570 
PHARMACEUTICAL SOCIETY. 
Mr. Watts seconded tile motion, which was put by Mr. Burden and 
carried unanimousl} 7- . 
The President in acknowledging the vote of thanks on behalf of the 
Council, said he would take the opportunity of pointing out that if the new 
Bill became law, no person being himself unqualified could carry on a 
chemist’s business by means of an assistant; he mentioned this, not merely 
as a matter of interest to chemists themselves, but of great importance to the 
public, in whose behalf it was desirable to prevent unqualified persons from 
conducting such business. Of course the business of a deceased chemist 
might be carried on by his widow, or trustees on behalf of his family, but 
only so long as a properly qualified assistant was employed. He did not 
say that an ironmonger could not be a good chemist; theirs was a poor busi¬ 
ness in many places, and it was necessary to add something to it; there was 
no reason why a chemist should not sell many things besides drugs, but 
there was great reason why grocers and perfumers, being unqualified, should 
not sell physic. That made the great difference between this business and 
others. The Council had worked very earnestly in favour of this Bill, but 
if it were passed they would be amply rewarded for all their trouble, and 
he was not without hope that it would yet become law in the present Session, 
He then declared the meeting adjourned until Friday, at eleven o’clock, to 
receive the report of the Scrutineers. 
ADJOURNED MEETING. 
Friday , May 22nd, 1868. 
MR. GEORGE W. SANDFORD, PRESIDENT, IN THE CHAIR. 
The Scrutineers brought up their Report, as follows:— 
We, the undersigned Scrutineers, appointed at the Twenty-seventh Annual General 
Meeting of the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, do hereby certify that we have 
examined the voting-papers committed to us, and report the following results :— 
Voting-papers received . 634 
Disallowed for informality. 9 
Deane. 597 
Ince. ..... 589 
Mackay . 583 
Sandford. 574 
Squire. 570 
Randall . 569 
Edwards . 565 
Brady . 560 
625 
Abraham. 559 
Evans . 555 
Savage. 550 
Waugh . 456 
Stoddart . 455 
Williams. 309 
Breton. 298 
Wright. 235 
Thomas Gkeenish, Chairman. 
John Barnard. Joseph Kettle. 
Edward Constance. Thomas M. Orpe. 
Stanley Fowler. Charles E. Turner. 
George B. Francis. Giles Yarde. 
Samuel Gale. Robert Fisher Young. 
William Gulliver. 
The Chairman then declared the Council for the ensuing twelve months to consist of 
the following Members :— 
Abraham, John, 87, Bold Street, Liverpool. 
Brady, Henry B , Mosley Street, Newcastle-on-Tyne. 
Bottle, Alexander 37, Townwall Street, Dover. 
Bourdas. Isaiah, 7, Pont Street, Belgrave Square. 
Carteighe, Michael, 172, New Bond Street. 
Deane, Henry, Clapham. 
Edwards, George, Dartford. 
Evans, Henry Sugden, 60, Bartholomew Close. 
