April 5, 1873.] 
THE PHARMACEUTICAL JOURNAL AND TRANSACTIONS. 
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Hudson, Thomas Frederick.Birkenhead. 
Jagg, John Henry .New Cross. 
Mayo, Robert William.Chelmsford. 
Strickland, Absalom Whitehouse. Bognor. 
Westlake, John.Brixton. 
APPRENTICES OR STUDENTS. 
The following, having passed their Preliminary exa¬ 
mination, were elected Apprentices or Students of the 
Society— 
Agger, Joseph Edward.King’s Lynn. 
Berry, John Bright .Northampton. 
Bond, Frederick John .Tiverton. 
Clarke, Herbert .Lowestoft. 
Cotterell, Edward.Weymouth. 
Crane, William Clifton .Market Harborough. 
Gregory, Walter .Taunton. 
Haworth, Edwin .Oswaldtwistle. 
Holt, George Alfred.Douglas. 
Jackson, Henry Lawson .Crediton. 
MacFarlane, Peter .London. 
Maynard, Henry Robert.Brandon. 
Munday, John .Bridgnorth. 
Paul, William Edmund .Scarborough. 
Thomas, Thomas Gratton .Bagillt. 
Wardle, William Stephens .London. 
Withycombe, George .Hele, Tavistock. 
Finance. 
The Report of the Finance Committee was received 
•and adopted; and sundry payments for accounts, salaries, 
■etc., were ordered to be made. 
Annual Statement. 
The Financial Statement for the year 1872, with 
balance sheet and special statements, prepared, as sug¬ 
gested, by a professional accountant, was presented, and, 
after consideration, was adopted with a few alterations. 
Benevolent Fund. 
On the report and recommendation of the Benevolent 
Fund Committee the following grants were made :— 
To a Registered Chemist and Druggist, late of 
Torquay. £10 
To the Widow of a late Member of the Society, 
residing at Nottingham . 20 
To the Widow of a Registered Chemist and 
Druggist, late of Louth . 10 
"To a Registered Chemist and Druggist, late of 
Manchester . 10 
To a Registered Chemist and Druggist, late of 
Cardiff . 10 
To the Widow of a Chemist and Druggist, late 
of Wigan . 10 
To the Widow of a Chemist and Druggist, 
Member of the Society for three years, late of 
Dover. 20 
To a late Member of the Society, residing in 
London . 10 
To the Daughter of a late Member of the 
Society, late of Southampton . 10 
The Widow of the late John Beaton, London, a Mem¬ 
ber of the Society for twenty-one years, was placed upon 
the list of candidates for annuities. 
The Widow of the late William Moss, London, a Mem¬ 
ber of the Society for twenty-three years, and late Local 
Secretary, was placed upon the list of approved candidates 
for annuities. 
Other applications for aid were received, but were de¬ 
ferred for further consideration and inquiry. 
The Treasurer suggested that the Secretary might be 
disposed to aid these cases from his private “ Casual 
Fund ” pending inquiries. 
The Secretary said that he would be glad to assist 
as far as the circumstances of the individual cases would 
seem to warrant and the fund at his disposal would 
permit. 
The Treasurer was requested to purchase £500 Consols 
on the Benevolent Fund account. 
Library, Museum, and Laboratory. 
The Report of the Committee was received and adopted, 
and the Committee were authorized to purchase a balance 
for the use of the Students if necessary. 
Annual Report of the Council. 
The preparation of the Annual Report was referred to 
the Library, Museum, and Laboratory Committee. 
House. 
The Report of the Committee was received and adopted. 
Parliamentary. 
The Report of the Committee was received and adopted. 
Bye-Laws. 
It was moved by Mr. Greenish, seconded by Mr. 
Radley :— 
“ That the bye-laws now read a second time be con¬ 
firmed.” 
Mr. Hampson moved the following amendment :— 
“ That the Solicitor of the Society in the following ex¬ 
plicit terms, having deliberately disapproved of the 
proposed amended bye-law, section 10, clause 16, as 
agreed to by the Parliamentary Committee —viz. ‘ this 
appears to us to vary from the intention that the 
examinations shall be freely open to all the world, 
and we recommend its erasure,’ and Mr. Flux having 
likewise stated that the same was ‘ contrary to law,’ 
and as the same amended bye-law, slightly modified, 
and now proposed to be confirmed a second time, 
contains the particular restrictions of time to which 
Mr. Flux took special legal exception, this Council, 
whilst accepting the other amended bye-laws, declines 
to accept the same—viz. section 10, clause 16, begin¬ 
ning at the word ‘after the 31st of December, 1876, 
no person shall,’ etc., to the end of the paragraph.” 
He felt some hesitation in bringing forward the question 
as to the legality or illegality of their proceeding with 
respect to the proposed bye-laws ; but he felt it a matter 
of duty to fight out the question until it was fairly settled. 
Going back to Mr. Schacht’s resolution, proposing the 
new regulations for the Board of Examiners, he considered 
it a very fair one, because it simply pledged the Council 
to the principle. But there was such a strong feeling 
prevailing at the Council in support of the amended regu¬ 
lations, that the question of legality was ignored. That 
was the first false step taken by the Council. Outside the 
Council there was a doubt as to the legality of the test 
proposed for candidates ; and in the minds of many mem¬ 
bers of the Council there was a doubt existing as to the 
three years’ test. He opposed the three years’ test on 
principle. He maintained it was illegal. Therefore, he 
was not surprised to find the solicitor taking exception to 
the proposed bye-law. Before the parliamentary com¬ 
mittee Mr. Flux expressed a strong opinion that the pro¬ 
posed bye-law was contrary to law. He would like to 
know whether Mr. Flux had changed his views upon that 
subject. He (Mr. Hampson) maintained that nothing 
would damage the Society so much as that a notion should 
get abroad that, for the sake of any particular purpose 
this year, or the next, an illegal step had been taken. 
Mr. Ur wick seconded the amendment. It seemed to 
him that they were going in a direction contrary to the 
spirit of the Act. They were stepping out of their sphere 
in an endeavour to make bye-laws inconsistent with the 
Acts of Parliament. 
Mr. Shaw supported the original resolution. The 
matter had been discussed and affirmed over and over 
