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Whether the Legislature should give equal advantages to all in business, exa¬ 
mined or not, is another thing. It may be said that an Act was passed twelve 
years ago, which declared that, to prevent ignorant and incompetent persons 
from practising pharmacy, it was desirable that, in future, all should be exa¬ 
mined, etc.; and that the men who in obedience to this have with much study 
and expense qualified themselves, deserve some greater advantage than those 
who have neglected it; and if this should be said, it would be difficult to gainsay 
it; but the Council of the Society will strenuously resist all attempts to take 
from the whole body of Chemists any of the rights and privileges they already 
possess. 
The Society is incorporated by Royal Charter and protected by Act of Parlia¬ 
ment, and in virtue of this the Council claim, not as a favour, but as a right, to 
be consulted about every public measure affecting pharmacy. This is acknow¬ 
ledged by Government, and will be claimed on every occasion, whether the 
measure be brought forward by the Government, the Medical Council, or any 
one else; and, as a consequence of this, the General Committee have requested 
their President and Vice-President to obtain an interview with the President of 
the Medical Council, and the result of that visit will be communicated to the 
Council at their February meeting. 
Meanwhile, the members may be congratulated on their present position. Is 
registration with a distinctive title desirable ? They possess it. Is an examina¬ 
tion necessary ? They have one which has won the confidence both of the Go¬ 
vernment and of the Medical Profession. They have a benevolent fund, which 
has relieved every applicant who has been deserving, and which now is nearly 
large enough to grant pensions as w T ell as temporary relief; and we have the 
pleasure of knowing that the forthcoming annual general statement of the So¬ 
ciety will afford much satisfaction to all who wish it success. 
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THE PHARMACEUTICAL SOCIETY. 
AT A MEETING OF THE COUNCIL, January 6th, 1864, 
Present:—Messrs. Bird, George Edwards, Evans, Hanbury, Haselden, Hills, Meggeson, 
Sandford, Savage, Squire, and Waugh,— 
The following were elected 
MEMBERS. 
Barnstaple .Cotton, John Lovering. 
Belper .Ashton, James. 
Glasgow .White, Thomas Walls. 
Liverpool .Utley, Alfred. 
London.Carteighe, Michael. 
The following, having paid their arrears and their subscriptions for the current year, 
were restored to Membership:— 
Darlington .Barlow, Samuel. 
Havant.White, George. 
Hulme, Manchester.Gibson, Robert. 
Portsmouth.Childs, Joseph L. 
