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LIVERPOOL chemists’ association. 
moving a vote of thanks to Mr. Hills for his gift of the beautiful bust of 
the late Jacob Bell. Nothing could exceed the faithfulness of the likeness and 
the purity of the marble, lie well remembered when he was first elected to 
sit upon the Council. He came there as the representative of individuals who 
believed that Mr. Bell had other interests than those of the Society at heart; 
but he had not sat long as a member of the Council before he discovered how 
much Mr. Bell had been belied by some who were outside the Society. It was 
always a pleasure to know Mr. Bell, and he became a convert to the belief that 
he was a great benefactor both to this Society and to society at large. He 
hoped that the feeling which had animated their founder would be carried down 
to the latest generation of Pharmaceutists. 
Mr. Burden felt great pleasure in seconding the vote of thanks to Mr. Hills. 
The name of Jacob Bell was well known in connection with the Society. It was 
but a short time ago, when applying for exemption from service on juries, that 
an irascible judge, irate at losing a juror, exclaimed, u That’s a bill that Jacob Bell 
got for that Society.” He felt great satisfaction also at the number of prizes pre¬ 
sented that evening. It was very encouraging to the old members to see the 
young men thus coming forward. Thirty years ago this state of things was 
entirely unknown. His early experience of pharmacy had been toil and profit, 
profit and toil, and oftentimes something worse, from morning to night. What 
he was taught was, how to make cheap preparations, and to sophisticate drugs 
with dexterity. What he learned of chemistry and botany came from books picked 
up at some old book-stall, though how he ever found time to read them, he 
could not say. Before these young men there v T as a good prospect, for they had 
many aids which he had never possessed, and the assistance to be derived from 
the Society in affording them an opportunity of gaining a sound practical and 
theoretical knowledge of those sciences which were intimately connected with 
their daily pursuits. 
PROAHNCIAL TRANSACTIONS. 
LIVERPOOL CHEMISTS’ ASSOCIATION. 
The Annual Meeting was held at the Royal Institution, on Thursday evening, Septem¬ 
ber 24th, 18G3 ; the President, John Shaw, Esq., in the Chair. 
The President, regretting he had not the usual agreeable duty of presenting a prize 
to the Laboratory Students, called upon Mr. H. Sugde.v Evans, acting for the Hon. 
Secretary, Mr. A. Norman Tate, to read the Annual Report of the Council, as follows:— 
Annual Report.—In presenting their Annual Report, your Council have much pleasure 
in congratulating you upon the continued prosperity of the Society. The Liverpool 
Chemists’ Association has reached the fifteenth year of its existence, and is now one of 
the recognized scientific institutions of the town. The past year has witnessed a growth 
in the aggregate of its members, and its finances are in a highly satisfactory condition. 
During the session which has just terminated, the general meetings have been well 
attended, and many subjects of considerable interest have been discussed. Your Council 
desire to encourage the introduction of short and informal communications, especially from 
the younger members, with the view of eliciting discussion-upon a variety of subjects, 
which may prove both interesting and instructive. Your Council, after mature considera¬ 
tion, decided not to hold a Conversazione during the past Session; but arrangements 
Avere made and successfully carried out for an Excursion to Runcorn Gap, and a numerous 
party of members and their friends proceeded to that place, and made a tour of the Works 
of Messrs. Charles Lambert and Co.; J. Knight and Co.; Gaskell, Deacon, and Co. ; 
John Hutchinson and Co.; and N. Gcssage and Sons, where they were afforded an oppor¬ 
tunity of inspecting several important chemical processes, and on their return visited the 
Garston Salt Refinery. The Council desire to record their thanks for the liberal spirit in 
