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CHEMISTRY AND PHARMACY. 
Dr. Redwood was then called upon to state the result of the examinations 
in the Chemistry and Pharmacy class. He said the attendance had been 
unusually large, which was no doubt attributable to the operation of the Act 
recently introduced on the subject of pharmacy. It might naturally be ex- 
pected as the result of this alteration in the law that a considerable number 
of young men would present themselves who had not had the original prepa¬ 
ration requisite for such a scientific training as they now found it necessary to 
obtain, in order to give themselves a creditable position as pharmacists; but 
notwithstanding this, there had been no ground for complaint of a deficiency in 
the attendance of young men very well prepared to take a creditable position 
in the examinations. It was no empty compliment, nor was it any slight 
commendation to say, as he and his colleagues had been accustomed to say, that 
the students of that institution bore a very favourable comparison with those 
of like age in any similar educational establishment. It seemed to him that 
the preliminary training of pharmaceutical students was calculated to bring 
forth those qualities which enabled them to make good use of the educational 
advantages which were there afforded to them, for he always found the pupils 
diligent, methodical, and observant. In bis class eight had competed for prizes, 
and three had received some mark of distinction. That the number of compe¬ 
titors was not greater was due, he believed, to the fact that all the best men in 
the class did not enter the lists at these examinations. It would generally hap¬ 
pen that in a large class there would be, perhaps, some half-dozen who might be 
expected to become first prizemen, but it rarely or never happened that all these 
competed. There appeared to be a sort of “ natural selection,” as the result of 
which the competition was practically abandoned to one or two who were 
known amongst their associates to be likely to obtain the coveted distinction, 
and a few of smaller attainments might go in with them. The selection thus 
made was generally a good one, but still he regretted that the number of com¬ 
petitors was not larger, and it must not be supposed that the names announced 
comprised all those in the class who would be deserving of a similar distinction. 
The first prize had been awarded to Mr. John Ingham, whose answers were 
considered of the value of 90 out of a possible maximum of 100; the second 
prize fell to Mr. Edward Alfred Webb, whose work was of the value of 81 marks ; 
and the third to Mr. Joshua E. Barnes, with 66 marks. 
The questions were as follows :— 
1. Define the terms Density and Specific Gravity. Explain the theorem of Archimedes 
relating to the loss of weight in a body when immersed in a liquid. Describe 
the specific gravity bottle, and point out the modifications in its construction 
which have been suggested, stating the special objects for which such modifica¬ 
tions are made. 
2. Describe the Hydraulic Press; explain the principle of its peculiar action, and state 
the advantages and disadvantages attending its use as compared with the screw- 
press. 
3. What physical changes are effected in Zinc by the application of different degrees of 
heat to it ? How would you proceed in reducing zinc and tin to a finely granu¬ 
lated state ? 
4. Describe minutely the way in which the ingredients named in the following prescrip¬ 
tion should be mixed for the production of an emulsion:— 
Bals. Copaiba* f 5iij. 
Pulv. Acaciae 5j. 
Aquae destil. fgvss. 
Misce. 
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