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THE PHARMACEUTICAL JOURNAL AND TRANSACTIONS. [December 7, 1872 . 
liis career in Pharmacy during that time can say 
that he entered the business without knowledge that 
he must pass through a certain ordeal before com¬ 
mencing business on his own account; on the other, 
we think no assistant who entered previously, and has 
not j^et availed himself of the earlier opportunity to 
pass, can complain of undue haste in the Council in 
endeavouring to fulfil their pledge to the public, that 
in consideration of the privileges accorded to Che¬ 
mists and Druggists, a duly qualified class of men 
should he provided to undertake their important 
duties. 
There will be an examination for scholarships at 
Sidney College, Cambridge, on Tuesday, April 1st, 
1873. Among the scholarships are two of <£10 per 
annum each, for Natural Science, the following 
books being recommended :—Heat and Electricity, 
—Ganot’s Physics; Chemistry,—Roscoe and Gal¬ 
loway’s Qualitative Analysis; Geology,—Lyell’s 
Students’ Elements; Zoology and Physiology,— 
Nicholson’s Manual of Zoology, and Huxley’s Les¬ 
sons in Physiology; Botany,—Bentley’s Manual. 
The Secretary of the Pharmaceutical Society has 
received a letter from Mr. Simon, the Medical Offi¬ 
cer of the Privy Council, intimating their Lordships’ 
approval of the appointment of Mr. William Mar- 
tindale, of London, Pharmaceutical Chemist, to be 
an Examiner in the room of Mr. Augustus Bird, 
resigned. 
It is with pleasure we are enabled to state that 
the first of Dr. Tilden’s pupils who has competed 
lias gained a scholarship of the value of £‘80 a year 
for four years’ in Natural Science. 
At the sitting of the Academie de Medecine, on the 
19tli November, a commission reported upon a new 
manuscript work on the Chinese materia medica, by 
M. Dabry de Thiersant, consular agent of France 
in China, and M. Leon Soubeiran, Professor 
at the Paris School of Pharmacy. The work is said 
to contain not only much that is curious, but also 
valuable information respecting therapeutic agents 
in use by the Chinese, which are worthy of further 
investigation by Europeans. The commission 
complimented the authors upon having made a real 
advance upon all analogous works previously pub¬ 
lished, and recommended that the Academy should 
request the Minister of Public Instruction to have it 
printed at the public expense. 
The Lord Mayor has appointed Friday next, 
December 13th, for holding a meeting in favour of 
the Anti-Income Tax Movement, at the Guildhall. 
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MEETING OF THE COUNCIL. 
December \th, 1872. 
MR. A. F. HASELDEN, F.L.S., PRESIDENT. 
Present—Messrs. Atherton, Baynes, Bottle, Betty, 
Frazer, Greenish, Hampson, Hills, Owen, Radley, Sand- 
ford, Savage, Scliacht, Shaw, Stoddart, Sutton, Urwick 
and Williams. 
The minutes of the previous meeting were read and 
confirmed. 
The Jacob Bell Memorial Scholarships. 
Mr. Atherton askedjwhen the new regulations respect¬ 
ing the Bell Scholarships would come into operation. 
The President : In July next. 
Mr. Atherton said in that case he feared many cases 
of hardship, if not injustice, would occur. He knew of 
one young man at Nottingham who, having communi¬ 
cated with the Secretary, and being informed that his 
position as a candidate for the Jacob Bell Scholarship 
would not be affected by his passing his Minor examina¬ 
tion, came up for examination accordingly, and passed. 
Now it appeared that he would be excluded from the 
Scholarship. There might be other cases of the same 
kind; and he thought it would be better if the new 
regulations did not come into operation until 1874. 
Mr. Williams thought if the matter were right to be 
done at all it should be.done at once. 
Mr. Urwick said he knew of cases in which young- 
men had been preparing themselves to compete for the 
Senior Scholarship, and were now much disappointed ; 
although, of course, the chief benefit of their studies 
would still remain to them. 
Mr. Savage suggested that the rules should come into 
operation in J uly next, but that they should not have 
any retrospective effect on those who had been preparing 
for it. 
Mr. Hampson said the character of the examination 
had been entirely altered, so that those who had passed the 
Minor examination would be almost sure to compete 
successfully with other candidates. 
Mr. Atherton said the young man he referred to 
was, he believed, just twenty years of age. It was his 
intention to compete for the Bell Scholarship, and rely¬ 
ing on the letter of the’Secretary, lie had passed hisJMinor 
examination. 
The Secretary said he was quite under the impres¬ 
sion when he wrote that the new regulations would not 
prejudice the case of the young man who applied to 
him. 
Mr. Sandpord suggested that Mr. Atherton should 
give notice of motion for next month that the regula¬ 
tions should not come into operation until 1874. 
Mr. Atherton said he would do so. 
Mr. Schacht said it must be understood that the entire 
change in the regulations should be suspended. 
After some further conversation, it appeared that no, 
date had really been fixed for the new regulations to 
come into operation. 
Mr. Bottle thereupon moved :— 
“ That the alterations in granting the Bell Scholarships 
adopted by the Council on October 2nd, 1872, and 
the further alterations adopted on Nov. 2nd, 1872, 
do not take effect until after the award in 1873.” 
Mr. Greenish seconded the motion. 
Mr. Baynes said he should oppose the motion unless it 
were understood that the Senior Scholarship was also 
retained in the next competition. 
Mr. Schacht and Mr. Hampson supported the motion, 
which was then put to the vote with the following- 
result :— 
For —Messrs. Atherton, Baynes, Betty, Bottle, Frazer,, 
