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MANCHESTER CHEMISTS AND DRUGGISTS’ ASSOCIATION. 
The last ordinary Monthly Meeting of the session was held in the Memorial Hall, 
Albert Square, on Friday evening, April 1st; Mr. Hampson in the chair. 
The Chairman announced that a room had been engaged in Mitre Buildings, Cathe¬ 
dral Gates, which it was intended to open for the present on Tuesday and Friday 
evenings, from six to ten ; students wishing at other times to refer to the materia 
roedica specimens, etc., must apply for the keys to Mr. Woolley, 69, Market Street, or 
to Mr. Benger, 1, Market Place. 
Contributions of books, etc., for the library were earnestly solicited. 
Mr. F. B. Benger (Hon. Sec.) then announced a donation from Mr. Thomas Hyde 
Hills (London) of an artist’s proof engraving of the late Mr. Jacob Bell, from the pic¬ 
ture by Sir Edwin Landseer, and smaller engravings of Dr. Pereira and John Bell, 
accompanied by a letter conveying Mr. Hills’ good wishes for the success of the Asso¬ 
ciation.* 
A vote of thanks, proposed by Mr. Woolley and seconded by Mr. Morton (Rams- 
bottom), was carried with acclamation. 
Mr. Waterhouse (Ashton), after expressing his fears that a really useful library 
could not be formed by the unsystematic donations of books from members, proposed— 
“ That a Special Library Fund of £100 be raised, and that a circular be at once issued, 
soliciting the aid of members and their friends.” 
The resolution was seconded by Mr. Woolley, and carried unanimously; four gen¬ 
tlemen, viz., Mr. Pritchard (Chorlton Road), Mr. Waterhouse (Ashton), Mr. Brooks 
(Shudehill), and Mr. Hayward (Deansgate), immediately promising donations of five 
guineas each to the fund. 
Mr. Benger then showed and explained a number of experiments illustrating the 
chemical action of light. Photographs of ferns, etc., were printed by the light of burn¬ 
ing magnesium; glass bulbs containing a mixture of chlorine and hydrogen were shown 
to be unaffected by the yellow and lower rays of the spectrum, whilst the blue and more 
refrangible rays caused them to explode by the instantaneous combination of the gases 
and production of hydrochloric acid gas. 
Mr. J. T. Slugg, F.R.A.S., read an interesting and amusing paper on “ Triplicity,” 
illustrating by innumerable instances the tendency that exists in nature and human 
nature to group objects, words, sentences, etc., in “ threes.” 
Mr. Bostock and other speakers urged the associates to employ their spare time 
during the summer months in collecting a good herbarium for the Association, and 
suggested that a prize should be offered for the best collection. 
It was announced that special meetings would be called during the summer to 
discuss any important question which might arise in connection with the trade. 
NOTTINGHAM AND NOTTINGHAMSHIRE CHEMISTS’ ASSOCIATION. 
A Meeting of this Society was held at the Exchange Rooms on Friday, April 8th. 
The Prizes for the Materia Medica and Pharmaceutical Chemistry Classes were 
awarded, the Senior to W. P. Bothamley and W. Johnstone, the Junior to Evan Jenkins 
and E. Ward. The President announced that the examination was very satisfactory, 
considering the time the classes had been formed. 
Mr. Burnie then delivered an address “ On the Amusement and Recreation to be de¬ 
rived from, and the Advantages to the Pharmaceutist obtained by, the Study of Botany.” 
The following is an abstract:— 
In his opening remarks, Mr. Burnie stated that, while the acquirement of every kind 
of knowledge was difficult, the acquirement of scientific knowledge was, from a variety 
of causes, especially difficult, and its pursuit to the beginner appeared unattractive and 
devoid of interest. It was well, if we could, to increase the attraction, and render the 
difficulties less formidable in appearance; and therefore it was proposed on this occasion 
* Mr. Hills has since forwarded to the Secretary a cheque for five guineas, “ in memory 
of Jacob Bell,” to the special library fund. 
