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THE PHABMACEUTICAL JOUBNAL AND TBANSACTIONS. 
[November 9,1872.. 
“ The examination to be conducted by two members 
of the Board of Examiners, and the award made 
(subject to the approval of the Council) by a Com¬ 
mittee of the President, the Vice-President, and the 
two said examiners.” 
Mr. Stoddart said he supposed those who were 
eligible for these scholarships must have passed the 
Preliminary examination, and be registered as appren¬ 
tices or students. 
The President said that was so. 
Mr. Atherton did not think these regulations neces¬ 
sarily excluded persons who had passed the Minor ex¬ 
aminations. 
Mr. Williams said they were intended to do so, and 
he believed had that effect. 
The President said that French or German had been 
added to the subjects of examinations since the recom¬ 
mendations were formerly before the Council, and also 
Elementary Pharmacy and Botany. 
Mr. Savage rather objected to the age being limited 
to twenty-one; many were apprenticed at sixteen for 
four years, and would then be in a position to compete, 
but if they thought they would have a year in which to 
prepare, it might lead to idleness during their appren¬ 
ticeship. He should prefer not limiting the age, but 
simply providing that no one who had passed the Minor 
examination should be eligible. 
The President said the regulation only provided that 
the candidates should not be over 21. It did not say how 
much under they might be. 
Mr. Williams said a man might not pass the Minor 
examination until he was 24, or even later, but it was 
not desirable that men of that age should compete with 
those under 21, for whose benefit the scholarship was 
intended. 
Mr. Sciiacht said the Board of Examiners were about 
to propose that the Minor examination should not be 
passed under the age of 21. He suggested that students 
should not be compelled to enter on their studies at 
once, because in some cases they were not out of their 
apprenticeship. 
Mr. Urwick said many young men now entered on 
their apprenticeship late, so that it did not expire until 
they were 21, when they would be unable to take ad¬ 
vantage of this Scholarship. 
Mr. Hills said they could not keep the Scholarships 
open, because a vacant bench was left in the laboratory 
for the scholars, and the next session it would be wanted 
for some one else. 
Mr. Williams thought the regulations in this respect 
could not be altered. If a young man were not able 
to avail himself of the Scholarship, why should he com¬ 
pete for it ? 
Mr. Sandeord suggested the addition of the words 
“No person who has passed the Minor examination 
shall be eligible to be a candidate” to the first para¬ 
graph. 
Mr. FrAzer did not at all agree with the recommenda¬ 
tions of the Board of Examiners as to age, for he began 
his apprenticeship at the age of 10, and he had assistants 
now in his employ who were thoroughly qualified at 20 
for their duties, and he thought such men should have 
an opportunity of passing the Minor examination. 
Mr. Schacht said he saw no necessity for the addition 
of the words suggested, which he thought would be 
tautology, inasmuch as the first part of the paragraph 
stated that candidates must be registered students and 
apprentices of the Society, and they would cease to be 
such on passing the Minor examination. 
Some discussion ensued as to whether this was really 
the case, but as it appeared on reference to the bye-laws, 
sec. xi. clause 3, that on passing the Minor examination 
a registered student was immediately taken out of that 
class, Mr. Sandford withdrew the suggested amendment. 
The recommendations of the Committee were then 
unanimously adopted. 
Parliamentary. 
The report and recommendations of the Committee-' 
were received and adopted. 
Mr. Hampson proposed the motion of which he had 
given notice:— 
“ That the names of the voters for or against any reso¬ 
lution submitted to this Council be published in the 
Journal reports of the proceedings.” 
He thought that as the members of the Council repre¬ 
sented the Society and the whole trade, it was a neces¬ 
sity that the members at large should be made ac¬ 
quainted with the way in which the votes were given, 
in order that they might form an opinion as to the 
character of their representatives. He could scarcely 
believe that any gentleman present wished his vote to- 
be concealed, and he therefore brought forward this 
resolution. 
Mr. Betty seconded the resolution, saying he be¬ 
lieved it was already the rule that the name should bo* 
published, and if it had been omitted on one or two oc¬ 
casions, he supposed it was done inadvertently. 
Several members of Council expressed their thorough 
concurrence with the view of Mr. Hampson, that where 
a division took place the names should be published, and 
that where this had not been done, it was simply a mat¬ 
ter of pure inadvertence. But as it seemed the general 
opinion that it might prove inconvenient to lay down a 
rigid rule, it was suggested that the resolution should be - 
withdrawn, to which Mr. Hampson assented. 
Beport of the Board of Examiners. 
October , 1872. 
ENGLAND AND WALES. 
Candidates. 
Examination. 
Examined. 
Passed. 
Failed. 
Major. 
7 
3 
4 
Minor. 
71 
35 
36 
Modified .... 
45 
30 
15 
Preliminary . . . 
258 
173 
85 
381 
241 
140 
Certificates received in lieu of the Preliminary Exa¬ 
mination :— 
Society of Apothecaries.2 
University of Durham.2 
„ ,, Cambridge.2 
„ ,, London.2 
„ „ Oxford.1 
College of Preceptors.1 
Incorporated Law Society.1 
SCOTLAND. 
11 
Candidates. 
Examination. 
Examined. 
Passed. 
Failed, 
Major .... 
1 
1 
0 
Minor .... 
. . 9 
6 
3 
Modified . . . 
. . 4 
4 
0 
Preliminary . . 
, . 24 
17 
7 
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General Purposes. 
The report of the General Purposes Committee -was 
also received, but, owing to the lateness of the hour, was 
not discussed. 
The President reported that a letter had been received 
from Mr. Dymond containing a suggestion for securing- 
a greater interest in local associations. The matter was - 
referred to the Provincial Education Committee. 
Two applications from chemists’ associations at 
Aberdeen and Leicester for grants were also referred to ■ 
the Provincial Education Committee. 
