APPOINTMENT OF LOCAL SECRETARIES. 
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APPOINTMENT OF LOCAL SECRETARIES. 
About this time last year a new arrangement was adopted for the appoint¬ 
ment of Local Secretaries to the Pharmaceutical Society, and this arrangement 
is now again coming into operation for the second time. It is very desirable 
in all localities where there are several members of the Society, that one 
should be appointed to represent the whole, to communicate when necessary 
with the Secretary in London, to give official information respecting the So¬ 
ciety, and the means of obtaining admission into it, and otherwise to promote 
the interests of members in the locality represented, as well as those of the 
Society at large. 
The arrangement contemplates the nomination of Local Secretaries by 
members in the towns or districts in which they are to act, subject, however, 
to the approval of the Council. With the voting paper for the election of 
Council, there will be sent to each member qualified to vote a paper relating 
to the election of Local Secretary, in which the voter is requested to insert 
the name of the person he considers most suitable for appointment as Local 
Secretary in his district. This, of course, will only be done where there is a 
sufficient number of members in the town or district to render such an ap¬ 
pointment desirable. The papers are not to be signed by the voters, any 
more than the voting papers for election of Council, and therefore the voting 
in both cases will be by ballot. Both papers are to be enclosed to the Secre¬ 
tary in London, and they will be examined by the Scrutineers, who at the 
same time that they report the result of the voting for the Council, will render 
a statement of the votes given for Local Secretaries. 
At the present time it is important to fill up as completely as possible the 
list of Local Secretaries, and to have such a list as shall well represent the 
several towns and districts throughout the country. In many cases the ap¬ 
pointment of Local Secretaries has been made solely by the Council, because 
they have received no intimation from the members of their wishes in the 
matter; but of course the Council are often unable to select the fittest men 
for the appointment without such assistance as the members are alone able to 
afford in their several localities. 
There is much important assistance which can be rendered by the active co¬ 
operation of Local Secretaries in the working of the Society. Thus, for the 
registration of apprentices it is necessary that they should pass the classical 
examination, and this may be conducted in country places wherever a suitable 
person can be found to conduct the examination. It is through the Local 
Secretaries that the Council can best select and recognize classical examiners, 
and through the same medium all the necessary information required by ap¬ 
prentices and others, relating to the Minor and Major examinations, should be 
furnished. The lists of Pharmaceutical Chemists entitled to exemption from 
serving on juries should also be revised by these officers. To enable them to 
perform these duties they are, immediately after their appointment, supplied 
with copies of the Charter, Act, Bye-laws, Register of Members, Examiners’ 
Regulations, and other documents relating to the proceedings and government 
of the Society. 
Last year the returns that were sent in compliance with the new regulations 
were pretty general, and they enabled the Council to prepare a new and ex¬ 
tended list of Local Secretaries; but there was still room for further extension, 
and several towns were left without any appointment having been made by 
tlie members resident there. It is to be hoped that on the present occasion 
the voting papers for Local Secretaries will be more generally filled up, so 
as to give full effect to this very important part of the organization of the 
Society. 
