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THE PHARMACEUTICAL JOURNAL AND TRANSACTIONS 
[October 12, 187?, 
way stations, hare been taken and furnished. One to 
contain the library and materia medica specimens be¬ 
longing to the association; the other as a lecture and 
class room, and the lectures on chemistry, materia medica, 
botany, and Latin, about to be commenced by Mr. 
Louis Siebold and Mr. J. J. Smith, B.A., will be delivered 
there. 
As will be seen from the treasurer’s statement of ac¬ 
counts, the funds of the association have been heavily 
drawn on to provide this accommodation, and the annual 
cost of maintaining it can only be met by the subscrip¬ 
tions of an increased list of members. 
The lecture fees have been fixed so low as to call forth 
some adverse criticism from the pharmaceutical press ; 
but in making these arrangements your council have 
been influenced by a desire to place the lectures within 
reach of every apprentice in Manchester and district; 
and by the hope that the united fees of large classes 
would render them self-supporting. Moreover, the ex¬ 
ample of the very successful evening class department at 
Owens College has been followed. 
In response to an appeal from the pharmacists of Chi¬ 
cago for aid in replacing their library and museum de¬ 
stroyed by fire, your president and secretary, assisted by 
a committee of members of the association, canvassed the 
district, and the sum of £52. 2.s. 0>d. was collected from 
163 subscribers, and forwarded through Professor Att- 
field. 
The following donations to the library have been re¬ 
ceived :—‘The Pharmaceutical Journal,’ weekly from 
the Society; ‘The Year Book of Pharmacy for 1871,’ 
from the British Pharmaceutical Conference; and occa¬ 
sional copies of the ‘ Chicago Pharmacist,’ from the 
editors. ‘The Lancet,’ ‘ Chemical News,’ and ‘The 
Chemist and Druggist’ have been subscribed for and 
placed in the reading-room as published. 
Members and associates are reminded that subscrip¬ 
tions become due on the 1st of October. The associa¬ 
tion may be saved considerable expense, and the secre¬ 
tary some labour by these being forwarded at the earliest 
opportunity. 
The balance-sheet showed an income of £56. Is. 5d ., 
and an expenditure of £88. 2.s. 10 \d., leaving a balance 
in hand of £41. 5s. 5d., against one of £73. 6s. lO^d 
from last year. 
The Chairman, on moving the adoption of the report 
and treasurer’s statement, said ho could not help express¬ 
ing a feeling of regret that a much larger number of 
students had not presented themselves to partake of the 
advantages which the institution afforded. The object 
of the association was mainly educational, and it was 
formed almost exclusively with a view to interest young 
men, wfiio by the passing of the Pharmacy Act of 1868 
were called upon to pass an examination before they 
were permitted to commence business as chemists. It 
w r as to be regretted that the society had failed to connect 
itself with Owens College, but he looked forward to the 
time when that end would be accomplished. The as¬ 
sociation numbered at present 92 members and 71 associ¬ 
ates, and he believed it still retained its position as the 
largest association of the kind in the kingdom; but 
taking into consideration the number of chemists in 
Manchester and the surrounding district, from whom 
they should draw a large number of members, he did not 
think the strength of the association w T as quite satisfac¬ 
tory, and they might fairly look forward to an increase 
to double that number. The society had never sought 
extraneous aid, and he hoped it would always be self- 
supporting. 
Votes of thanks were then passed to the officers anc. 
members of council, and these gentlemen were all re¬ 
elected for the ensuing year:—viz., Mr. W. S. Brown, 
President; Mr. J. T. Slugg, F.R.A.S., and Mr. W. 
Wilkinson, Vice-Presidents; Mr. G. S. Woolley, Trea¬ 
surer ; Mr. F. Baden Benger, Hon. Secretary; anc. 
Messrs. Barnaby, Blain, Bostock, Halliday, Hughes, 
Cay, Robinson, Mumbray, Hermann Woolley, J. Water- 
louse and Hall, members of council; and Messrs. John¬ 
stone and Paine, auditors. 
Mr. W. Lane, President of the Manchester Chemists’ 
Assistants’ Association, thanked the council for the use 
of the room for the meetings of that association. 
The names of one member and sixteen associates were 
Ren read, and these having been elected, the Chairman, 
announced that the next meeting would be held on the 
first Friday in November, due notice of wfiiich would be 
forwarded to every one connected with the association. 
The classes would be commenced, and the rooms opened 
every evening but Saturday, according to the prospectus,. 
and that the Chemists’ Assistants’ Association would have 
fihe full use of the new rooms, as of the old, free from, 
charge. The meeting then terminated. 
LIVERPOOL CHEMISTS’ ASSOCIATION. 
The Annual Meeting of the Liverpool Chemists’ As - ■ 
sociation was held, October 4, at the Royal Institution, 
Colquitt Street; the President, Mr. E. Davies, F.C.S.,. 
in the chair. 
Messrs. Thomas Johnson, John Fidler and D. T. 
Toppin were elected members, and Mr. James Loadanam 
was elected associate of the association. 
The council of the association, in their twenty-third 
annual report, which was read by Mr. J. Hallawell, the 
secretary, stated that nine members and an equal num¬ 
ber of associates had been elected during the present 
session, while twelve members and associates had re¬ 
signed, leaving the number of members at present 
enrolled at 133, an increase of six on the list as compared 
with last year. The President reported that seven, 
students had attended the course of lectures on chemistry, 
and three more the course of practical chemistry in the 
laboratory. The botany clas3, conducted by Dr. Carter, 
had been attended by twelve pupils, eight of whonu 
were pharmaceutical students, and the attendance was 
regular and well kept up to the end of the scries. A 
series of papers had been read during the session, soma 
of a very useful and scientific character, attracting con¬ 
siderable attention by their importance, and all the 
papers had been of an instructive and interesting nature. 
The library had been enriched by several additions, and 
the librarian reported that there had been more than an 
average number of applications for books by the mem¬ 
bers, the number of books lent being 350. The treasurer, 
Mr. Shaw, read the balance-sheet, which showed that at 
the beginning of the year there was a credit balance of 
£9. 4s. 10d.; and the expenditure left a balance in hand 
at the close of the year of £11. 4s. Id. Mr. Summer, in 
moving, and Mr. Armstrong, in seconding the adoption 
of the printing of the report and transactions^ lamented 
the fact that though there were such a large number of 
chemists in Liverpool, the society numbered so few 
members and associates. Mr. Taylor suggested, as a 
reason for that state of things, the late hours at which 
shops were closed. The President hoped something 
would be done to introduce a system of early closing 
among chemists and druggists. The Secretary remarked 
that several complaints had been made by students that 
the session had not been of a character to interest or in¬ 
struct them, the proceedings being either too advanced 
or of no practical use to them. Whether anything 
would be done during the coming session to meet those- 
complaints, he did not yet know. 
BRISTOL PHARMACEUTICAL ASSOCIATION. 
The council have the pleasure to announce that they 
have made arrangements by which they are enabled to 
offer to their fellow members and associates the following, 
complete course of instruction in chemistry, botany and 
materia medica 
