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THE PHARMACEUTICAL JOURNAL AND TRANSACTIONS. 
[April 5, 1873. 
again. But Mr. Hampson had now raised the question of 
the legality or illegality of the course proposed; and from 
that point the matter must be decided. As far as he was 
capable of interpreting the law, he believed they were 
perfectly competent to make the suggested bye-law. It 
was not repugnant to the ordinary laws of the realm, and 
no doubt members of parliament, if individually canvassed, 
would say it was extremely desirable that every person 
who engaged in the dispensing of poisons should have 
three years’ previous training. Moreover, it must not be for¬ 
gotten that the Examiners supported the proposed bye¬ 
law ; and much attention should be paid to their opinions. 
Mr. Flux, who had been requested to attend, said the 
words “ apprentice or student” had appeared in the bye¬ 
laws submitted to him, and his quoted memorandum had 
applied to them. Those words had been erased, and con¬ 
sequently his objection on that ground was removed. 
Then came the question whether the Council had, under 
the charter and statutes, power to test persons as to their 
competent skill and knowledge, and prescribe the mode of 
testing that. No doubt the Council were competent to 
prescribe reasonable regulations for testing skill and 
knowledge, and to prescribe that a test should be a proper 
period of actual experience; whether that period should be 
three years or a less period was a little out of his pro¬ 
vince. But if the Council in the bond fide exercise of 
their judgment thought three years a necessary period, 
it seemed to him that that was authorized by the Act, 
and a bye-law providing for it would be good. 
Mr. Owen inquired whether it was necessary a person 
should be in one establishment three years. 
Mr. Flux replied in the negative. 
Mr. Urwick asked whether the Court of Chancery 
could, by injunction, compel the Examiners to examine 
a man who had not had three years’ experience. 
Mr. Flux replied that it was not a question for the 
Court of Chancery, but for mandamus in the Court of 
Queen’s Bench. They had found the Court reasonable 
on each occasion when they had had recourse to it, and 
he believed he would only have to show the unanimity of 
opinion which prevailed at the Council and Board of 
Examiners, to carry the bye-law through. 
Mr. Frazer would support the amendment, and wished 
he had Mr. Hampson’s courage, in which case he would 
have moved a reduction of the fees. 
Mr. Hampson, in reply, said the opinion of Mr. Flux 
as that day expressed, differed from his opinion as ex¬ 
pressed before the parliamentary committee. He (Mr. 
Hampson) thought they should take counsel’s opinion 
upon the subject. Mr. Flux seemed to think the diffi¬ 
culty had been removed by the alteration made in the 
bye-law; but he (Mr. Hampson) was not of that opinion. 
The amendment was then put, with the following 
result:— 
For (4) Messrs. Hampson, Urwick, Frazer, and Owen. 
Against (14) Messrs. Atherton, Baynes, Betty, Bottle, 
Greenish, Haselden, Hills, Radley, Sandford, Savage, 
Schacht, Shaw, Sutton, and Williams. 
The amendment was therefore lost, and the original 
motion was subsequently carried. 
It was moved by Mr. Hills, and seconded by Mr. 
Sandford— 
“That the bye-laws shall be altered in the Clause 
No. 7 of the Section numbered 10, by erasing there¬ 
from the word ‘twelve,’ and substituting for the 
said word ‘ twelve ’ the word ‘ fourteen.’ ” 
Mr. Williams suggested that the number should be 
sixteen, and an arrangement made for the payment of a 
fixed sum, to be distributed by the Examiners amongst 
themselves. 
Mr. Hampson thought the proposition that there should 
be sixteen examiners a good one. 
Mr. Bottle said the Council had power to appoint 
such number as they thought proper from time to time. 
Mr. Sandford thought they had better fix upon such a 
number as they thought they could carry; and there was 
reason to believe that they would obtain the approval of 
the addition now proposed—fourteen. 
Mr. Schacht considered the proposition so reasonable 
that those representing the Privy Council would not 
object to it. 
Mr. Shaw said if they wished for sixteen, the President 
and Vice-President would make up eighteen. 
Mr. Baynes said the Board of Examiners were over¬ 
worked; and thought they should ask for eighteen at 
once. 
Mr. Hampson said they must have a proper staff to do 
the work efficiently. He proposed that the number should 
be eighteen. 
Mr. Urwick seconded the amendment, which was 
negatived. 
Mr. Williams moved that the number be sixteen. 
Mr. Baynes seconded the amendment, which was nega¬ 
tived. 
The original motion was then put and carried. 
Report of Examinations. 
March, 1873. 
ENGLAND AND WALES. 
Candidates. 
^ _ 
Examinations. Examined. Passed. Failed. 
Major. 4 3 1 
Minor. 60 39 21 
64 42 22 
Certificates received in lieu of the Preliminary exa¬ 
mination :— 
College of Preceptors.1 
Royal College of Surgeons.1 
University of Cambridge.4 
„ „ Durham.1 
„ „ Oxford.4 
11 
BOTANICAL PRIZE FOR 1874. 
A Silver Council Medal is offered for the best Herba¬ 
rium, collected in any part of the United Kingdom be¬ 
tween the first day of May, 1873, and the first day of 
June, 1874 ; and should there be more than one collec¬ 
tion possessing such an amount of merit as to entitle the 
collector to reward, a second prize, consisting of a Bronze 
Medal, and also Certificates of Honour and Merit, will be 
given at the discretion of the Council. In the event of 
none of the collections possessing such an amount of merit 
as to warrant the Council in awarding Medals or Certi¬ 
ficates, none will be given. 
The collections to consist of Flowering Plants and 
Ferns, arranged according to the Natural System, and to 
be accompanied by lists, arranged according to the same 
system, with the species numbered. 
The collector to follow some work on British Botany 
(such as that of Babington, Hooker, or Bentham), and to 
state the work which he adopts. The name of each plant, 
its habitat and the date of collection, to be stated on the 
paper on which it is preserved. 
Each collection to be accompanied by a note, containing 
a declaration, signed by the collector, and certified by his 
employer, or a Pharmaceutical Chemist to whom the 
collector is known, to the following effect :—The plants 
which accompany this note were collected by myself, 
between the first day of May, 1873, and the first day of 
June, 1874, and were named and arranged without any 
assistance but that derived from books. 
In estimating the merits of the collections, not only 
will the number of species be taken into account, but also 
