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asked, should the members of our Society create a new institution for the pur¬ 
pose of doing work which rightly belongs to the Society to which they are 
already attached? Is it that there are too many workmen in this field, too 
many contributing to the scientific meetings of the Pharmaceutical Society, 
or that there is something in the constitution of the Society or the arrange¬ 
ments connected with the meetings that does not accord with the nature of 
the work to be done? Certainly there is one part of the present arrange¬ 
ments for the pharmaceutical meetings of the Society that would be directly 
opposed to a leading object of the Conference, and that is the arrangement 
for always holding the meetings in London. This, however, could easily be 
altered ; and as there are always two or three months in the year during which 
there are no meetings held in London, it would be easy during that time to ad¬ 
journ the meetings to the provinces. We believe this question has been consi¬ 
dered by the Conference or its promoters; and as the decision has been adverse to 
the adoption of such a plan, we have no doubt good and sufficient arguments 
have been advanced in justification of the plan that has been decided upon, and 
we trust that any fears of an influence resulting from this plan that may mili¬ 
tate against the continued prosperity of our pharmaceutical meetings will prove 
entirely groundless. 
TRANSACTIONS 
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THE PHARMACEUTICAL SOCIETY. 
AT A MEETING OF THE COUNCIL, October 7th , 1863, 
Present—Messrs. Bird, Deane, George Edwards, J. B. Edwards, Evans, H’aselden, Hills, 
Meggeson, Morson, Proctor, Reynolds, Savage, Squire, and Waugh,—the following were 
■elected 
MEMBERS. 
Thomas Kerfoot . Manchester. 
Thomas Howse Flooks. Sherborne. 
Joseph Dailey . Wolverhampton. 
The following, having paid their arrears and their subscriptions for the current year, 
were also restored to Membership :— 
Samuel Parr. Nottingham. 
Henry Monro . Newcastle-on-Tyne. 
Samuel Maskery . Liverpool. 
William Croley. Edinburgh. 
A communication was received from the Registrar of the Royal College of Physicians, 
to the effect that certificates of attendance on the courses of Lectures on Chemistry, 
Botany, and Materia Medica, delivered by Professors Redwood and Bentley, and certificates 
of attendance on the Course of Practical Chemistry in the Laboratory of the Society, 
will be received as satisfactory evidence of study of these subjects by Candidates for the 
College licence. 
Examination Prizes.—Minor. 
Resolved—“ To award, on the recommendation of the Board of Examiners, books to 
the value of Two Pounds to the Candidate who, in the course of the year, has passed the 
best examination in the Translation of Prescriptions, Practical Dispensing, and Phar¬ 
macy.” 
