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THE PHARMACEUTICAL JOURNAL AND TRANSACTIONS. 
[February 8, 1873. 
The following- proposed alteration 
Present. 
Section 10, clause 12. 
Such of the said persons 
as shall desire Certificates 
of competent skill and qua¬ 
lification to he engaged or 
employed as Assistants 
shall be examined in the 
Pirst Examination, and also 
in the translation and dis¬ 
pensing of Prescriptions, 
in Botany, in Materia Me- 
dica, in Pharmaceutical 
and General Chemistry, the 
Chemistry of Poisons and 
Posology, which examina¬ 
tion shall be called the 
Minor Examination; and 
such of the said persons as 
shall desire certificates of 
competent skill and quali¬ 
fication to exercise the bu¬ 
siness or calling of Phar¬ 
maceutical Chemists shall 
be examined in the Minor 
Examination, and in more 
extended knowledge of Bo¬ 
tany, Materia Medica, the 
translation and dispensing 
of Prescriptions, Phar¬ 
macy, General Chemistry, 
the Chemistry of Poisons 
and Posology, which exa¬ 
mination shall be called 
the Major Examination. 
was then read:— 
Proposed. 
Section 10, clause 12. 
Such of the said persons 
as shall desire Certificates 
of competent knowledge 
and qualification to be re¬ 
gistered as apprentices or 
students shall be exa¬ 
mined or shall have been 
examined in Latin, En¬ 
glish Grammar and Arith¬ 
metic. This shall be called 
the First or Preliminary 
Examination. Such per¬ 
sons as shall desire to ob¬ 
tain the Certificate of qua¬ 
lification of Chemist and 
Druggist under the Phar¬ 
macy Act, 1868 shall be 
examined in the transla¬ 
tion and dispensing of 
Prescriptions, in Botany, 
in Materia Medica, in 
Pharmaceutical and Ge¬ 
neral Chemistry, the Che¬ 
mistry of Poisons, and Po¬ 
sology, which examination 
shall be called the Minor 
Examination. Such of 
the said persons as shall 
desire Certificates of com¬ 
petent skill and qualifica¬ 
tion to exercise the bu¬ 
siness or calling of Phar¬ 
maceutical Chemists shall 
be examined or shall have 
been examined in the 
Preliminary and Minor 
Examinations and in a 
more extended, and scien¬ 
tific knowledge of Botany, 
Materia Medica, Phar¬ 
macy, General Chemistry, 
the Chemistry of Poisons, 
and Posology, which exa¬ 
mination shall be called 
the Major Examination. 
Mr. Hampson thought there could be no objection 
to this, as it rendered the bye-law more clear and defi¬ 
nite, and was in strict accordance with the Act of Par¬ 
liament. 
Mr. Sandford objected to the removal of the word 
“ assistants,” as the Act of 1852 contemplated the exist¬ 
ence of such a class. 
Mr. Williams said the Council might agree to the 
principle of the alteration, leaving any verbal alterations 
to the Parliamentary Committee, with the assistance 
of the Solicitor. 
Mr. Sandford said he could not agree to the principle 
of omitting the word “ assistant.” 
Mr. Williams said he did not think that was at all a 
point of contention. 
The clause was thereupon agreed to, subject to the re¬ 
tention of the word u assistant.” 
Present. 
Section 10, clause 16. 
All persons before regis¬ 
tration as Apprentices or 
Students shall pass the 
First examination, and 
shall pay a fee of Two 
Guineas, whereupon they 
Proposed. 
Section 10, clause 16. 
All persons before regis¬ 
tration as Apprentices or 
Students shall pass the 
First or Preliminary ex¬ 
amination, and shall pay 
a fee of Two Guineas, 
shall be registered as Ap- whereupon they shall be 
prentices or Students. registered as Apprentices 
or Students. 
After the 31st day of 
December, 1874, no per¬ 
son shall be admitted to 
the Minor Examination 
who shall not have at¬ 
tained the full age of 
twenty-one years. After 
the 31st day of Decem¬ 
ber, 1876, no person shall 
be admitted to the Minor 
examination who has not 
been engaged or employed 
as an Assistant, Appren¬ 
tice or Student at least 
three years previously. 
After the 31st day of 
December, 1876, the Board 
of Examiners shall cease 
to hold the First or Pre¬ 
liminary examinations, 
except in London and Edin¬ 
burgh, and persons de¬ 
siring to be registered as Ap¬ 
prentices or Students shall 
pass the Society’s examina¬ 
tions in London or Edin¬ 
burgh, or produce certifi¬ 
cates of having passed 
either the Oxford or Cam¬ 
bridge local examinations, 
the examinations of the Col¬ 
lege of Preceptors, or of 
some other examining 
body, previously approved 
by the Council of the 
Pharmaceutical Society, 
provided such examination 
includes the Latin lan¬ 
guage and arithmetic. 
Mr. Williams said he thought it would be convenient 
to omit the consideration of the first paragraph of the 
amended clause, because the whole question of fees could 
be considered afterwards. 
Mr. Hampson said he was sorry to say he did not 
agree with the majority of the Parliamentary Committee 
in 'recommending this amended bye-law, because he 
thought it was introducing a great change, and one 
contrary to the spirit of the Act. The charter of 1843 
gave power to the Society to examine candidates in such 
manner as the Council thought proper. The Act of 
1852, which gave them further powers for the safety of 
the public, authorized the registration of such as passed 
the examination. Authority was also given by this Act 
to frame bye-laws proper and necessary for the purpose 
contemplated by the charter and the Act, and a detailed 
definition was given as to the nature of the examina¬ 
tion intended, but there was no mention or allusion to 
any condition with which the candidates were to comply, 
other than the ability to comply with the tests imposed 
by the examiners, and thus showing that they possessed a 
competent and practical knowledge. The Act was 
framed with a view to the safety of the public, and not 
from any exaggerated notions of pharmaceutical attain¬ 
ment. In the preamble to the Act of 1868, the same 
plea on behalf of the public was set forth, and by this 
Act the Society was entrusted with large powers, in¬ 
cluding the power of compulsory examination of all 
persons intending to follow the business of chemist and 
druggist. But that Act gave no power to prescribe either 
the age at which the examination should take place or 
that any time of service should be previously passed. 
Now the proposed new bye-laws and regulations agreed 
neither with the letter nor spirit of the charter or Acts 
