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THE PHARMACEUTICAL JOURNAL AND TRANSACTIONS. 
[June 7 , 1873. 
Rickinson, Valentine, jun.West Hartlepool. 
Tompsett, Leighton .Strood. 
Walker, Alexander .■.Cullen. 
Wright, Edwin.Ipswich. 
Conversazione. 
Votes of thanks were passed to the Committee of 
Council for Education for the use of the South Kensington 
Museum at the late Conversazione, and also to the official 
staff of the Museum for their services on the same oc¬ 
casion. 
Finance. 
The report of certain members of Council acting as 
a Finance Committee was received and adopted, and 
sundry payments ordered to be made. 
Benevolent Fund. 
Several applications for relief from this Fund had been 
received, and had been considered by members of the 
Council acting as a Committee. 
The Secretary read a short abstract of the various 
cases in which the Committee recommended that relief 
should be given, and grants were made as follows :— 
The Widow of a late Annuitant in Jersey, having 
two daughters dependent upon her . £10 
A Registered Chemist and Druggist, residing at 
Hamilton, N.B., disabled by illness from follow¬ 
ing his business. 10 
The Widow of a Registered Chemist and Druggist 
at Brandon, having four children dependent on 
her .. 10 
A Registered Chemist and Druggist aged 73, re¬ 
siding at Daventry . 10 
A Chemist and Druggist, aged 66, formerly in 
business, but at present only in occasional em¬ 
ployment . 10 
A Registered Chemist and Druggist, aged 54, for¬ 
merly in business, which he was obliged to give 
up through severe illness. 10 
A Registered Chemist and Druggist, who met 
with a severe accident, and has since been af¬ 
flicted by illness . 10 
. The consideration of the cases of other applicants for 
aid from the Fund was deferred for further inquiry. 
The names of the following persons were placed on the 
list of approved candidates for annuities :— 
Thomas Potts, of Daventry; and 
Bine Dinging, of Lower Norwood. 
Parliamentary. 
Several matters had been discussed by the late members 
of this Committee, who presented a report stating that 
certain cases were still under consideration, and recom¬ 
mending that the name of a person alleged to have been 
improperly placed upon the Register should be struck off. 
A communication had been received from a provincial 
association with reference to the illegal sale of poisons, 
asking if the Council were prepared to take action in the 
matter. The Committee recommended that an answer 
be sent to the effect that the Council would give their 
best consideration to any case brought under their notice. 
In the case of a firm using the style Pharmaceutical 
Chemists, only one member of it being on the register 
of Pharmaceutical Chemists, an .assurance had been re¬ 
ceived that a change of the style should be made so as to 
avoid any cause of complaint. With regard to the Shop 
Hours’ Regulation Bill, the Committee referred the mat¬ 
ter to the Council with a recommendation that the Bill 
should be opposed. 
The report and recommendations of the Committee were 
received and adopted, and the name of G-ustavus Jordan, 
of Luton, was ordered to be erased from the Register. 
The. question of the supply of medicines, etc., by Co¬ 
operative associations, also came before the Committee 
a propos of some prescriptions which had been made up at 
one of these establishments in London, and the Committee 
referred the matter to the Council. 
The President suggested that it should be referred 
again to the Parliamentary Committee when appointed, 
with a recommendation that a special sub-committee 
should be appointed to deal with it with such legal assist¬ 
ance as might be necessary. 
After some discussion the following resolution was car¬ 
ried unanimously,— 
“ That the question of the illegal sale of poisons and 
dispensing prescriptions by so-called associations be re¬ 
ferred to the Parliamentary Committee for full con¬ 
sideration, and that the Committee be authorized to 
take legal advice to any extent required.” 
Mr. Sutton remarked, with reference to the Shop 
Hours’ Regulation Bill, he had no doubt Sir John Lubbock 
would modify its provisions if the hardships it would 
inflict upon them as a trade were properly represented tcv 
him. 
The President thought the Bill should be opposed in 
toto. 
Mr. Baynes regarded it as a mischievous piece of over 
legislation which would, if it were possible to conceive of 
its being carried, lead to innumerable practical difficulties 
in the carrying on of business by any one who employed 
persons under twenty-one years of age. 
On the motion of Mr. Brown a resolution was passed 
that the Bill be opposed, and that the President, Vice- 
President, and Mr. Sandford be requested to watch the 
progress of the Bill, and take such action as might be 
deemed needful. 
Appointment of Committees. 
Mr. Schaoht begged leave to suggest, before the Com¬ 
mittees were appointed, that it would add much to the 
efficiency of the Committees, and tend to prevent the 
needless discussion of matters of detail at the Council, 
if it could be so arranged that no member should be 
appointed on more than one, or at the most two, Com¬ 
mittees. He believed this desirable end could be ac¬ 
complished by a redistribution of the members amongst 
the different Committees, placing as far as possible each 
gentleman upon such Committees only as it would be possi¬ 
ble for him to attend. It was much to be desired that the 
business should not be hurried. Committees followed 
each other so closely, that the business brought before 
them could not be fully discussed. In addition to the 
Secretary they had now a very efficient Assistant Secre¬ 
tary, and he saw no reason why two Commitees should 
not sit at the same time; by this means he believed the 
business would be got through in a more satisfactory 
manner than at present. It was very desirable also that 
provincial members should not be appointed to serve on 
Committees which they were not able to attend, as had 
happened to himself. 
Mr. Stoddart desired to endorse what had fallen from 
Mr. Schacht; especially with regard to the attendance 
of provincial members. 
Mr. Shaw also remarked on the difficulty experienced 
by gentlemen at a distance in reaching town in time to 
attend some of the Committees. 
The President agreed that it would be a great 
advantage in many cases to have two Committees sitting 
at once. 
After some remarks in the same direction by Messrs. 
Brown, Sutton, Savage, Urwick, Sandford, and Wil¬ 
liams, the Committees were appointed as follows :— 
General Purposes .—The whole of the Council; to meet 
as occasion may require. 
Finance .—Messrs. Greenish, Hampson, Owen, Robbins, 
and Urwick. 
Benevolent Fund. —The same as the above. 
Library, Museum, and Laboratory. — Messrs. Betty, 
Greenish, Hampson, Sandford, Robbins, and Williams. 
