751 
TRANSACTIONS 
OF 
THE PHARMACEUTICAL SOCIETY. 
MEETING OF THE COUNCIL, May 4 th, 1870, 
MR. HENRY SUGDEN EVANS, PRESIDENT, IN THE CHAIR. 
MR. HASELDEN, VICE-PRESIDENT. 
p resen t—Messrs. Abraham, Bottle, Bourdas, Carteighe, Edwards, Hills, Sandford, 
Savage, Squire, Stoddart, and Williams. 
The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. 
The Secretary reported that the Auditors nominated by the Council at their last 
meeting, were willing to accept office, if elected. 
The report of the Finance and House Committee was presented, showing on the 
General Fund account a balance in the Treasurer’s hands of £2008. 4s. 5 d., and sub¬ 
mitting for payment accounts amounting to £751. 5s. 4rf. ; and on the Benevolent 
Fund account a balance of £409. 9s. Id. 
Resolved—That the report be received and adopted, and payments made. 
The Report and Proceedings of the Library, Museum, and Laboratory Committee 
having been read, it was 
Resolved—That it be received and adopted. 
The Annual Report of the Council was read and, with some verbal alterations, agreed 
to. 
Letters from the Editor and Sub-editor of the Pharmaceutical Journal were read in 
reference to the communications made to them, by desire of the Council at their meet¬ 
ing in March, respecting the editorial staff, and arrangements as to the future publica¬ 
tion of the Journal. 
Resolved—That the said letters be acknowledged and referred for consideration to 
the June Council. 
Notice of Motion for the Meeting of Council, June lsf, 1870. 
Messrs. Brady and Dymond. 
1st. That in view of the impending change in the mode of conducting the Pharma¬ 
ceutical Journal, and in order to introduce the New Series under conditions the most 
favourable for commanding literary and financial success, the Secretary be instructed to 
insert advertisements forthwith in the ‘ Times,’ ‘ Athenaeum,’ ‘ Chemical News,’ k Scien¬ 
tific Opinion,’ and ‘ Nature,’ inviting applications from gentlemen capable of undertaking 
the duties of Editor and Sub-editor respectively. All applications to be forwarded to the 
Secretary on or before the 18th June. 
2nd. That a Special Committee be appointed to meet on the 21st June to select from 
such applications a limited number for the consideration of the Council, and that on the 
22nd June a Special Council Meeting be held to receive the Report of the Committee 
and proceed to the election of Editor and Sub-editor. 
Notice of Motion for Council Meeting , June 1st, 1870. 
Mr. Dymond. 
That it is desirable on the commencement of the New Series of the Pharmaceutical 
Journal that the proceedings of this Council be more fully reported in that and other 
Journals than is the case at present, and that reporters, not exceeding two in number,, 
be admitted to the meetings of the Council; that their reports be revised by the Journal 
Committee, and any matter withheld which it may deem unsuitable for publication. 
Pharmacy in Ireland. 
With reference to the proposed Bill to enable persons registered as Chemists and 
Druggists in Great Britain to exercise their business in Ireland, it was stated that the 
Solicitor-General for Ireland was about to introduce a Bill to regulate the sale of poisons 
