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THE BRITISH PHARMACEUTICAL CONFERENCE. 
From a circular just issued, we learn that the meeting for the present year 
will be held during the third week in August, at Exeter, in the College Hall, 
under the presidency of Mr. Daniel Hanbury, F.R.S. On Tuesday, the 17th, 
at 10 a.m., the President will deliver an address; the reading and discussion 
of papers on pharmaceutical subjects will then commence, be continued in the 
afternoon till 4.30, and be carried on during Wednesday ; an adjournment from 
12.30 till 2.0 taking place each day. On Thursday a complimentary entertain 
meat to their visitors will be given by the chemists of Exeter. On Friday the 
chemists of Torquay invite members to view some points of interest in the neigh¬ 
bourhood and partake of luncheon. 
Gentlemen intending to be present are requested to communicate with the 
Local Secretary, Mr. M. Husband, 95, Fore Street, Exeter, who will give all 
information concerning lodging and hotel accommodation, etc. Those wishing 
to accept the invitation to the Torquay Excursion are to write to Mr. D. Watson, 
6, Lower Terrace, Torquay, not later than Friday, August 13th. 
The meeting seems likely to be as successful as any of the preceding gather¬ 
ings, there being, we are told, plenty of material for scientific discussion, while, 
evidently, there is no lack of opportunity for social communion. Exeter is a 
city of great antiquity, picturesquely situated on the river Exe, about eight 
miles from the sea. Among its objects of interest are the cathedral, remarkable 
for its boldness and lightness of architecture, the Guildhall and its collection of 
paintings, and the Albert Memorial Museum. Within easy access are the rocks 
and glen of Chudleigh, the Yale of Lustleigh, the river Dart, Torquay on the 
rocky shore of Torbay, Plymouth, the Tamar, and Mount Edgcumbe. 
The objects of this Association of Pharmacologists and Chemists and Drug¬ 
gists are:— 
(1) To increase the common stock of pharmaceutical knowledge, and 
(2) To promote community of interests among those engaged in pharmacy. 
In addition to the existing means of attaining these ends, a proposal is now 
made to issue to Members an Annual Report on the Progress of Pharmacy,— 
a Year-Book, which shall include notices of all pharmaceutical papers, formulae, 
etc., published in the various scientific journals of Europe and America. For 
the annual subscription of 5s., each Member would thus receive a tangible quid 
pro quo in addition to the yearly volume of Proceedings. It is thought that the 
necessary funds for accomplishing this object can probably be obtained without 
making any charge in addition to the present subscription, if five hundred new 
members be added to the ranks. The Executive Committee therefore call on 
every chemist and druggist to offer his name for election, and on every Member 
to make an effort to obtain more Members. 
Gentlemen desirous of joining the Conference, are invited to apply to the 
General Secretaries, Professor Attfield, 17, Bloomsbury Square, London, and 
Mr. Reynolds, Briggate, Leeds. 
