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ON THE VALUE OF PRECIS, 
King, Janies, London. 
Lancaster, John Bnlgin Snow, Norwood. 
Lawrauce, Edmund, Welwyn. 
Lawrence, Christopher, London. 
Mayo, Robert William, Chelmsford. 
Mitchell, John, London. 
Owen, Charles Richard, London. 
Parker, John Marshall, Lincoln. 
Pettinger, Elmer, London. 
Powell, John, Newbury. 
Radcliffe, James, Oldham. 
Rees, Richard. Posthumous, Carmarthen. 
Scholes, Frederick Darfield, Sheffield. 
Shemmonds, John, Coventry. 
Waterworth, Alfred, Preston. 
Willis, William, Northampton. 
Wilson, John Jackson, Bolton. 
Woodward, Edward, West Bromwich. 
EXAMINATION IN EDINBURGH, 
July 13 th, 1869. 
MINOR (registered as Chemists and Druggists). 
*Gorrie, John P., Edinburgh. | Reid, Andrew Dickson, South Shields. 
REGISTERED APPRENTICES AND STUDENTS. 
Alexander, Hugh D., Edinburgh. 
Anderson, Alexander, Newcastle. 
Cowan, John, Dumfries. 
Harcus, John, Newcastle. 
Hamilton, James, Edinburgh. 
MODIFIED 
Eight candidates presented themselves; 
Henry, James Hay, Macdutf. 
Smith, Louis,. Forfar. 
Tait, Alexander, Moffat. . 
West, James Cuming, Banff. 
EXAMINATION. 
the following six passed, and were duly regis¬ 
tered as 
CHEMISTS AND DRUGGISTS. 
Bertie, Jonathan, Aberdeen. 
Gibson, Samuel, Liverpool. 
Nicol, William, Edinburgh. 
Ritchie, David, Falkirk. 
Ross, William, Galashiels. 
Shehnerdine, Henry, New Brighton. 
PROVINCIAL TRANSACTIONS. 
ABERDEEN ASSOCIATION OF ASSISTANT CHEMISTS AND DRUGGISTS. 
The half-yearly general meeting of the above Association was held on the 13th of 
May in the St. Nicholas Lane Hall ; Mr. James Thom, President, presiding. 
The Secretary read a report of the past six months’ proceedings, which showed the 
Association to be in a very progressive state; not only as regards numerical strength, 
but also as regards the number and character of the papers given by members. 
The following gentlemen were then elected as office-bearers for the ensuing six 
months:—President, Mr. James Thom; Vice-President, Mr. J. Bertie; Secretary and 
Treasurer, Mr. Wm. Donald; Committee, Messrs. Carroll, Gordon, Auchinachie, Hosie, 
Mathieson, and Cheyne. 
ORIGINAL AND EXTRACTED ARTICLES. 
ON THE VALUE OP PRECIS, AS APPLIED TO “ PROVINCIAL 
TRANSACTIONS.” 
BY A PROVINCIAL. 
The readers of this Journal are greatly indebted to the author of the erudite 
paper on “ precis ,” which appeared in the last number. Undoubtedly, the re- 
* Passed in honours; eligible to compete for the Prize of Books. 
