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THE PHARMACEUTICAL JOURNAL AND TRANSACTIONS. 
[May 17, 1873. 
that certain minute objects became animals or vegetables 
according to the circumstances in which they were placed. 
Some still more advanced authorities resolved vital force 
into chemical force. 
A discussion on the subject of the paper followed, in 
which the President, Dr. Cook, and Mr. Tanner took 
part. 
A vote of thanks to Mr. Chantrell for his valuable and 
interesting paper, proposed by Mr. Mason and seconded 
by Mr. Tanner, was unanimously carried. 
GLASGOW CHEMISTS AND DRUGGISTS’ 
ASSOCIATION. 
The annual business meeting of the Association was 
held in Anderson’s University, on the evening of Wednes¬ 
day, the 23rd April; Thos. Davison, Esq., President, in 
the chair. 
The minutes of previous meeting having been read and 
adopted, the Secretary then gave his annual report, after 
which the Treasurer presented his financial statement. 
Secretary's Report. 
“ In accordance with an old established custom, it 
becomes my duty, to-night, to lay before you a statement 
(which shall be brief) of what has been done during the 
session that is now about to expire. 
“ I cannot speak definitely as to the number of our 
members, many of those who were members last session, 
I believe, have left the city, without, however, notifying 
your Secretary of the same. If I might be allowed to give 
a rough guess I should say that the probable number will 
be between 70 and 80, a number less by about 20 than 
that of last of session, but this can be accounted for by the 
formation of the ‘Assistants’ Association’ about that 
time, which robbed us of several members, and also by the 
fact of a few of our members getting situations in other 
parts of the country. While on this point I may be 
allowed to allude to the loss that the Association has 
suffered in the departure of Mr. Jas. L. McMillan from 
Glasgow to fill a situation abroad. It will be remembered 
that this gentleman gave several valuable papers to the 
Association during the last two or three sessions. 
“ Including the present there have been six meetings 
of the Association this session. Our first meeting, as 
most of you are aware, was honoured by the presence of 
Mr. Samuel Chapman Betty, Member of the Pharma¬ 
ceutical Council, London, who came to Glasgow specially 
to deliver the inaugural address of your Association. 
“We must not forget to express the indebtedness of 
your Association to Dr. John Clark, Glasgow, who de¬ 
livered an able and interesting lecture on the ‘ Oxides of 
Hydrogen ’ on the occasion of our second meeting, and 
to Mr. James Stitt, who kindly favoured us with a 
lecture on ‘ Phosphorus ; ’ nor must we forget to record 
the obligation that we are under to Mr. Weir for his 
short lecture on ‘ Health,’ and to Mr. Eairlie for his 
excellent paper on ‘ Artificial Silicates.’ 
“ The principal features of the past session have been 
the issuing of a retail price-list, the formation of an ‘ As¬ 
sistants’ Branch ’ of the Association, and the complimen¬ 
tary dinner on the occasion of the official visit of the 
President, Vice-President, and Secretary of the Pharma¬ 
ceutical Society to Glasgow. 
“ In regard to the price-list, we have every reason to 
congratulate ourselves on the success that has attended 
the labours of the committee appointed to carry out that 
matter. 
“We cannot, of course, say that every chemist and sur¬ 
geon in the city is closely following the prices contained 
in the list, but that the majority are endeavouring to 
adopt it to the utmost of their power we believe to be a 
fact. 
“ The demand for the price-list has quite exceeded our 
expectations. The first issue of 300 copies was very soon 
exhausted, applications for them being received from dif¬ 
ferent parts of the country, including England ; and as 
inquiries still continued to be made for them, the com¬ 
mittee thought it advisable to have a second edition 
printed. This allowed of certain alterations in, and nu¬ 
merous additions to the list being made. 
“ As it was thought that most of the towns in the west 
of Scotland of any importance would most likely before 
long adopt the Glasgow price-list (as was instanced a 
short time since by the chemists of Greenock), your Com¬ 
mittee have had 400 printed this time, copies of which 
may be had from Mr. Jos. A. Clarke, convener of Price- 
List Committee, price Is. 
“ In connection with this matter I may say that an ad¬ 
vertisement has been inserted in the Pharmaceutical 
J Ournal, and also in the Chemist and Druggist. 
“ In regard to the Assistants’ Branch very little can be 
said, and your Council regret that that little is not of a 
very encouraging nature. On the 19th February, 1873, 
a meeting of assistants was called to consider the advisa¬ 
bility of forming a branch association. The attendance 
was small, but it was moved, seconded, and agreed to, 
that a branch association should be formed. Office¬ 
bearers and committee were then appointed. On the 19th 
March a second meeting was called, but as there were not 
more than half a dozen presented themselves, there was no 
business done. I cannot attempt to account for the want 
of interest shown by the assistants and apprentices in this 
matter. One would naturally have supposed that they 
would have hailed the formation of such an association 
with delight, and instead of giving it the “ cold shoulder,” 
would have given it their hearty support. 
“ In reference to the complimentary dinner given in 
honour of the visit to Glasgow of the President, Vice- 
President, and Secretary of the Pharmaceutical Society, 
your Council have very much pleasure in being able to 
report that the occasion came off with very great eclat. 
About forty gentlemen sat down to dinner. Among the 
number were (besides the deputation from London) Messrs. 
Ainslie, McKay, Baildon, Young, Gilmour (Edinburgh), 
Duncanson (Stirling), Stanford (British Seaweed Com¬ 
pany), Professors Cowan and Simpson, etc., etc. 
“ Your Council cannot allow the session to close with¬ 
out expressing in the strongest language their great in¬ 
debtedness to Mr. John Currie, of Sauchiehall Street, for 
his generosity in conducting that class for pharmaceutical 
students ; and they feel certain that those students who 
were regular in attendance at the class will corroborate 
the statement that Mr. Currie was thoroughly master of 
the subjects that it was his self-imposed duty to impart to 
his pupils, and which he did in a most able and agreeable 
manner ; and they trust that they will have the honour of 
his advice and assistance in connection with classes during 
the coming session. 
“ Through the liberality of that very liberal gentleman, 
Mr. Jas. McDonald, of the Glasgow Apothecaries’ Com¬ 
pany, and Mr. Rait, of Partick, your Council were enabled 
to offer two prizes in connection with Mr. Currie’s class, 
and which, as many of you are aware, were carried off by 
Messrs. Wallace and Cleghom. 
“ There is one subject more that I wish to touch upon, 
and then I have done, and that is, the Annual Festival. 
Your Committee have much pleasure in being able to 
state that it has been a success. After paying all ex¬ 
penses, there was a balance of three pounds in the Trea¬ 
surer’s hands. At the first glance it would appear that, 
this year, the festival had been a great success financially. 
But in case it should cause you to be less energetic on the 
occasion of our next festival, I desire to remind you that, 
with one exception, the services of those who took part in 
the concert were gratuitous. Had each of those gentle¬ 
men who gave their services on that occasion been paid, 
say, two guineas, I fear that the chancellor of your ex¬ 
chequer would have pulled a very long face to-night when 
giving you his budget.” 
