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TRANSACTIONS 
OP 
THE PHARMACEUTICAL SOCIETY. 
MEETING OF THE COUNCIL, July 7th , 1869, 
Present—Messrs. Bourdas, Brady, Carteighe, Deane, Dymond, Evans, Haselden, Hills, 
Ince, Morson, Sandford, Stoddart, and Williams. 
Minutes of previous meeting were read and confirmed. 
The report of the Finance and House Committee was presented, showing on the 
General Fund account a balance in hand of £1394. 10s. 11c?., and submitting for pay¬ 
ment accounts, rent, salaries, and various items amounting to £834. 16s. 2d. 
Report received and adopted—payments ordered. 
On the Benevolent Fund account a balance of £316. 14s. 10 d. 
On the recommendation of the Benevolent Fund Committee, the sum of £5 was 
granted to a widow residing in London ; and of £10 to the widow of a late member in 
Cumberland. 
Mrs. Sarah Wilson, of Kendal, was approved as a candidate for an annuity. 
(7 he names of all approved candidates will be found on paqe 2 of the cover of this 
Journal) 
The report of the Library, Museum, and Laboratory Committee was received and 
adopted. 
A letter from the Privy Council was read, approving the appointment of the 
Examiners. 
The Board of Examiners in London reported that during the previous month they had 
examined 108 Candidates, and passed 88. 
The Board recommended that in future persons appointed to examine candidates in 
the First or Preliminary Examination in the Provinces, must have graduated at one of 
the Universities of the United Kingdom. 
It was moved by Mr. Ince, seconded by Mr. Brady,—That a Member of the College 
of Preceptors, or a Pharmaceutical Chemist by Examination, might also be appointed 
to conduct such Examinations. 
Moved by Mr. Williams, and seconded by Mr. Morson, as an Amendment,—That 
the appointments be confined to Graduates of the Universities and Members of the 
College of Preceptors. 
Division taken. 
For the Amendment,—Deane, Evans, Haselden, Morson, Sandford, and Williams. 
Against —Bourdas, Brady, Carteighe, Dymond, Hills, Ince, and Stoddart. 
The Chairman declared the original motion to have been carried. 
Moved by Mr. Sandford, and seconded l?y Mr. Williams,—That on receiving appli¬ 
cation from a Candidate who desires to undergo the Preliminary Examination in 
the Provinces, the Secretary shall, if necessary, apply to the Local Secretary of the dis¬ 
trict in which the Candidate resides for information as to some person qualified to con¬ 
duct such Examination. 
The Board submitted two forms, one for the appointment of gentlemen to examine 
Candidates for the Preliminary Examination in the Provinces (those residing more than 
10 miles from London), the other for the result of such examinations, which, with cer¬ 
tain verbal alterations, were agreed to. Ordered that these regulations should be pub¬ 
lished in the ensuing number of the ‘Pharmaceutical Journal.’ (Vide p. 89.) 
