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course of experiments, or of the ordinary chemical and pharmaceutical operations in 
which the members may be engaged, including peculiar reactions which frequently occur 
in the making up of prescriptions, or whenever any new instances of impurity or adulte¬ 
ration are met with, these will form suitable subjects to be discussed and investigated, 
and may, with that view, be brought before the meetings of the Association from time 
to time, until the investigation is considered to have been carried to a sufficient extent. 
Members are also invited to bring forward, and to illustrate and explain in such manner 
as to render them as interesting as possible, the subjects of papers which are published 
in the scientific journals. It is proposed in this way to extend among the members of 
the Association the knowledge of the daily progress which is made in chemistry and the 
allied sciences.” 
The programme thus laid down at the commencement has been rigidly adhered to, and, 
it is believed, with considerable success. While the spirit of scientific inquiry has been 
kept up among the members, advantage has at the same time accrued to the Pharmaceu¬ 
tical Society by the production from time to time of papers which have been read at 
Pharmaceutical Meetings and published in the ‘Pharmaceutical Journal.’ 
Nine new members have been admitted, and seven ordinary meetings have been held, 
during the past year. 
The following is the list of communications which have been received:— 
“On Commercial Tincture of Sesquichloride of Iron.” By Mr. J. M. Davenport.— 
Afterwards published in the ‘Pharmaceutical Journal.’ 
“On the Preparation of Clark’s Soap Test.” By Mr. C. II. Wood, F.C.S.—Afterwards 
read at a Pharmaceutical meeting, and published in the Journal. 
“On a Method of Dissolving Alkaloids in Oils.” By Dr. Attfield.—Also read at a 
Pharmaceutical meeting, and published. 
“ On Oxide of Copper.” By Mr. E. C. C. Stanford, F.C.S.—Afterwards read at a 
Pharmaceutical meeting, and published. 
“ Magnetic Peroxide of Iron.”—The Secretary drew attention to a paper by M. Mala- 
guti on this subject, in which similar experiments were described to those brought be¬ 
fore the Association some years back by Mr. Bobbins. The Secretary repeated this state¬ 
ment at a Pharmaceutical meeting, and it was published. M. Malaguti has since 
acknowledged Mr. Robbins’s experiments. 
“ On the Production of Oxamide.” By Dr. Attfield, F.C.S.—Afterwards read at a 
meeting of the Chemical Society, and published in the Journal of that Society. 
“ On the Crystals of the Oil of Vitriol Chamber.” By Mr. J. Broughton, B.Sc. 
“On the Concentration of Acetic Acid.” By Mr. C. H. Wood, F.C.S. 
“ On the Action of Chlorine upon Ammonia.” By Mr. C. II. Wood, F.C.S. 
“On the Hydration of Cyanogen.” By Dr. Attfield, F.C.S. 
“On the Reduction of Chloride of Silver.” By Mr. C. H. Wood, F.C.S. 
“ On the quasi-spontaneous Splitting-up of Olive Oil.” By Mr. T. B. Groves, F.C.S. 
“On the possible Number of Ammonia Derivatives.” By Mr. J. Broughton, B.Sc.— 
Afterwards published in the ‘ Chemical News.’ 
“On the Action of Light on Medicines.” By Mr. C. H. Wood. 
“ Further Observations on the Oxidation of Cod Liver Oil.” By Mr. J. Robbins. 
The Treasurer’s account showed a balance in hand of £3. 18s. 10c/. 
A ballot was taken for the election of four members to serve on the Committee, 
and the following were declared to be the officers for the ensuing year:—President, Dr. 
T. Redwood; Treasurer, Mr. S. Gale; Secretary, Mr. C. H. Wood. Committee: 
Messrs. J. Attfield, J. T. Fewtrell, A. F. Haselden, J. Robbins, J. Ince, and W. A. 
Tilden. 
The meetings were appointed to take place on the first Monday in each month. 
PROVINCIAL TRANSACTIONS. 
LIVERPOOL CHEMISTS’ ASSOCIATION. 
The Fifth Gen eral Meeting of the Association for the Session was held at the Royal 
Institution, on Thursday, December 3 ; the President in the chair. 
