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Gardens, obtained through the kindness of Professor Bentley. A portion 
of the tabling in the Library was occupied by the service of plate recently 
presented to Mr. Sandford. 
A number of paintings, many of them works of great merit, were contri¬ 
buted by Messrs. Vokins : photographic views of Melbourne; and the great 
seal of Queen Elizabeth ; by Mr. T. N. R. Morson : portrait, by Mr. Stanton, 
of Mr. B. Brogden Orridge, F.G.S., by the Artist: landscapes, by Mr. 
Walter F. Stocks (“ Ecclesbourne, near Hastings,” and “ Evening”), by the 
Artist: a list of some of the members of the Company of Mercers of London, 
including Whittington, William Caxton, Bacon (Nicholas), Sir Geoffry Bo- 
leyn, Cavendish, Colet, Coventry, Sir Baptist Hicks, Sir Rowland Hill, Sir 
William Holies, Sir Thomas Leigh, Sir Thomas Middleton, Pakington, Rich, 
Sir Thomas Rowe, Sir Thomas Seymour, Sir Ralph Warren, etc. etc. ; and 
genealogical tables showing the connection between the people and the 
peerage, through the Corporation of London; by Mr. B. Brogden Orridge, 
F.G.S. (the compiler) : some very curious ancient North-American Indian 
pestles and mortars, from California (El Dorado Co.); bj^Mr. Robert White : 
a Russian pharmacopoeia, loot from drug-store at Balaklava; an Egyptian 
inkstand and reed pen ; and an interesting diagram illustrating the progress of 
the science of numerals ; by Mr. S. C. Betty : some handsome busts ; by Mr. T. 
Butler (the sculptor) : a number of art bronzes, by Barbedienne ; by Messrs. 
Jackson and Graham: an ebony coffret, cloisonne enamel; ornamentation 
by Lepec ; a series of bronze busts of the twelve Caesars ; an Indian serrated 
forked-end sword, a damascened Indian sword and scabbard ; a Toledo sword 
and scabbard, etc.; by Messrs. Phillips Brothers and Son : a small tazza of 
damascened work, by Zulago ; and an enamelled vase, by Lepec; by Mr. T. 
Morson, jun. : portraits of musical celebrities, Mr. Hermann Fezin, Miss 
Neilson, Miss Sheridan, the Pope, Longfellow, Professor Owen, the Duke 
of Argyll, etc. ; by the London Stereoscopic Company: and an engraving 
from Landseer’s portrait of the late Mr. Jacob Bell; by Mr. Hills. 
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TWENTY-EIGHTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE 
PHARMACEUTICAL SOCIETY. 
The Annual General Meeting was held on Wednesday, the 19th of May. 
MR. G. W. SANDFORD, PRESIDENT, IN THE CHAIR. 
The attendance of members was very good. 
The Chairman, in opening the proceedings, said it had occurred to him 
that owing to the altered circumstances of the Society, more time than usual 
would be required by the members for the discussion of various matters affect¬ 
ing the welfare and interests of the general body, and he therefore proposed to 
occupy less time than was his wont in touching upon the general affairs of the 
Society. He was not deterred by the fact that under the new system all mem¬ 
bers were entitled to vote without personal attendance at the meeting, as he be¬ 
lieved other matters besides voting would induce them to attend, and on that 
point the present gathering did not disappoint him. He considered it of great 
importance that members should attend the meetings and express their opinions, 
and could not help feeling that the Council would be greatly strengthened and 
supported, as well as in some degree guided, by opinions thus enunciated. He 
was not deterred either by want of facts pleasing to talk about, because there 
really had been a good deal done since their last meeting. For the last five 
