeling conscientious objections to 
it, and therefore he thought it would be far more generous in principals to 
leave more discretion in this matter to their assistants. JNTo one would object 
to put himself to any amount of trouble to supply medicine which was really 
required, but they did not like supplying things which were not necessary. 
If such a rule were adopted, he believed it would gain the respect not only of 
the public but of assistants, who would be more zealous in the performance 
of their duties on other days of the week. 
Mr. Burden said he had not intended to convey that this question did not 
affect assistants, but rather to indicate some of the difficulties which beset 
employers in connection with it. 
The resolution was then put and carried unanimously, 
Mr. Hills begged leave to refer to the Pharmaceutical Journal for 1866 
with respect to what he had said then as to the project for engraving Sir 
Edwin Landseer’s portrait of Mr, Jacob Bell, to which the President had 
already most kindly alluded. The passage was as follows :— 
“ Mr. Hills wished to say a few words in reply to Mr. Leay’s letter which 
appeared in the last number of the Journal, respecting an engraving of the 
portrait of his kind friend, the late Mr. Jacob Bell. The picture, as the meet¬ 
ing was aware, belonged to him, having been given to him by his friend Sir 
Edwin Landseer, about four years ago. Since Mr. Leay’s letter had appeared, 
Mr. Hills, being desirous of carrying out the wish there expressed, had seen 
Sir E. Landseer on the subject, who had kindly given his consent to the carry¬ 
ing out of that which he (Mr. H.) now proposed:—That the picture shall be 
engraved by a first-rate artist, approved by Sir E. Landseer, and that he (Mr. 
Hills) would pay all expenses, and that the money obtained should go to a 
fund, the interest of which should be expended in standard pharmaceutical 
works, which should be given to those who had passed the Minor Examina¬ 
tion, to the satisfaction of the Board of Examiners. Mr. Hills had not ma¬ 
tured his plan, but he thought that if the proposal were taken up with spirit, 
a sum of from £500 to £1000 would be secured, realizing £15 to £30 a year ; 
and he suggested that there might be 100 artist’s proofs before letters at 
£3. 3 s. ; 150 artist’s proofs after letters at £2. 2s. ; 300 proofs at £1. Is.; and 
500 at 10s. 6 d. each.” 
He was still of the same opinion, and had therefore brought down the pre¬ 
vious evening two states of the engraving which was now being executed by 
Mr. Thomas Landseer; he was unable to obtain one in a more advanced 
stage, but was informed that the engraving would be ready in about a month.* 
He had been very desirous that the portrait should possess the highest ex¬ 
cellence, and of this there could be no doubt, since it was painted by the 
* Subscriptions for this Engraving will be received by the Secretary, 17, Bloomsbury 
Square, W.C. 
