THE PHARMACEUTICAL JOURNAL AND TRANSACTIONS. 
[March 8, 1873. 
714 
Society was not a person who should compete for this 
prize, hut in order not to appear ungenerous, a medal 
was given to that gentleman, and a second medal was 
voted to the second candidate. 
Mr. Hampson said he was quite in the hands of the 
Council. He did not wish to weary them by the con¬ 
tinual reproduction of this subject, and if it were gene¬ 
rally understood that ladies were eligible to compete for 
these prizes, that was quite sufficient; but still he should 
wish this to be clearly understood. 
Mr. Williams said that was a matter which ought to 
•be decided one way or the other. He did not agree in 
the opinion expressed by the President. 
Mr. Bottle said he would give notice of a motion for 
the next Council, which would raise the question clearly, 
and in the meantime he would ask that the solicitor’s 
opinion be taken upon it. 
Mr. Shaw thought it was not a matter for legal 
-opinion, but was rather one of grace on the part of the 
Council. 
After some further discussion, 
Mr. Hampson said he would withdraw the resolution, 
and take care that when he reproduced it there should 
be no informality or misunderstanding as to its purport. 
Mr. Bottle then read the notice of motion which he 
had prepared for the next meeting, to the effect that it 
having been brought under the notice of the Council that 
lecture and laboratory pupils not connected with the 
Society had been permitted to compete for prizes, it be an 
instruction to the professors that no class of pupils other 
than those registered as apprentices or students of the 
Society be admitted in future to such competition. 
Mr. Schacht suggested that as Mr. Hampson had 
withdrawn his resolution, Mr. Bottle should do the same, 
and allow the whole matter to stand over until after the 
annual meeting, when no doubt it would be further venti¬ 
lated. 
Mr. Bottle said he was quite willing to do so. 
Mr. Hampson then moved pursuant to notice :— 
“ That notice be given to the members, by advertise¬ 
ment in the Pharmaceutical Journal, of all reso¬ 
lutions to be brought before the next annual meet¬ 
ing, of which sufficient notice has been given to the 
Secretary.” 
Mr. Betty seconded the motion, which was unani¬ 
mously agreed to. 
Registrar’s Report. 
The Registrar presented the following report:— 
REGISTRAR’S REPORT. 
ANALYSIS OF EXAMINATIONS. 
England and Wales, 1872. 
Number of meetings for Major, Minor and Modified Examinations 
Average attendance of the Board of Examiners. 
Scotland, 1872. 
24 
11-75 
Examinations. 
Number of 
Candidates 
Number of Re¬ 
jections during 
Number of 
Examinations 
Average number 
of Candidates 
Average num¬ 
ber of Rejec¬ 
Percentage 
during the 
the Year. 
during the 
at each 
tions at each 
of Rejections. 
Major .... 
Year. 
81 
35 
Year. 
12 
Meeting. 
6-75 
Meeting. 
2-916 
43-2 
Minor .... 
472 
208 
21 
22-476 
9-904 
44-067 
Preliminary . . 
939 
357 
4 
234-75 
89-25 
38-019 
Modified . . . 
127 
44 
3 
42-333 
14-666 
34-645 
Average attendance of the Board of Examiners . . 
. 5-6 
Examinations. 
Number of 
Candidates 
during the 
Year. 
Number of Re¬ 
jections during 
the Year. 
Number of 
Examinations 
during the 
Year. 
Average number 
of Candidates 
at each 
Meeting. 
Average number 
of Rejections at 
each Meeting. 
Percentage of 
Rejections. 
Major .... 
8 
2 
4 
2 
•5 
25- 
Minor .... 
35 
12 
5 
7 
2-4 
34-285 
Preliminary . . 
129 
58 
4 
32-25 
14-5 
44-961 
Modified . . . 
22 
9 
5 
4-4 
1-8 
40-909 
THE REGISTER, 1872. 
Additions during the Year. 
Number of persons who have passed the 
Modified Examination. 
Minor “ . 
Major “ .52* 
Number of persons registered on payment} 
of the registration fee having been in> . . 
business before 31st July, 1868, . . ) 
Decrease of numbers on the Register . . 
Erasures during the Year. 
Deaths:— 
Notices from Registrars.83 
„ ,, other sources.150 
Erased by order of the Council. 
Erased at the request of registered per- 1 
sons themselves. J 
Erased by the Registrar in pursuance of \ 
the provision set forth in Section 10 I 
of the Pharmacy Act, 1868, after send- . 
ing two registered letters, to which j 
no answer has been given . ... j 
96 
287 
47 
430 
485 
915 
* These having already been included in the number who 
passed the Minor, do not increase the numbers on the Re¬ 
gister. 
Number of Pharmaceutical Chemists on the Register, 
Number of Chemists and Druggists * . . . . 
1873 . 2,318 
.10,389 
233 
5 
28 
G49 
915 
12,757 
