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THE PHARMACEUTICAL JOURNAL AND TRANSACTIONS. 
[October 19,1872 
Middlesex. They are within ten minutes’ walk of each other, 
by just crossing Kingston bridge. For the shop in Kingston 
the licence is 10s., while for the other in Hampton Wick I am 
made to pay £2, the latter sum allowing me to sell at both 
shops, but were they occupied not by the same party, the 
licence would be £2. 10s. for the two shops. 
Now at Moulsey (Hampton Court Palace) the licence 
is but 5s., and distant from hence, about a couple of 
miles. Upon mentioning the difference of charge to the 
Inland Revenue officer, he concurred with me that it was 
an unfair charge, and said a similar grievance existed until 
this year with the pawnbrokers, those within the limit of the 
twopenny post paid just double the amount of licence to those 
without it; they represented their grievance to the proper 
authority, and obtained an equal adjustment of their licence. 
And I have no doubt if the Pharmaceutical Society were to 
place the matter before the same authority and point out its 
injustice, they too would obtain redress. 
As a sufferer with others, I would respectfully request the 
Council of the Pharmaceutical Society to use their efforts to 
obtain an equal adjustment of this licence. 
J. Barker, Pharmaceutical Chemist. 
Thames Street, Kingston-on-Thames, 
and High Street, Hampton Wick, 
Sept. Itli, 1872. 
Early Closing. 
Sir,—I have been much gratified by receipt of a kindly 
communication from a previously unknown correspondent at 
Ballarat, which, I think, will also interest many of your 
readers who have taken part in the recent endeavour to effect 
some amendment of the unreasonable hours of chemists’ 
business. 
Mr. Blind and his pharmaceutical friends in Ballarat have 
been stimulated, and are kind enough to say, assisted by 
the efforts in the mother-country, to make a first attempt 
to obtain similar advantages for the similarly suffering 
pharmacies at the antipodes, adopting, though with a 
difference and for this occasion only, the homoeopathic maxim, 
“ similia similibus curantur.” 
It seems by reports of meetings and newspaper articles, 
which Mr. Brind has obligingly forwarded, that the hours of 
business observed by pharmaceutists in Ballarat have hitherto 
been extremely onerous, viz., from early morning till ten and 
eleven p.m., with but little relief on Sundays : such hours in 
fact as we knew in England before the Pharmaceutical 
S 2 ciety had taught us to estimate our own value a little 
more worthily and to be a little less jealous of our neighbours. 
We learn by these reports that tho moderate appeal of our 
Australian brethren for an abridgment of their hours of 
business has been cordially supported by the medical pro¬ 
fession and the public press, and that it has been adopted 
with much unanimity by those more immediately concerned. 
It is impossible not to feel an emotion of pleasure at this 
evidence of the good influence exerted by home proceedings 
in lands so distant, yet so closely associated with the old 
country; and we see in it an illustration of the wisdom of 
seemingly improvident admonition, “ Cast thy bread upon 
the waters and thou shalt find it after many days.” We 
heartily wish our upside-down brethren “ God speed,” and that 
their present action may contribute to their personal and 
scientific advancement. 
Richard W. Giles. 
Clifton, September, 1 1th, 1872. 
The Reports op the Meetings op Council. 
Sir,—May I be allowed, through the medium of your 
Journal, to ask the reason that of late the names of gentlemen 
voting in divisions of the Council are not given as heretofore ? 
it seems such an omission is most undesirable, depriving the 
members of all knowledge as to the votes of their representa¬ 
tives. I would ask you to draw attention hi your next issue 
to this omission, and urge the return to the open voting. 
Elector. 
The Jacob Bell Scholarships. 
Sir,—The perusal of the amendment concerning the Jacob 
Bell Scholarships gave me great pleasure; certainly a better 
step could not have been taken, for it is not when they have 
finished, but when they are commencing, their studies after 
apprenticeship that pharmaceutical students want assistance. 
We have no business to expect too much, but there is one 
lhep that I think might be given without spoiling us. Of 
course the scholarships are in a great measure intended to aid 
brains that are not backed by too comfortable pecuniary 
circumstances. Now supposing a young man, at the expira¬ 
tion of his apprenticeship, competes for the scholarship, and 
is successful, he would not have great difficulty in getting 
through a year. At the end of this time he should be fit for 
the Minor; but after that, to study for the Major, he is left 
wholly dependent upon his own resources, even for the con¬ 
tinuation of his education. Now if a Scholarship could 
possibly be offered for competition among holders of the 
Minor diploma, it would give the man of limited means 
another chance, and, if ho were successful, enable him to- 
study for the Major. This plan has its objections, but with 
a few modifications I think it might be carried out, and prove- 
a very effectual stimulation. 
I could say more, but will not trespass further on your 
patience, but conclude with a hope that those who have in¬ 
fluence will give this point consideration. 
Syrupus. 
October 13th, 1872. 
Chloride op Calcium as a Disinpectant. 
Sir,—Among the advantages claimed for Chloride of Cal¬ 
cium as a disinfectant, it has been said to be “ harmless,” and' 
the statement has passed unchallenged, so far as I am aware, 
by the medical journals; I believe this to be a dangerous 
error, and that a wineglassful of concentrated solution of 
Chloride of Calcium would, if swallowed, be as certainly fatal 
as a like quantity of Chloride of Zinc ; nor would the irritant 
properties of the former salt be diminished by the proposed- 
admixture of a considerable percentage of Hydrochloric Acid. 
W. Bland. 
57, Fenton Street, 
Sept. 28th, 1872. 
Erratum.-- A course of sixty lectures on Botany will be 
delivered by Mr. Leipner in connection with the Bristol 
Pharmaceutical Society, and not six, as was, through a 
printer’s error, announced last week on p. 299. 
Mr. F. Andrews. —We have received your letter in reply to 
“ Quaerens,” but we are unable to find room for it in this 
week’s Journal. 
“ Ranunculus .”—There is no limitation as to age at- 
pesent. 
G. W. Stephens .—Dorvault’s ‘L’Officine ’ maybe obtained 
from Messrs. I) ulau, Soho Square. 
“ Darenth .”—The plant is Lycium barbarum. 
“A Student ” (Alresford).—Hardwick’s ‘Photographic 
Chemistry.’ 
“ Inopis.” —‘ J ournal de Pharmacie et de Chimie : ’ Paris ;; 
Masson, Place de l’Ecole de Medecine. 
James Copley. —The subscription is 18 fr. per annum, and 
it may be obtained through Messrs. Williams and Norgate, 
or direct from M. Masson, the Paris publisher, Place de 
l’Ecole de Medecine, for an additional ten centimes per 
number. 
“ Jacobus ” will find the formula in Redwood’s ‘Supple¬ 
ment to the Pharmacopoeia.’ Beasley’s ‘ Pocket Formulary/ 
and other works of a similar nature. 
“ Minor .”—We do not think there is any method for 
doing it effectually. 
hi. C. Moore. —You will find the full formula for Parrish’s 
Chemical Food in vol. I of the present series of this Journal, 
p. 857. 
“ Weston-super-Mare .”—The question is of a legal cha¬ 
racter, concerning which we should recommend you to consult 
a solicitor. 
J . C. S. —The article referred to is a proprietary one. Con¬ 
sequently we cannot give you any information as to its pre¬ 
paration. 
F. J. M. —You will find formulae for Brilliantine on p. 437 
of the first volume of the present series of the Phaem. 
Journ. Your question should be addressed to the Apothe¬ 
caries’ Company. 
M. P. S. —We cannot undertake to recommend makers of 
apparatus. You should consult some acquainted with the 
practical working of the instrument. 
Mr. T. H. Hills .—The newspaper received with thanks. 
Communications, Letters, etc., have been received from 
Mr. C. Umney, Mr. Jackson, Mr. G. Harrison, Mr. A. 
Courtenay, Mr. E. Clift, Mr. Yalentin, Mr. W. Wilkinson, 
A. D., “ A Local Secretary.” 
