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THE PHARMACEUTICAL JOURNAL AND TRANSACTIONS. 
[March 8, 1873. 
“ I, # Of 
in the County of 
do solemnly and sincerely declare that I am the person 
whose name appeared in the Register of the names of 
Pharmaceutical Chemists and Chemists and Druggists 
printed and published in the year 18 under the 
direction of the Pharmaceutical Society of Great 
Britain pursuant to the Act passed in the 31st 
and 32nd years of the reign of Her Majesty Queen 
Victoria, c. 121, entitled ‘An Act to Regulate 
the Sale of Poisons and Alter and Amend the Phar¬ 
macy Act, 1852/ by the name and description follow¬ 
ing that is to say [The name and description to be 
here inserted should correspond with that in the printed 
Register.'] And that since the first day of the said year 
of publication I have at the several dates resided at 
the several places and exercised the occupations 
following, that is to say [ The applicant should here 
account for the time.'] 
•“And I further solemnly and sincerely declare that 
I have not within the meaning of the 26th Section 
of the said Act been convicted of any offence against 
the said Act. And I make this solemn declaration 
conscientiously believing the same to be true, and 
by virtue of the provisions of the Act made and 
passed in the fifth and sixth years of the reign of 
His late Majesty King William the Fourth, inti¬ 
tuled ‘An Act to Repeal an Act of the present Session 
of Parliament intituled An Act for the More Effec¬ 
tual abolition of Oaths and Affirmations taken and 
made in various Departments of the State, and to 
substitute Declarations in lieu thereof, and for the 
more entire Suppresion of voluntary and extra¬ 
judicial Oaths and Affidavits and to make other 
Provisions for the abolition of unnecessary Oaths.’ 
[To be declared before a person duly authorized to ad¬ 
minister oaths.] 
“ Taken and declared at 
“ This day of 18 
“ Before me 
Mr. Williams moved that these forms be adopted, 
but in doing so he called the attention of the Council to 
that part of the Regulation which provided that a fee of 
One Guinea should be paid by the person applying to 
have his name restored to the Register. He thought 
this provision a very proper one, as unless some kind of 
penalty were incurred by the negligence of the regis¬ 
tered person in allowing his name to be struck off when so 
much trouble was taken to find him, the trouble and 
expense of keeping the Register in anything like a cor¬ 
rect state wmuld be enormous. 
Mr. Savage thought that half a guinea would meet 
all the requirements of the case. 
Mr. Bottle supported the guinea fee most decidedly. 
Anyone who wilfully neglected to comply with the condi¬ 
tions of the Pharmacy Act, and had his name removed 
from the Register in consequence, ought to pay at least 
a guinea in order to be restored. 
The Secretary explained that there was a great 
expense incurred in keeping the register correct. 
Although much care and trouble were taken last year 
to correct the Register, and the corrected Register was 
used in addressing the poison regulations just issued, 
between three and four hundred had been returned 
through the “ dead letter office.” 
Mr. Mackay said it must also be remembered that 
nearly all these parties had been put on the Register in 
the first place without the payment of any fee. 
Mr. Shaw said that a person carrying on business and 
whose name was not on the Register was open to various 
pains and penalties for so doing, and he thought they 
were sufficient without imposing a fine. 
The Secretary said the guinea wa3 not a fine, but a 
fee to cover the expenses of his removal and reinstate¬ 
ment. 
The regulation and forms of application were then 
approved of and adopted. 
Library, Museum and Laboratory. 
The report of this committee was received and adopted. 
It recommended the purchase of the following books :—- 
‘ Annuaire Pharmaceutiqueand‘United States Pharma¬ 
copoeia’ (new edition). It also recommended the purchase 
of a drying stove, a sketch of which was presented by 
the curator of the museum, and of a wooden press for the 
purpose of pressing botanical specimens. 
House. 
The report of this committee was received and adopted. 
North British Branch. 
Mr. Mackay presented a list of specimens which the 
Edinburgh Board of Examiners suggested would be 
desirable for their use in conducting the examinations. 
He said the list was rather a long one, and it might be 
a question whether all the articles there named were 
required, but he was quite willing that the matter should 
be referred to any members of the London Board to pick 
out such specimens as it was thought desirable should 
be obtained, or the board in Edinburgh could do the 
same thing. Pie also drew the attention of the Council 
to the approaching examination in April, w r hen he hoped 
a deputation would come down and inspect the new ar¬ 
rangements. 
It was resolved that the list of specimens be referred 
to the Library, Museum and Laboratory Committee, with 
power to make a selection and to arrange for a supply of 
all that w r as deemed to be necessary. A grant of £100 
was also made to the North British Branch for current 
expenses, and the President, Vice-president and Secretary 
were appointed a deputation to attend at the approaching 
examination in Edinburgh. 
Annual Statements of Accounts. 
Mr. Betty then moved— 
“ That the Finance Committee so desiring it be assisted 
by a professional accountant in preparing the state¬ 
ments of accounts of the year 1872.” 
Mr. Radley seconded the motion. 
Mr. Williams asked if any gentleman had been se¬ 
lected ? 
Mr. Betty said he was prepared to name a gentleman 
if required, who he believed would be perfectly acceptable 
to all, but, of course, it would be in the hands of the 
committee or of the Council to make the appointment. 
Mr. Williams thought the Council should appoint the 
accountant if such assistance were decided upon. 
Mr. Savage said he believed it was understood that if 
the Finance Committee required the services of a public 
accountant, they should be allowed them. He thought 
the reasons ought to be stated for adopting such a 
course. 
Mr. Betty said he brought forward this motion be¬ 
cause the Finance Committee felt themselves individu¬ 
ally and collectively somewhat in a false position in pre¬ 
senting the auditors with a statement of accounts to the 
amount of some £10,000 per annum without that assist¬ 
ance which a commercial firm carrying on business to 
the same amount would, in such a case, call in. They 
looked upon it as necessary to relieve themselves, and 
everybody connected with the accounts, from a position 
of very grave responsibility. The Committee, in fact, 
were unanimous in their request that this assistance 
might be granted to them. 
The Secretary said as far as he was concerned indi¬ 
vidually, he should be very glad if a professional 
accountant were called in. This question had been 
brought forward for the last two or three years, and it 
would be a satisfaction to him if a first-class man went 
