THE PHARMACEUTICAL JOURNAL AND TRANSACTIONS. 
[November 9, 1872. 
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NAVAL DISPENSERS. 
The following Order in Council has been issued, con¬ 
taining New Regulations for the appointment of Dis. 
pensers at Her Majesty’s Naval Establishments, a copy 
of which has been forwarded to the Editor of the 
Pharmaceutical Society by the Director-General of 
the Medical Department of the Navy:— 
At the Court of Balmoral, 
The 1 5th day of October, 1872. 
Present: 
THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL. 
Whereas there was this day read at the Board a me¬ 
morial from the Right Honourable the Lords Commis¬ 
sioners of the Admiralty, dated the 9th of October, 
1872, in the words following, viz.:— 
“ Whereas we have had under our consideration the 
pay and position of dispensers in your Majesty’s Naval 
Hospitals at home and abroad: 
“And whereas we are humbly of opinion that it 
would be for the advantage of your Majesty’s Naval 
Service to cancel the regulations affecting these officers 
now in force, dated the 24th day of June, 1870, and to 
improve their position by granting, in certain cases, in¬ 
crease of pay, and by placing them on the list of civil 
salaried officers. 
“ We do therefore beg leave to submit that your Ma¬ 
jesty will be graciously pleased by your Order in Coun¬ 
cil to establish the following regulations for the appoint¬ 
ment, pay, and allowances of dispensers in your 
Majesty’s Naval Hospitals at home and abroad, in lieu 
of those now in force, and to direct that the establish¬ 
ment of such officers to whom the said regulations shall 
apply shall be as follows in the various Naval Hospitals: 
Haslar 
Plymouth . 
Yarmouth . 
Haulbowline 
Chatham 
Malta . . 
Cape of Good Hope 
Jamaica .... 
Bermuda . . . 
Ascension . . . 
Hong Kong . . 
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u Proposed Regulations. 
“ 1. Candidates for the office of dispenser must make a 
written application to the Director-General of the Medical 
Department of the Navy, and, as vacancies occur, they 
will be ordered to attend at his office at the Admiralty. 
“ 2. The age of dispensers on entry shall not be less 
than 20, or more than 25 years. 
“ 3. Candidates must be in good health, and of good 
character, and must possess certificates of either the Major 
or the Minor qualifications of the Pharmaceutical Society 
of Great Britain. Those who are entered, possessing 
only certificates of the Minor qualification, will not be 
permitted to receive the allowance for the charge of 
stores named in paragraph 9 of these regulations, until 
they have obtained the Major qualification. 
“4. Candidates will be required to obtain certificates 
from the Civil Service Commissioners, in accordance 
with the terms of the Superannuation Act of 1859, and 
of the Order in Council, dated 4th June, 1870, published in 
the ‘ London Gazette’ of 7th June, 1870. The Commis¬ 
sioners will satisfy themselves as to the age, health, and 
character of the candidates by personal communication; 
their physical fitness will, however, be determined by 
examination at the Medical Department of the Admiralty, 
where certificates of fitness will be granted for the in¬ 
formation of the Civil Service Commissioners, who will 
also accept the certificates of the Pharmaceutical Society 
in proof of the candidates’ knowledge and ability, with¬ 
out further examination. 
“5. Dispensers will be required to serve in any of 
Her Majesty’s Naval Hospitals to which they may be 
appointed, either at home or abroad. 
“6. Dispensers will be included in the list of salaried 
officers with all the advantages pertaining thereto, and 
will be entitled to Superannuation under the Act of Par¬ 
liament of 1859. 
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7. Dispensers will be paid at the following rates:— 
Daily Bate. 
Under 5 years’ service 
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And for each additional year of service 
after 20 years, Gd. a-day extra, until 
the maximum is reached, namely . .10 0 
“8. Dispensers will be provided with quarters, and 
will be granted an allowance of Gd. per day in lieu of 
fuel and lights. 
“9. Dispensers in charge of stores will be granted the 
following additional allowances, viz.:— 
Daily Eate. 
s. d. 
At Haslar, and at Plymouth Hospitals . 2 0 
At any other hospital at home or abroad 1 0 
“ 10. Dispensers serving at the following stations 
abroad, will be paid a further allowance to meet the in¬ 
creased cost of living, viz.:— 
Daily Rate. 
s . dm 
At Malta, and at the Cape of Good Hope 2 0 
At Jamaica, Bermuda, and Ascension . 3 0 
At Hong Kong.4 0 
This allowance, however, will not be included in the 
pay and emoluments on which civil superannuation will 
be granted. 
“ 11* Dispensers serving at home will be granted 
twenty-eight days’ annual leave, exclusive of Sundays, 
subject to such arrangements as the Public Service 
may require. Those serving abroad are to be allowed 
the same annual leave, with liberty to reserve it from 
year to year, so as to obtain a lengthened period of 
absence ; such reserved leave is not in any case to exceed 
six calendar months, and arrangements must always 
be made for carrying it into effect without putting the 
public to any expense in providing substitutes. 
“ 12. In cases of sickness, dispensers will not be per¬ 
mitted to remain absent on sick leave more than twenty- 
eight. days in the aggregate in any year, without the 
sanction of the Lords of the Admiralty, who will grant 
an extension of leave in such cases as they may think 
fit, but not exceeding a total period of twelve calendar 
months. When sick leave has been granted, full pay 
will be allowed for six calendar months from the first 
day of absence from duty on account of sickness, after 
the expiration of which time, half-pay only will be 
granted, except when the dispenser would, if super¬ 
annuated, be entitled to a higher amount, in which case 
he may be paid at the superannuation rate. 
“ 13. Dispensers now serving, who entered the Naval 
Service before the Superannuation Act of 1859, and who 
since their entry have served continuously, shall be en¬ 
titled to the benefits of these regulations without being 
required to obtain any qualifications of the Pharmaceu¬ 
tical Society. Those who entered subsequently to the 
passing of the Act, must qualify themselves in accord- 
once with these regulations, if serving at home, within 
twelve months from the date hereof, or if serving 
abroad, within twelve months after their return to Eng¬ 
land. Those who do not so qualify, will be superseded 
by others who are qualified. 
“ The Lords Commissioners of your Majesty’s Trea¬ 
sury have signified to us their approval of this pro¬ 
posal.” 
Her Majesty having taken the said memorial into 
consideration was pleased, by and with the advice of 
Her Privy Council, to approve of what is therein pro¬ 
posed. And the Right Honourable the Lords Commis¬ 
sioners of the Admiralty are to give the necessary 
directions herein accordingly. 
Edmund Harrison. 
