August 3,1872.] 
THE PHARMACEUTICAL JOURNAL AND TRANSACTIONS. 
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Errata.—Preliminary Examination. 
On p. 15, col. 2, line 7, for Leighton, Tompsett, read 
Tompsett, Leighton. 
Same page and col., between lines 21 and 22, insert 
Francis, Charles Ernest.Wigan. 
gtjoimuial frsrasadioros. 
SHEFFIELD PHARMACEUTICAL AND 
CHEMICAL ASSOCIATION. 
At a special meeting of the Council of the Sheffield 
Pharmaceutical and Chemical Association, held Thursday 
evening, July 25th, for the purpose of considering the 
scheme for provincial education proposed by Mr. 
Schacht. 
The following resolution was proposed by Mr. G. B. 
Cocking, seconded by Mr. Wilson, Local Secretary of the 
Pharmaceutical Society, and carried unanimously. 
“ That this Council, whilst assenting to the general 
principles of Mr. Schacht’s scheme for promoting pro¬ 
vincial education as adopted by the Council of the 
Pharmaceutical Society at their meeting, held July 3d, 
1872, and published in the Journal of July 6th, arc of 
opinion that the mere payments of money on the result 
of local examinations to the amount of £1 and £2, to 
students passing in the proposed second and first-class 
grades, would in this locality prove comparatively insig¬ 
nificant and totally inadequate to the requirements of 
this association. 
“That the proposal to make grants of money towards 
tthc formation of libraries, museums, etc., is not stated in 
terms sufficiently explicit; and that the proposed addi- 
ions thereto by Mr. Frazer as published in the Journal, 
July 13th, page 29, are much more equitable, and likely 
if adopted to prove satisfactory to this and many other 
provincial associations, viz., ‘that the award of money 
in aid of any scheme which shall have a distinct scientific 
educational object’ should include the payment of fees to 
teachers or lecturers employed by such provincial as¬ 
sociations. 
“They concur with Mr. Hills in his suggestion—(Jour¬ 
nal, July 6th) that a complete account of all the 
results accomplished by any association need not be 
required, so long as a properly elected committee of 
management guarantee that the funds at their disposal 
should be appropriated in furtherance of such scientific 
pharmaceutical education.” 
BRISTOL PHARMACEUTICAL ASSOCIATION. 
The annual meeting was held on Wednesday, July 
31st; Mr. Townsend, President, in the chair. 
After a few introductory remarks, the President re¬ 
quested the Hon. Secretary, Mr. Schacht, to read the 
Report, which was as follows :— 
“ The Council of the Bristol Pharmaceutical Associa¬ 
tion have the pleasure of offering the report of another 
year’s proceedings. 
“ Commencing with the least satisfactory portion of 
their duty, they have to admit that as yet but little has 
been done towards the provision of a museum and library, 
the original difficulty, namely, the want of suitable 
rooms having still to be overcome. Some progress, how¬ 
ever, has been made towards the raising of a fund to 
start the project with some effect when the favourable 
moment arrives. 
“The monthly evening meetings have been fairly at¬ 
tended. Through the kindness of certain gentlemen, 
whose interest in the progress of science appears never 
to halt, the Council have been able to announce some 
very interesting lectures during the past session. Mr. 
Stoddart, Mr. Collens, Mr. Harding Warner, Mr. Lant 
Carpenter and Dr. Tildcn have met the association on 
these occasions, and have delighted and instructed their 
audiences. 
“ One of these monthly meetings was set apart for the 
reading and discussion of papers upon subjects connected 
with pharmacy. That evening was fully and profitably 
occupied, and the Council have reason to believe that if 
more opportunities had been offered, a proportionate 
number of papers would have been presented. 
“ With regard to the systematic courses of lectures upon 
chemistry and botany provided by the Association, the 
Council are glad once more to be able to point to the 
evidences of the success that attends the teaching in 
these classes. The results are most encouraging, and 
cannot fail to attract larger numbers of students in> 
future sessions. 
“ For the Botanical Class, nine of our students entered* 
and the following succeeded in passing the Government 
examination:— 
Structural and Economic Botany. 
Mr. Charles Bennett . . Advanced Grade . . 2nd Class* 
Mr. Ernest Samson ... „ ,, • . >> 
Mr. Henry Stephens . . Elementary Grade . „ „ 
Vegetable Anatomy and Physiology. 
Mr. Ernest Samson . . Advanced Grade . . 2nd Class* 
Mr. Charles Bennett . . „ „ ,, 
Mr. Henry Stephens . . Elementary Grade . „ „ 
“ For the Class on Chemistry, seventeen of pur young 
pharmacists entered; of these, twelve went in for the 
Government examination, and all succeeded in passing. 
The following is the list 
:— 
Mr. A. Little. 
Advanced Grade . 
1st Class. 
Mr. C. Bennett. 
11 
» 
Mr. C. J. Miles. » . . . 
i i 
11 
V ’> 
Mr. T. Stubbs. 
Elementary Grade 
» >> 
Mr. J. G. Taylor .... 
» 
» • 
» >> 
Mr. J. Goulter. 
>> 
11 * 
Mr. W. Crocker .... 
11 
11 
11 11 
Mr. W. E. Milton . . . 
11 
11 
2nd Class. 
Mr. J. T. Callis .... 
11 
11 
>> >» 
M. C. G. Boorne .... 
11 
11 
!) » 
Mr. R. H. Nuttall . . . 
11 
11 
» » 
Mr. \V. H. Wheeler . . 
11 
11 
>> ?> 
“ These are the results of the ordinary examination 
in inorganic chemistry. But in addition to the questions- 
of which this was constituted, the examiner, Dr. Frank- 
land, thought right to append others directed especially 
to the object of ascertaining the practical acquaintance 
of the students with the subject of their examination. 
These he treated as a separate examination, and gave 
the following award :— 
Mr. A. Little.Advanced Grade . . 1st Class. 
Mr. C. Bennett. » >> • • v » 
Mr. J. Goulter.Elementary Grade . „ „ 
Mr. J. T. Callis. „ „ -2nd Class. 
Mr. R. H. Nuttall ... ,, >>*•’> » 
« The Council have, moreover, every reason to believe 
from communications already received from the Depart¬ 
ment, that a Queen’s medal will be awarded to one of 
the above students. As the official announcement, how - 
ever, is not yet received, they reserve for the present 
the publication of the student’s name. 
“ The Council have also to report that during the past 
year a most useful course of lectures was delivered by 
their late president, Mr. Stoddart, upon the Chemisti}, 
Botany, and Materia Medica of the Pharmacopoeia, and 
that it was attended by a numerous and very attentive 
class. The fees paid by the students who attended this; 
course, and which amounted to the sum of £17. I7s. y 
