120 PROPOSED REGULATIONS OF THE BOARD OF EXAMINERS. 
The Board also presented their Report on the Examination for the Pereira Medal 
(Major Examination), and the Prize of Books (Minor Examination). 
The PEREIRA MEDAL was awarded to 
Frank Harwood Lescher. 
The PRIZE OF BOOKS was awarded to 
• Matthew Henry Stiles. 
The Professor of Botany reported on the Herbaria received in competition for the 
Botanical Prize. 
The following awards were made:— 
Bronze Medal .Washington Gimblett. 
Certificate of Honour .Martin Luther Clift. 
Certificate of Merit .Joseph Butten. 
The Medals and Certificates will be distributed at the Evening Meeting, on the 7th 
October next, when the successful competitors will be expected to attend. An inaugu¬ 
ral address by Mr. H. B. Brady, of Newcastle; will be delivered to the students of the 
session. Ladies will be admitted. 
Erratum.— In August number, p. 55, Major Examination, prefix * to “Cocks, John 
Walter.” 
BENEVOLENT FUND. 
The sum of Ten Pounds (second grant) was given to a Member residing in London. 
The sum of Ten Pounds (third grant) was given to the Widow of a late Member re¬ 
siding in London. 
PROPOSED REGULATIONS OE THE BOARD OF EXAMINERS. 
The following proposed Regulations for the Modified Examination for 
Assistants under the Pharmacy Act, 1868, have been submitted to the Privy 
Council. 
“ Candidates will be examined in the following subjects :— 
“ Prescriptions. 
“ Candidates will be required to read Autograph Prescriptions, translate 
them into English, render a correct Translation of the Directions for Use, 
and detect Unusual Doses. 
“ Practical Dispensing. 
“ To weigh, measure, and compound Medicines, write the Directions in 
suitable language, finish and properly direct each Package. 
“ Materia Medica and Quality of Specimens. 
“ To recognize the Pharmacopoeia Chemicals in frequent demand, and 
specimens of Roots, Barks, Leaves, Fruits, Resins, and Gums in ordinary 
use ; the following Plants, either in a fresh or dried state, or from plates :— 
Belladonna, Stramonium, Hyoseyamus, Conium, Aconitum, Digitalis, and 
Sabina; also to estimate the quality of each specimen submitted and its free¬ 
dom from adulteration. 
