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and the constitution of the Council appointed under the Act to carry out its 
objects, the Council are of opinion that for the purposes of the existing Act the 
present Council is essentially well constituted." 
2. “ That the Council are of opinion that if the Legislature should think 
proper to invest the Council with extended powers and fresh duties, by which 
the profession at large will be brought more under the direct influence of the 
Council, then in that case the profession at large should have more direct influ¬ 
ence in the appointment of members of Council.” 
The following report was received from the Pharmacopoeia Committee, and 
adopted by the Council:— 
“The Pharmacopoeia Committee appointed by the resolution of the Council, July 7, 
18G8, have to report that, in accordance with the directions of the Council, they caused 
to be printed a slip copy of certain slight typographic and minor errors, which required 
correction in the Pharmacopoeia of 1867. These slips were inserted in the unsold copies 
of the Pharmacopoeia, and were issued to those who had already purchased copies of the 
work. A reissue of the Pharmacopoeia having since been required, those slight correc¬ 
tions have been introduced into the work, which is in all other respects identical with 
the copies previously issued. The Committee have engaged during the past year the 
services of Dr. Redwood, in watching over the progress of Pharmacy, and in making 
record of such corrections and additions as would hereafter facilitate the preparation of 
a future edition of the Pharmacopoeia. In that duty he has received various suggestions 
from the members of the Committee, and has submitted a report to the Committee 
which has been reserved for future use. He has, however, been requested to bring be¬ 
fore the Pharmaceutical Society the substance of his first two reports to this Committee, 
with a view to the discussion of points needing inquiry or investigation. 
“ The Committee have expended £30 from the sum of £50 placed at their disposal. It 
is recommended that the Committee be reappointed, and that the sum of £50 be again 
placed at their disposal for the ensuing year. 
“R. Christison, Chairman .” 
PARLIAMENTARY. 
The “Adulteration of Food or Drink Act (1860) Amendment 
Bill” was withdrawn from the House of Commons, on the 21st ult., on the 
motion of Mr. Dixon. Although we believe the specific mention of drugs had 
been previously erased from this Bill, the question is one which still interests 
druggists, inasmuch as they were brought under the operation of the Act of 
1860 by the Pharmacy Act of last year, and may consequently be affected by 
any future amendments thereon. 
Petroleum Bill, July 22nd. —Mr. Bruce (in reply to Mr. Crawford) said 
it had been necessary to consolidate the Act of last Session in this Bill and that 
he found it impossible to carry the measure at this late period of the Session. 
This is unfortunate, for although the opinion of the Government is clearly ex¬ 
pressed in the Bill in question, that the provisions of the Petroleum Act ought 
not to extend to certain articles sold in small bottles properly secured, yet the 
law must remain as it is for another Session, and, until it is repealed, benzine 
collas and such preparations cannot legally be sold by unlicensed persons. 
Nitro-Glycerine. —A very stringent measure has been introduced in the 
House of Commons to “ Prohibit for a limited period the importation, and to 
restrict and regulate the carriage of nitro-glycerine.” The time fixed for the 
continuance of the prohibitions is one year, to commence from the 1st of Oc¬ 
tober next. The authors of the Bill evidently contemplate that in the next 
Session of Parliament some permanent legislation affecting this dangerous 
article will be agreed upon. A copy of the Bill will be found at page 90. 
