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PROVINCIAL TRANSACTIONS. 
BRADFORD CHEMISTS’ ASSOCIATION. 
A very pleasing entertainment, in the shape of a Soiree, held on Friday evening, the 
21st inst., formed an agreeable episode in the history of the above Society. 
In response to the invitation of the associates, the members and their friends, form¬ 
ing a goodly assemblage of ladies and gentlemen, met at the Freemasons’ Rooms, 
Salem Street, where every kind of material had been amply provided, not omitting sub¬ 
stantial refreshments, for both the instruction and diversion of the visitors. A glance 
rouud the appropriately-decorated room showed that the intellectual, spectacular, and 
social features were well represented, the former by microscopes under the manipulation 
of Messrs. Rimmington and Sands ; several beautiful models of ingenious inventions by 
Bailey and Mancher ; and a comprehensive assortment of exceptionally perfect drugs and 
chemicals, contributed by Messrs. Hearon, Squire, and Francis, and Messrs. Herrings 
and Co. Under the second class there was the popular Ruhmkorff coil, with its resplen¬ 
dent vacuum tubes ; while the rays from the glowing zirconium shone at periods reful- 
gently upon the assembly. Melodies upon the piano were given by Mr. Foster, an asso¬ 
ciate, and Mr. H. Gf. Rogerson, Honorary Secretary of the Society. 
The hour for discussion having arrived, the President, Mr. M. Rogerson, proposed a 
vote of thanks to the Assistants for the truly appreciable evening’s entertainment they 
had afforded the company, expressing a wish that it might not be an isolated event in 
the annals of the Society, but that it might prove merely the first of a series of regu¬ 
larly-recurring festivals of a similar character. 
BRISTOL PHARMACEUTICAL ASSOCIATION. 
A General Meeting of the Association was held on Friday, December 10, 1869, in 
the lecture room of the Philosophical Institution, Park Street; Mr. Stoddart, President, 
in the chair. 
The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed. 
The Chairman announced that the Council had determined to offer two prizes in 
each course of the lectures that were being delivered in connection with the Associa¬ 
tion ; each first prize to be of the value of £1. Is., and each second prize, 10s. 6d. 
Thomas Coomber, Esq., F.C.S., then delivered a lecture upon “ Some of the Princi¬ 
ples of Electricity, illustrated by Experiments drawn from Domestic Resources.” 
At its conclusion, a cordial vote of thanks to the lecturer was proposed from tho 
chair, and carried by acclamation. 
A General Meeting of the Association was held January 14, 1870, in the lecture room 
of the Philosophical Institution ; Mr. Stoddart, President, in the chair. 
The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed. 
The Chairman alluded with much feeling to the loss the Association had experienced 
in the death of their late fellow-member, Mr. Giles, senior, and referred to the high 
estimation in which he was held by all who knew him. He was sure the Association 
would wish to record that opinion, and would, therefore, suggest for their adoption the 
following resolutions :— 
“ That this Association desires to express its feeling of great respect for the memory 
of the late Mr. Richard Bobbett Giles, who so long and so honourably fulfilled the duties 
of a Chemist and Druggist in this neighbourhood, and who was ever ready to promote 
with the utmost cordiality every effort for the advancement of the scientific and prac¬ 
tical culture of pharmacy. 
“That the Hon. Sec. be requested to forward a copy of this resolution to his son, Mr. 
Richard William Giles, with the assurance of the hearty sympathy of all his fellow- 
members in his recent bereavement.” 
These resolutions were unanimously agreed to. 
