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THE PHARMACEUTICAL JOURNAL AND TRANSACTIONS. 
[October 12, 1872. 
ledge of at least one of the following subjects, viz., Greek, 
German or French. As to book-keeping, which had 
been proposed by some who had written on the subject, 
he did not think it needful, as every day the pupil is in 
business he is to a certain extent using the books, and 
the keeping of them in order is a mere matter of prac¬ 
tice. Mr. Proctor then spoke of the “Minor” and 
“Major” examinations, which he considered answered 
their purpose very well, and need not be much altered ; 
he said that any student who wished to prepare to pass 
them could do so by a systematic course of study in from 
three to nine months, there being nothing difficult in either 
of them to those who work for the sake of learning. He 
concluded by saying that those who, looking upon the 
examinations as a hardship to be got over as soon as pos¬ 
sible, and go through a course of cramming to enable 
them to do so, deserve to be “ plucked.” 
Mr. Welch advised all who had not passed their Pre¬ 
liminary examination to do so at once, as there was no 
doubt but that it would be a great deal more difficult this 
time twelvemonths than it is at present. He also pro¬ 
posed a vote of thanks to Mr. B. S. Proctor for his very 
able address. 
Mr. R. D. Spence seconded the motion, which was 
carried unanimously. 
The President then presented the association with a 
framed photograph of the members of the Pharmaceu¬ 
tical Conference. 
The President announced that Mr. Shaw had pre¬ 
sented his resignation to the Committee at their last 
meeting, he being about to leave this country for India. 
Mr. Shaw was one of the founders of the society, and 
one of its hardest workers. 
Mr. Shaw returned thanks for the kind way that he had 
been spoken of, and said he should always remember 
with pleasure the association which had gained him so 
many friends. 
BRADFORD CHEMISTS’ ASSOCIATION. 
x\t a Meeting of this Society on the 27th ult., a dis - 
cussion arose on the merits of the scheme for aiding pro¬ 
vincial education suggested to the Council of the Phar¬ 
maceutical Society in the ‘Chemist and Druggist.’ The 
general opinion of the meeting was favourable to it as 
containing in it more that is practical and better suited 
to the present exigency than any scheme yet proposed. 
The meeting was not insensible to the difficulty of 
making even so simple a plan as this, and it was pro¬ 
posed that the following resolution should be forwarded 
to the Council:— 
“ That the suggestion made in the 1 Chemist and Drug¬ 
gist’ (August 15th) to the Council of the Pharmaceuti¬ 
cal Society deserves the attention of the Council, and 
that it be respectfully requested to give it full considera¬ 
tion.” 
NORWICH CHEMISTS’ ASSISTANTS’ 
ASSOCIATION. 
The Annual Meeting of the above Association was 
held at the rooms, September 30th; the President, Mr. 
Alfred Hill, in the chair. 
After briefly alluding to the past session, the President 
called upon the Treasurer, Mr. W. J. G. Butler, to read 
the financial report, which showed an income of 
£36. 10s. Od., and an expenditure of £35. 9s. 3^., leaving 
a balance in hand of £4. 10s. 11 <7. against one of 
£3. 10s. 2 cl. last year. 
The Secretary, Mr. G. C. Fox, read the reports of 
class teachers. The Materia Medica Class had met seven 
times ; average attendance, ten. The Chemistry Class 
met twenty-three times ; average attendance, ten. The 
Botany Class met eight times ; average attendance, nine. 
On one occasion the class was not held, owing to the fact 
that five members only were present. The progress of 
the pupils in the above classes was reported to be on the 
whole good. The class preparing for Preliminary exa¬ 
mination was attended by six pupils. On the whole the 
attendance w r as regular. Finding the work at first done 
very unsatisfactory, owing perhaps to the long interval 
of time between the lessons, the teacher gave an addi¬ 
tional lesson per fortnight, which had the effect of in¬ 
creasing the amount done. Of the number, only two 
were able to go over the whole work prescribed for 
examination, for which they presented themselves in 
July, one of whom passed. 
Mr. Fox then continued—The council is desirous of 
drawing attention to the small attendance at these classes, 
which has been even less than that of the preceding 
year, but at the same time it is gratifying that the small 
number who did attend acquitted themselves with great 
diligence and success, as was shown by the reports of 
the various examiners. They had also to consider a new 
feature in regard to the Latin Class, viz., all the fees of 
the tutor had been paid by the association, without any 
pecuniary demand upon the students; but it was a 
matter of considerable regret that the members generally 
failed to avail themselves of the great advantage of 
having a tutor gratis in a subject of so vast importance, 
and allowed him to attend at the rooms with only the 
few members of the Preliminary Class present. The 
prizes during the present year, the council believed had, 
to a limited extent, accomplished thedesired result, of a 
closer attendance to study on the part of those who 
really endeavoured to improve themselves; but they 
regretted exceedingly that all the students at the class did 
not compete. The counoil were disposed to recommend 
that the experiment be repeated in the approaching- 
session. 
The lectures during the present year had been a 
decided failure, as owing to the sparse attendance on 
such occasions, it had been found difficult to induce any 
gentlemen to undertake the task, and the council re¬ 
commended that lectures in the summer should be dis¬ 
continued, and a practical chemistry class substituted. 
Lectures had been delivered on Nitrogen by Mr. F. 
Sutton, on Botany by Mr. O. Corder, on Coal Gas and 
on Water Analysis by Mr. Mason, and on Volumetric 
Analysis by Mr. E. Nuthall. The Library Report was 
highly satisfactory, both on account of the additions 
made during the present year, and a decided increase in 
circulation. During the year large additions had been 
made to the museum by the liberality of various London 
firms. The council greatly regretted that so few have 
attempted the Pharmaceutical examinations of the present 
year (two only having passed the Minor and three the 
Preliminary), the more so as they felt assured that 
several other gentlemen could have easily overcome the 
Minor examination, and until they did so, it would be- 
impracticable to extend the teaching to the higher 
branches required for the Major. Two members had 
succeeded in passing the Science and Art Examination 
in Chemistry in a most satisfactory manner. 
The officers and council for the ensuing year were 
elected as follows:—President, Mr. Alfred Hill; Vice- 
President, Mr. E. Nuthall; Financial Secretary and 
Treasurer, Mr. W. J. Gooch Butler; Secretary, Mr. 
George C. Fox; Council, Messrs. Boultbee, C. E. Can- 
ham, N. Lincoln, P. H. Mason, and G. S. Tooke 
Librarian, Mr. N. Lincoln; Assistant Librarians, Messrs. 
Woolnough and King. 
Mr. Nuthall proposed that a note should be appended 
to one of their laws for the purpose of reversing the 
definition of the word “ pharmacy,” which had been 
given at the outset of the association. Then it had 
been defined as embracing all subjects connected with 
the trade, either Preliminary or otherwise, but he now 
thought the time had come when they should discon¬ 
tinue subsidizing the class of teaching required for the 
Preliminary, on the ground that all that knowledge 
should be acquired before entering the trade. He did 
