REGULATIONS OF THE BOARD OF EXAMINERS. 
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Wigan . Barnish, Edwin H. 
Winchester . Powell, Edward 
Windsor. Russell, Charles J. L. 
Wolverhampton ... Brevitt, William Y. 
Woolwich. Rastrick, John A. 
Worcester. Witherington, Thos. 
Wycombe . Furmston, Samuel C. 
Yarmouth, Great... Poll, William S. 
York .. Davison, Ralph 
REGULATIONS OF THE BOARD OF EXAMINERS, CONFIRMED AND 
ADOPTED BY THE COUNCIL. 
For the Examination and Registration of Pharmaceutical Chemists, Chemists 
and Druggists, and Apprentices or Students, in Accordance with 15 & 16 
Vict. cap. 56, and 31 & 32 Vict. cap. 121. 
This Board of Examiners in London 
Meets for conducting the examinations on the third Wednesday in the month, excepting 
August and September, at 11 a.m. ; and in May upon the fourth Wednesday. 
The Board of Examiners in Edinburgh 
Meets as often as required. Notice is given in the ‘ Pharmaceutical Journal ’ when meet¬ 
ings will take place. 
The First or Preliminary Examination.* 
(For Registration as Apprentices or Students.) 
. 
Latin,—translation of a passage from the first book of Caesar. (‘ De Bello Galileo’) 
Latin Grammar. 
English Grammar, Composition and Dictation. 
The first fOur rules of arithmetic, simple and compound, vulgar fractions, and 
decimals. 
Any Candidate residing at a distance of more than ten miles from London may, on 
applying to the Secretary, be supplied with instructions to enable him to be examined 
by any qualified person ( not having been his teacher ), appointed and approved by the 
Council. 
The certificate of such examination, duly signed by the Examiner and delivered by him 
to the Secretary, will, if approved by the Board, entitle the candidate to be placed 
on the Register. 
Minor Examination. 
(For Registration under the Pharmacy Act, 1868, as Chemists and Druggists.) 
Candidates for this Examination must have passed the First or Preliminary 
Examination. 
The following form the subjects of examination:— 
Prescriptions. —The candidate is required to read without abbreviation autograph pro¬ 
scriptions ; translate them into English ; and render a literal as well as an appropriate 
translation of the directions for use. 
Practical Dispensing. — To weigh, measure, and compound medicines ; write the di¬ 
rections in concise language in a neat and distinct hand, correctly translate the pre¬ 
scription, and detect unusual doses ; finally, to finish and properly direct each package 
Pharmacy. —To recognize the preparations of the Pharmacopoeia which are not of a 
definite chemical nature, such as extracts, tinctures, the simple and compound powders, 
etc.; to describe the composition of such as are compound, and give the proportions of 
the active ingredients. 
The Candidate is required to possess a practical knowledge of the metrical system of 
W T eights and Measures. 
* The Middle Class Examinations of Oxford, Cambridge, or Durham, and the Examina¬ 
tion of the College of Preceptors, or of any legally constituted Examining Body of the 
United Kingdom, provided Latin is included as one of the subjects, are accepted in lieu of 
this examination. 
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