May 24, 1873.] 
THE PHARMACEUTICAL JOURNAL AND TRANSACTIONS. 
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aminer who at the time of 
appointment is, or who 
during one year prior to 
the time of appointment 
has been, a Member of the 
Council, other than the 
President or Vice-Presi¬ 
dent ; and the election of 
any examiner to be a Mem¬ 
ber of the Council shall 
vacate his appointment as 
an examiner. 
Clause 7. 
The Board of Examiners 
for England and Wales shall 
consist of not more than 
twelve nor less than eight 
Pharmaceutical Chemists, 
exclusive of the President 
and Vice-President of the 
Society. The Board of Ex¬ 
aminers for Scotland shall 
consist of not more than 
eight nor less than four 
Pharmaceutical Chemists, 
exclusive of the President 
and Vice-President of the 
Society. The Council of the 
Society may from time to 
time appoint Professors of 
Science to assist either of 
the Boards of Examiners at 
any of their Examinations. 
Eight Members of the Board 
of Examiners for England 
and Wales, and four Mem¬ 
bers of the Board of Ex¬ 
aminers for Scotland, exclu¬ 
sive in each case of assistant 
Professors, shall constitute 
a quorum. 
Clause 12. 
All persons who shall 
tender themselves to the 
Examiners for Examina¬ 
tion in accordance with the 
Charter and the Statute, 
1852, shall be examined in 
their knowledge of the 
Latin language, in English 
Grammar and Composition 
and Arithmetic, which Ex¬ 
amination shall be called 
the First Examination. 
Such of the said persons 
as shall desire Certificates 
of competent skill and qua¬ 
lification to be engaged or 
employed as Assistants 
shall be examined in the 
First Examination, and also 
in the translation and dis¬ 
pensing of Prescriptions, in 
Botany, in Materia Medica, 
in Pharmaceutical and Ge¬ 
neral Chemistry, the Che¬ 
mistry of Poisons and Poso¬ 
logy, which examination 
shall be called the Minor 
Examination ; and such of 
the said persons as shall 
desire Certificates of com¬ 
petent skill and qualifica¬ 
tion to exercise the business 
is, or who during the six 
months prior to the time of 
appointment has been, a 
Member of the Council, un¬ 
less he shall within the said 
six months have been the 
President or Vice-Presi¬ 
dent ; and the election of 
any examiner to be a Mem¬ 
ber of the Council shall 
vacate his appointment as 
an examiner. 
Clause 7. 
The Board of Examiners 
for England and Wales shall 
consist of not more than 
fourteen nor less than eight 
Pharmaceutical Chemists, 
exclusive of the President 
and Vice-President of the 
Society. The Board of Ex¬ 
aminers for Scotland shall 
consist of not more than 
eight nor less than four 
Pharmaceutical Chemists, 
exclusive of the President 
and Vice-President of the 
Society. The Council of the 
Society may from time to 
time appoint Professors of 
Science to assist either of 
the Boards of Examiners at 
any of their Examinations. 
Eight Members of the Board 
of Examiners for England 
and Wales, and four Mem¬ 
bers of the Board of Ex¬ 
aminers for Scotland, exclu¬ 
sive in each case of assistant 
Professors, shall constitute 
a quorum. 
Clause 12. 
All persons who shall 
tender themselves to the 
Examiners for Examina¬ 
tion in accordance with the 
Charter and the Statute, 
1852, shall be examined in 
their knowledge of the 
Latin language, in English 
Grammar and Composition 
and Arithmetic, which Ex¬ 
amination shall be called 
the First Examination. 
Such of the said persons 
as shall desire Certificates 
of competent skill and qua¬ 
lification to be engaged or 
employed as Assistants shall 
be examined in or produce 
Certificates of having pre¬ 
viously been examined in 
the First Examination, and 
shall be examined in the 
translation and dispensing 
of Prescriptions, in Botany, 
in Materia Medica, in Phar¬ 
maceutical and General 
Chemistry, the Chemistry 
of Poisons, and Posology, 
which examination shall be 
called the Minor Examina¬ 
tion; and such of the said 
persons as shall desire Cer- 
or calling of Pharmaceutical tificates of competent skill 
Chemists shall be examined and qualification to exercise 
in the Minor Examination, the business or calling of 
and in more extended know- Pharmaceutical Chemists 
ledge of Botany, Materia shall be examined in or pro- 
Medica, the translation and duce Certificates of having 
dispensing of Prescriptions, previously been examined 
Pharmacy, General Che- in the Minor Examination, 
mistry, the Chemistry of and shall be examined in 
Poisons and Posology, which more extended knowledge 
examination shall be called of Botany, Materia Medica, 
the Major Examination. the translation and dispens¬ 
ing of Prescriptions, Phar¬ 
macy, General Chemistry, 
the Chemistry of Poisons, 
and Posology, which exa¬ 
mination shall be called the 
Major Examination. 
Clause 16. Clause 16. 
All persons before regis- All persons before regis¬ 
tration as Apprentices or tration as Apprentices or 
Student’s shall pass the Students shall pass the 
First Examination, and First Examination, and 
shall pay a Fee of Two shall pay a fee of Two 1 
Guineas, whereupon they Guineas, whereupon they 
shall be registered as Ap- shall be registered as Ap- 
pi'entices or Students. prentices or Students. 
After the 31st day of 
December, 1874, no person, 
shall be admitted to the 
Major or the Minor Exa¬ 
mination who shall not 
have attained the full age 
of twenty-one years; and 
after the 31st day of De¬ 
cember, 1876, no person 
shall be allowed to pass 
the Major or the Minor 
Examination unless he shall 
satisfy the Examiners that 
for three years he has been 
registered and employed as 
an Apprentice or Student, 
or has otherwise for three 
years been practically en¬ 
gaged in the translation 
and dispensing of prescrip¬ 
tions. 
Persons who have passed 
the Minor Examination at 
least three months pre¬ 
viously may be admitted to 
the Major Examination, 
and all other persons de¬ 
sirous of passing the Major 
Examination may make 
application to the Board of 
Examiners for special leave 
in that behalf. 
The President moved— 
“ That this meeting do confirm and approve the pro¬ 
posed alterations in the Bye-laws in the sections 
numbered respectively 1, 3, 4, 9 and 10, by erasing 
therefrom the several portions of the said sections- 
in that behalf appearing in the first schedule hereto, 
and substituting for the respective portions of sections 
so erased the several clauses and words m that behali 
appearing in the second schedule hereto, and that 
the said alterations do take effect from the date of 
confirmation and approval thereof by Her Majesty s 
Privy Council.” 
The Vice-President, in seconding the motion, said he 
believed the alterations had been well considered, and 
that they were judicious and necessary. Many of them 
