LEEDS CHEMISTS’ ASSOCIATION. 
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In answer to a question respecting the disallowed votes, the Chairman of the 
Scrutineers stated that in some voting-papers more than the proper number of names 
were left, that some Members had omitted to identify the envelope with name and 
address, as required by the bye-laws, and others had been transmitted by post, and 
received by the Secretary after the 17th instant. 
The Scrutineers also handed to the President their Report of the returns for the elec¬ 
tion of Local Secretaries. 
Votes of thanks having been passed to the Scrutineers and to the Chairman, the 
meeting terminated. 
PROVINCIAL TRANSACTIONS. 
ASHTON AND DUKINFIELD CHEMISTS’ ASSOCIATION. 
In consequence of the passing of the “Pharmacy Act,” it was thought desirable by 
the members of the trade in this neighbourhood to form an Association to watch their 
interests, to promote social feeling and goodwill among the members, and also to pro¬ 
vide, as far as possible, means of education in the varied sciences connected with the 
business for the assistants and apprentices. An Association has been formed for Man¬ 
chester and district, in which most of the Ashton chemists are enrolled, and arrange¬ 
ments were made with the principal of Owens College for a course of lectures, which 
have been most successfully carried out during the last few months. More complete 
arrangements have now been entered into for the forthcoming autumn and winter 
session. To give the young men all the assistance possible, and to make the arrange¬ 
ments with Owens College successful, is one of the aims of the Association formed for 
Ashton and Dukinfield. At the first meeting Mr. W. H. Waterhouse, the oldest 
member now in business, was appointed President; Mr. W. Bostock, Vice-President ; 
Mr. Samuel Neal, Treasurer; and Mr. Edwin Fisher, Secretary. 
On Thursday evening, May 30th, Mr. W. H. Waterhouse, to celebrate his thirtieth 
year of business, and also to inaugurate the newly-formed Association, invited all the 
members of the trade, principals, assistants, and apprentices in Ashton, Dukinfield, 
Stalybridge, Oldham, and Hyde to a social gathering in the Mechanics’ Institute, 
Ashton. The invitation was responded to heartily, and a very influential deputation 
from Manchester was present. Ample provision was made; for the mind’s entertain¬ 
ment various efforts were put forth bv different gentlemen of the trade in the town, the 
articles collected forming quite a miniature museum. Among the chief contributors 
were Messrs. Mottershead, Woolley, Mather, Tomlinson, Piebold, Brown, Cockshot, all 
of Manchester; Messrs. Bostock, Armitage, Howarth, etc. etc. A cabinet of Materia 
Medica specimens was particularly attractive to the younger portion of the guests ; a 
choice collection of flowers, contributed by Mr. Armitage, of Dukinfield; also a collec¬ 
tion of ferns from the Kersal Moor Nurseries. After refreshments a meeting was held 
in the board room, presided over by Mr. J. Waterhouse, who opened the meeting with 
a few appropriate remarks, and then called upon Mr. W. H. Waterhouse, who read an 
excellent paper on the history of the drug trade in Ashton during the last thirty years. 
Mr. W. Bostock then read a most humorous poem of his own composition some twenty 
years ago, entitled, “ The Druggist’s Lament,” which was followed by some pithy remarks 
by Mr. Slugg, of Manchester. Various addresses by friends from Oldham, Hyde, etc., 
followed, and the meeting concluded with votes of thanks to the contributors, etc., the 
most hearty and cordial being reserved to Mr. W. H. Waterhouse for his very liberal 
hospitality. 
LEEDS CHEMISTS’ ASSOCIATION. 
The Seventh Meeting of the present Session was held in the Library of the Philoso¬ 
phical Hall, April 21st, at half-past eight o’clock, p.m. In the absence of the President. 
Mr. R. M. Atkinson occupied the chair. 
