^February 8,1873.] 
THE PHARMACEUTICAL JOURNAL AND TRANSACTION? 
637 
examination of the College of Surgeons for a fee of ten 
guineas, and get a diploma, and even if he became a 
physician he had only hve guineas more to pay. If he 
•went on to the further degree of Master in Surgery, there 
•was only a further five-guinea fee. In Glasgow the 
diploma of the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons 
might be obtained for a ten-guinea fee ; and if Chemists 
and Druggists were going to be weighted in this way 
with additional fees, it would simply have the effect of 
driving many men to scrape together a few guineas more 
to qualify themselves for the higher examination of the 
College of Surgeons, and pay the ten guineas, when they 
would open shop and do as they pleased. It must not 
be forgotten either that there were many young men to 
whom an extra two guineas at the expiration of their j 
-apprenticeship appeared a very large sum of money. 
Mr. Betty said the fees payable in London on taking 
nip a medical degree were much higher than in Scotland, 
amounting to about thirty guineas on the average. 
Mr. Ukwick was in favour of the proposed alteration, 
and did not think it would tell so much against the 
■Society as some thought. He believed that the number 
•of Pharmaceutical Chemists would continue to fall off, 
and that the expenses must be paid by those passing the 
Minor. The whole course of instruction was kept up 
for their benefit, and in the course of time they must 
•expect that the Examiners’ fees and other expenses 
would increase, and therefore he saw nothing unfair in 
increasing the examination fee. 
Mr. Greenish deprecated any alteration. He con¬ 
sidered it would be specially hard on those who passed 
the Minor and still continued assistants. It must not be 
taken for granted that every one who passed imme¬ 
diately went into business on his own account. Nor 
would lowering the fee for the Major induce men to 
present themselves for that examination. No doubt if 
the payment of the fee was a qualification for the ordeal, 
there wouMsoon be a large addition to the number; but it 
was the examination, not the fee, which was the obstacle. 
Mr. II ampson said, looking at the matter broadly, if three 
guineas paid the expenses, seeing that the examination 
was compulsory, he thought they ought to be satisfied. 
Mr. Betty said he doubted whether the annual 
meeting would sanction a bye-law raising the examina¬ 
tion fee, unless a clear necessity for it could be shown, 
which was not the case. 
On the question being put, the proposed alteration 
was lost by a large majority. 
It was then arranged that the alterations in the Bye¬ 
laws, as now agreed upon, be submitted to the Society’s 
solicitor to be put into legal form. 
The Report of the Board of Examiners was received 
and adopted. 
Report of Examinations. 
January , 1873. 
ENGLAND AND WALES. 
Examinations. 
Examined. 
Candidates. 
Passed. 
Failed. 
Major . . 
.... 3 
1 
2 
Minor . . 
.... 42 
17 
25 
Preliminary 
.... 312 
166 
146 
— — 
— 
— -- 
357 
184 
173 
Certificates 
received in lieu of Preliminary 
examina- 
tion:— 
University of Cambridge . 
• • • • 
2 
• 
SCOTLAND. 
Candidates. 
Examinations. 
Examined. Passed. 
Failed. 
Major . . 
.... 2 
1 
1 
Minor . . 
• • • • t) 
2 
3 
Modified 
• • • • 
0 
3 
Preliminary 
.... 42 
24 
18 
— 
— 
— 
52 
27 
25 
Certificates received in lieu of Preliminary examina 
tion:— 
University of Edinburgh.1 
REGISTRAR’S REPORT AS TO MEMBERS, ASSOCIATES, AND APPRENTICES OR STUDENTS 
OF THE SOCIETY FOR THE YEAR 1872. 
Members—Chemists and Druggists. 
Members—Pharmaceutical Chemists. 
Number of Subscribing Members, 1871 
>5 
. . . 1797 
„ restored, 1872 . 9 
,, elected, 1872 . 34 
Deaths, Secessions, etc. 
1840 
74 
Total number of Subscribing P. C. Members, 1872 1766 
Summary —1871 . . . 1797 
1S72 . . . 176G 
Decrease ... 31 
Number of Subscribing Members, 1871 . . • 
„ „ ,, restored, 1872 
>5 
3 ) 
33 
elected, 1S72 
Deaths, Secessions, etc. 
Total number of subscribing C. and D. Members, 
1872 . 
Summary —1871 . . 
1872 . . 
Increase 
669 
2 
97 
768 
19 
749 
Associates in Business. 
Number of Subscribers, 1871 • . . 
restored, 1872 . 
elected, 1872 . 
5 ? 
160 
1 
jq- Apprentices or Students . . 613 
669 
749 
80 
1871. 
566 
1872. 
630 
Increase. 
64 
613 
644 
31 
Deaths, Secessions, etc. 
Total number of Subscribers, 1872 . 
266 
19 ! 
• • 
247 
Summary —1871 
1872 
Increase 
160 
247 
87 
