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THE PHARMACEUTICAL JOURNAL AND TRANSACTIONS. 
[December 14, 1872, 
and, if possible, carry the numerous doctors who keep 
open shop with the druggists in the movement. 
Accordingly in September last a trade meeting was 
held which was well attended, and a large, influential 
committee appointed to draw up a complete list. The 
eommittee set to work at once, and the list having been 
■completed, and the various districts of the City and 
neighbourhood canvassed by the members, on Friday 
evening last the final meeting of the trade was held in 
Anderson’s University, Mr. John Currie, chairman of 
the committee, in the chair, for the purpose of receiving 
the report of the committee and giving a foi’mal adoption 
to the list. The attendance was large, several medical 
men being present. The report showed that upwards of 
130 chemists and surgeons had signed the petition in 
favour of the list, and with a very few exceptions, they 
were willing to adopt it. A committee was appointed to 
wait upon these persons to impress upon them the neces¬ 
sity of acting with the majority in this matter, and that 
the list gave no latitude for supplying inferior goods at 
lower prices. After some further discussion regarding 
the discretionary power to be used by the chemist in 
reducing prices occasionally to poor people, and it being 
understood that in such cases the letter “ E ” should be 
marked on the left-hand corner of the prescription, de¬ 
noting exceptional, Mr. J. M. Fairlie brought forward 
the following resolution, viz., “ That this meeting of the 
Glasgow drug trade cordially adopts the * retail price¬ 
list ’ submitted by the committee ; thanks the members 
for their arduous labours connected with its compila¬ 
tion and canvassing of the trade, and appoints them 
a standing committee to meet as occasion requires for the 
purpose of revising the prices of fluctuating articles, and 
adding to or deleting from the list any articles they 
think necessary.” This having been seconded by Mr. 
James McDonald (Glasgow Apothecaries’ Company) and 
supported by Dr. George Smith, was unanimously 
agreed to. 
A cordial vote of thanks brought the proceedings, 
which were very harmonious throughout, to a close. 
The list is being sold by the association at Is. per copy. 
HALIFAX AND DISTRICT CHEMISTS AND 
DRUGGISTS’ ASSOCIATION. 
The fourth annual meeting of this association was 
held on Thursday, December 5th, 1872. After supper 
the election of officers took place, with the following- 
result, viz.—President, Mr. Jessop; Vice-Presidents, Mr. 
Stott and Mr. Hebden. Committee, Mr. Win. Dyer, 
Mr. Jas. Farr, Mr. Pollard, Mr. Shaw, Mr. Wood. 
Treasurer, Mr. J. B. Brierley. Hon. Sec., Mr. Robert 
Brook. 
The President thanked the meeting for the honour 
it had conferred upon him. He looked with pleasure 
and satisfaction upon the Pharmaceutical Society, and 
his connection with it, and was glad to see the Council 
doing their utmost by educational and other efforts to 
raise the trade into something more approaching a pro¬ 
fession, and thought it was their duty as a local body to 
assist so desirable an object. He rejoiced to witness a 
more fraternal feeling of brotherhood apparent amongst 
them, and believed the result would be rather less of 
rivalry and competition and more of a desire to benefit 
one another. 
The Honorary Secretary read the annual report, which 
alluded to the efforts made with respect to early closing, 
the recommendation of the executive to the members to 
register vermin killers, the Food and Drug Adulteration 
Act, the education controversy, the inj ury to trade from the 
civil service stores, competition and other trade matters, 
and which was unanimously adopted. Mr. Stott pro¬ 
posed “ The Pharmaceutical Society.” Mr. Wm. Dyer, in 
responding to the toast, said he had always had a profound 
respect for the Society, and they were now beginning to 
see and appreciate its value and importance. “ Success to 
the Association,” proposed by Mr. Blyton, was responded 
to by Mr. Hebden. Mr. Robert Brook proposed “ The 
Mayor and Corporation,” which was acknowledged by 
Mr. Councillor Pollard. Votes of thanks to the ex-pre¬ 
sident, honorary secretary and president brought an 
interesting meeting to its close. 
BRIGHTON ASSOCIATION OF PHARMACY. 
The monthly meeting of this association was held at the 
Hanover Lecture Hall, Church Street, on Friday evening, 
December 6th; the President, Mr. W. D. Savage, in the 
chair. There was a fair attendance of members. A 
paper “ On Percolation ” was read by Mr. Julius 
Schweitzer. 
[The paper will be published in extenso in the next 
number of this Journal.] 
Hramfoings of SrwnMc Sflfietits. 
CHEMICAL SOCIETY. 
Thursday, December 5th, 1872 ; Dr. Frankland, 
F.R.S., President, etc., in the Chair. 
Amongst the new members who -were balloted for 
and elected at this meeting, after the minutes had been 
read, was a Japanese gentleman, Mr. K. II. Yoshida. 
The first two papers read were “ On Hypophosphites ” 
and “ On the Reducing Power of Phosphorous and Hy- 
pophosphorous Acid and their Salts,” by Professor C. 
Rammelsberg. 
A communication by Professor A. H. Church, entitled 
“New Analyses of Certain Mineral Arseniates and 
Phosphates,” then followed, giving the result of his ex¬ 
amination of the minerals fluor-apatite, arseniosiderite, 
childrenite, ethlite, tyrolite and wavellite. The last 
paper was “ On the Condition of the Hydrogen Occluded 
by Palladium, as indicated by the Specific Heat of the 
Charged Metal,” by W. C. Roberts and C. R. A. Wright, 
D.Sc., being an account of their recent experiments on 
the specific heat of palladium charged with hydrogen. 
This interesting compound, which was discovered by 
the late Professor Graham, Master of the Royal Mint, 
and supposed by him to be an alloy of palladium and 
hydrogen, is obtained on making metallic palladium, 
the negative pole in the electrolysis of water acidulated 
with sulphuric acid. The authors" find, however, that 
the charged metal cannot be regarded as a true alloy of 
the two elements. 
IJsrfiamentstB mis °$ms framiuttgs. 
Important to Chemists. 
Howlett v. Jones. 
At the Whitechapel County Court on Wednesday, 
November 27th, the plaintiff, a shopfitter, sued the de¬ 
fendant, a chemist, for £3. 13.?., for a plan and estimate 
for fitting up a new chemist’s shop, and for polishing 
up the side of a counter to prepare for the work. Mr. 
Abbott, solicitor, appeared for the defendant, and in¬ 
formed His Honour that the counter in question did not 
belong to the defendant. He knew nothing about it. 
The plaintiff stated that he had supplied the defendant 
with a plan and estimate, that the defendant had given 
him the contract, but, afterwards, had written to say 
that he had given it to another person. 
Cross-examined by Mr. Abbott: He had given the 
defendant a price verbally, exclusive of extras, but he 
had not supplied him with a written estimate or specifi¬ 
cation. He charged three guineas for the pencil draw¬ 
ing. Taking into consideration the time spent upon it, 
and in attending upon the defendant while visiting other 
shops, it ought to have been five guineas, and that 
would be the price usually charged under such circum¬ 
stances. He always charged for plans and estimates. 
