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PHARMACEUTICAL SOCIETY, EDINBURGH. 
Four essays have been sent in competition for the President’s Prize, hut this subject has 
been fully referred to in the proceedings of the last scientific meeting of the session, and 
need not be again touched upon here, hut for the purpose of intimating, that to associates 
and apprentices in England and Scotland, an opportunity will still be given for compe¬ 
tition during the summer and winter mouths, as one or two prizes, according to the 
number and merit of the essays sent, will be awarded at the close of next session. All 
papers will require to be sent with sealed envelopes to the Secretary, not later than 1st 
March, 1865. 
The following is a statement of account as from 1st January to 31st December, lbbo 
Dr. 
1863. 
Sept. 1. 
Dec. 31. 
The Secretary in account current with the Society , December 31sf, 1863 
£ s. d. 
Cash from London.50 0 0 
Do. due Secretary.11 11 0 
£61 11 0 
8 . 
1863. £ 
Paid Rent of Hall and Museum 1 o 0 
Room .i 
Insurance . 0 
Books and publications for Library 4 
Museum. 3 10 
Expenses, Annual Meeting . 4 1 
Painting cases, etc., in Museum) ^ 
and Library . j 
Printing. 6 
Postages. 1 
Delivering Billets and Attendance 1 
Curator . 5 
Paper, Envelopes, etc. 1 
Cr. 
d. 
0 
6 
9 
4 
11 
1 0 
8 
12 
4 
0 
1 
0 
3 
0 
0 
3 
£61 11 0 
Dec. 31. Amount due to Secretary...£11 11 0 
We, the undersigned, have examined the foregoing accounts, with voucher attached, 
find them correctly stated and entered, and the balance due to the Secretary, at the 31st 
December, 1863, eleven pounds, eleven shillings. 
James Gardner. 
John B. Stephenson. 
Edinburgh , 16^7t April, 1864. Wm. Ainslie. 
The Council think it right to make reference to the present movement, which they un¬ 
derstand is now occupying the attention of the Council in London, regarding an extension 
of the Pharmacy Act of 1852. They think that the General Meeting of Members so 
recently held in London was a step in the right direction, and that no time should be 
lost in making every endeavour to get the provisions of the existing Bill extended; and 
they cannot but express strongly their belief, that the intention already intimated, to re¬ 
cognize in the proposed new measure existing interests, is one of the elements which 
will very much facilitate the introduction of this enlarged Bill. By the proposed mode 
of registration in the case of bond fide chemists and druggists now in business, and a 
compulsory examination in all time to come, of those who may desire to commence busi¬ 
ness, the public will in some degree'be protected against incompetent parties dispens¬ 
ing prescriptions, while justice will be done alike to the medical practitioner, the chemist 
himself, and his patrons. By such an arrangement the pharmaceutical chemist would 
still remain as before, and additions from time to time be made by those who, by a 
higher and more strict examinations, were found qualified to be registered as such. The 
Council here are therefore quite prepared to give their brethren in London all the 
assistance in their power in carrying forward the proposed measure. Doubtless there will 
be much to overcome and arrange, before the whole matter can be finally carried, but 
there can be little doubt of ultimate success if persevering exertions are made in the 
proper quarter. 
In concluding, this Report, thanks are tendered to the London Council for their kind 
presentation of the duplicate specimens to the Museum here in November last. 
Edinburgh , 19 tli April , 1864. 
This was unanimously approved of, and the Meeting then proceeded to elect Office¬ 
bearers for 1864-5, when the following were chosen :— 
LIST OF OFFICE-BEARERS. 
President. —Mr. Kemp (Portobello). 
Vice-President .—Mr. D. R. Brown (of Macfarlan and Co.). 
