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THE PHARMACEUTICAL JOURNAL AND TRANSACTIONS. 
[October 19,18?2 r 
Blacklieath, and Lee, also, having unanimously 
agreed to close their shops at eight o’clock (Satur¬ 
days excepted) after October 21, have issued a joint 
notice to their customers to that effect, bearing their 
signatures. A similar resolution has been arrived at 
by the chemists and druggists of Camden Town and 
Kentish Town. In Manchester, the pharmacists 
of Broughton and Cheetliam have decided not to 
open on Sundays, and, where practicable, to close 
at eight on other days. 
But perhaps the most remarkable instance of the 
spread of the movement is to be found in the 
fact that the chemists and druggists of Ballarat, 
induced by the example of their brethren in tills 
country, and especially by an article which appeared 
in this Journal, are also attempting to arrange for 
a shortening of the hours of business. 
We hope that in order to obviate any possible desire 
to recede from this attempt to educate the public into 
sending earlier for their medicines, etc., this move¬ 
ment on the part of the principals to curtail the 
hours of business will be fittingly responded to by 
the assistants and apprentices, by their making good 
use of spare time to prosecute their studies, and thus 
disproving fears that have been expressed upon the 
matter. We cannot do better than recommend them, 
and all connected with pharmacy, to read attentively 
Mr. Stoddart’s most excellent Inaugural Address, 
delivered on the Opening Meeting of the Session, 
and endeavour to carry out his admirable sugges¬ 
tions. 
THE NEW ADULTERATION ACT. 
The carrying out of the provisions of this Act as to 
the appointment of analysts has been as yet but 
very partial. Probably it will be necessary to wait 
some little time to allow local authorities to move in 
IransMturas of fire Dlistnnaeeafteal 
EXAMINATION IN LONDON. 
October 11 tli, 1872. 
Present—Messrs. Allchin, Barnes, Carteighe, Crack-• 
nell, Davenport, Edwards, Gale, Garle, Haselden, Ince 
and Linford. 
Dr. Greenhow was also present on behalf of the Privy 
Council. 
Modified Examination. 
Forty-five candidates were examined; of these, fifteen 
failed. The following thirty passed, and were declared 
qualified to be registered as Chemists and Druggists. 
Appleby, William.Scarborough. 
Atkinson, Robert John.Sheffield. 
Betts, William.Newtown, Gosport- 
Boorman, Charles John .Manchester. 
Bowen, John Thomas a .High Wycombe. 
Bratley, William .Gainsborough. 
Calvert, Edwin Archer.Brighton. 
Clutterbuck, Samuel Richard .. Birmingham. 
Coke, Richard Sweet.Swindon. 
Davies, Charles Edward .London. 
Daymond, Samuel.Tavistock. 
Donston, William .Woodhouse. 
Furniss, Thomas .Halifax. 
Houseman, Alfred Hodgson.,. .Tunbridge Wells. 
Hughes, John Henry .Holywell. 
Johnson, Edw^ard .Southport. 
Jones, Owen .Litherland.. 
Kay, John .Crewe. 
Lambert, George Pitt.Brompton Road- 
Leithead, John Henry .Chester. 
Markham, John, jun.Reigate. 
Miller, William Edwin.Liverpool- 
Moate, Benjamin .Lincoln. 
Penrose, Thomas Samuel.Launceston.. 
Prentice, Charles William .... Shrewsbury- 
Sharpley, Samuel .Sheffield. 
Smith, Henry, jun.Wellington. 
Spinney, Frank .Bournemouth. 
Strachan, James.Aberdeen. 
Taylor, Isaac...Doncaster. 
tlie matter; but if the Act is eventually to become 
anything more than a dead letter, it is probable that 
the superior powers vested in the Secretary of State 
and others will have to be exercised; and those 
who wish to make the Act operative by the appoint¬ 
ment of public analysts will meanwhile have to use 
their influence to secure that end. 
At Liverpool the Local Government Board have 
appointed James Campbell Brown, D.Sc., as public 
analyst, and a prosecution for adulteration has al¬ 
ready resulted. In Bolton, where Mr. John Collins 
has been appointed public analyst, the Act is being 
put into force, as we are enabled through the courtesy 
of Mr. Button, to report at p. 817. It is also stated 
that a public analyst is to be appointed at Glasgow. 
On the other hand, an application to the Bermond¬ 
sey Vestry from the local Master Bakers’ Associa¬ 
tion to carry out the provisions of the Act lias been 
received with laughter, and the Clerkenwell Vestry 
has decided not to appoint an analyst. This, as 
far as we are aware, is all that has yet been clone 
in the matter, but we shall be glad to receive informa¬ 
tion from any of our readers concerning further ap¬ 
pointments or prosecutions under this Act. 
Preliminary Examination. 
Certificates, as under, were received in lieu of this 
examination:— 
Certificates of the University of Cambridge. 
Need, John.Great Malvern., 
Standen, Peter .Ironville. 
Certificates of the University of Durham. 
Nicholson, Walter Joseph.York. 
Umpleby, Samuel Sayer .Harrogate.. 
Certificates of the University of London.. 
Greenish, Henry George .London. 
Pumphrey, John Henry.Evesham. 
Certificate of the University of Oxford. 
Morris, J ohn Quarles.Bristol. 
Certificates of the Society of Apothecaries. 
Dent, Francis A.Holloway. 
Vickery, Alice .Camberwell.. 
Certificate of the Colleye of Drcceptors. 
Bray, Ernest Edward .London. 
N.B.—The list of successful candidates at the Pre¬ 
liminary examination held on the 7th instant, will be 
published in the next number of the Journal. 
