HALIFAX CHEMISTS AND DRUGGISTS’ ASSOCIATION. 
403 
4 * Mr. Shaw kindly offered to give the young men a lecture on the study of materia 
medica. Your committee have great pleasure in stating that this lecture was well 
attended, and so far a success as to receive the promise of another one early in next 
year. Your committee are indebted to Mr. Shaw for his kindness. 
“ The cabinet of specimens of materia medica which is here for your inspection is 
the gift of Messrs. Evans, of Liverpool. That it is unique you will all acknowledge, 
and their kindness you will, I am sure, appreciate. To this cabinet they have also 
added a work on materia medica, and on the examinations of the Pharmaceutical So¬ 
ciety. 
“ At our last general meeting a resolution was passed to invite the physicians of this 
town to dinner. In compliance with that resolution invites were sent, but your com¬ 
mittee are sorry to say that a want of harmony prevents the whole of the faculty being 
present on this occasion. 
“Your committee have especial pleasure in calling your attention to the state of the 
finances, which the Treasurer will lay before you.” 
Mr. Rendaxl, of Sowerby Bridge, proposed the adoption of the report, which was 
seconded by Mr. Atkinson, Brighouse, who stated the great pleasure he felt in meet¬ 
ing his Halifax brethren. He had also the great pleasure to say that, in their journey to 
the dinner, an understanding had been come to between himself and the other chemists 
of Brighouse, to close their places of business an hour earlier than had been customary. 
He felt this would be a great relief to them, and also to their young men, who would 
have more time to devote to their studies. 
Mr. Holroyd then proposed, and Mr. Farren seconded, the following gentlemen to 
be the officers and committee for the ensuing year:— 
President , Mr. Dyer. Vice-Presidents , Messrs. Stott, Shaw, and Farr. Secretary , 
Mr. Hebden. Tr easurer, Mr. Pollard. Committee : Messrs. Jessop, Brierley, Rendall, 
Kershaw, Brooke, and Denton. 
The President, in returning thanks for the honour which the members had done 
him, declared the great interest he felt in the success of the Association. Whatever 
movement that had a tendency to produce feelings of respect, and dispel the shy and 
jealous conduct which was wont to characterize the trade, would have his hearty sup¬ 
port. All efforts to infuse into the body a taste for a more accurate acquaintance with 
pharmaceutical processes, and to extend the scientific knowledge of the trade, would 
receive from him all the assistance which his numerous engagements would permit. 
He felt very sorry that the committee could not present to the members such a list of 
papers, lectures, etc., as was done in larger towns. They had not such ample means at 
their disposal, but what little means they had would be used in the new year to the 
utmost extent; and, whilst he expressed his admiration for those gentlemen who so 
regularly attended every meeting, he also hoped that those who rarely if ever attended 
would give, if only by their presence, some greater support to the committee. The great 
desideratum of the day was education ; their young men absolutely needed it,—of course 
I mean trade education,—and the members might all the more sympathize and en¬ 
courage them if at these meetings the higher branches of the trade were introduced for 
discussion, and a feeling created amongst the members for such pursuits. Those mem¬ 
bers whose opportunities and whose tastes had been favourable to a more extended 
acquaintance with the scientific division of the trade he hoped would not “ keep their 
light under a bushel,” but would at once freely and gladly place their abilities before 
the members, and their brethren would repay them with that respect which was the aim 
of all good men. The committee, as the report stated, had made great efforts to make 
the classes for their young men a success, but had met with only moderate success. 
Nothing daunted, they would during the next year try to cultivate a higher spirit 
amongst the members; and even the most supine, or the most devoted selfish worshipper 
of Mammon, would not be able to resist the influence of the energy and nobleness of 
the aims of the committee. They yet hoped to have every one in the Association help¬ 
ing in the work. The benefits of the Association he had felt very much during the 
little time it had been in existence. He only wished it had been founded a quarter of a 
century earlier. Faces were now familiar to him which were total strangers before; 
and, as the restraint of days for ever gone by had yielded to the influence of their 
monthly meetings, he had found such traits of character in his neighbours, such respect 
and appreciation of each other’s society, such noble, earnest longing to raise the status 
