Equal. 
June 7,1873.] 
THE PHARMACEUTICAL JOURNAL AND TRANSACTIONS. 
985 
Blackmore, Peter Ludgate .London. 
Tucker, William Charles.Londor. 
Otley, John .Sheffield. 
C Askew, Hugh de Bosco .Workington. 
< Brouard, Ernest James .Guernsey. 
v. Greenwood, Dennis .Cambridge. 
Pike, John.Yarmouth. 
Summers, Frank .Durham. 
Sutton, William .Chatteris. 
. (• Moorhouse, Walter .Wakefield. 
1 ] Nicholls, Alfred .Penzance. 
w (.Smith, Alfred Lambert .Birmingham. 
Lomas, Charles Benjamin .Towcester. 
Boon, Nathaniel .Oakham. 
Evans, Richard.London. 
Morgan, George Henry .London, 
Mager, William Kelk .Doncaster. 
Holmes, Samuel .Hampstead, 
Turner, Charles..Buxton. 
The above names are arranged in order of merit. 
PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION. 
The undermentioned Certificates were received in lieu 
of this Examination :— 
Certificates of the College of Preceptors. 
Brick, John .Welchpool. 
Hargraves, James W.Liverpool. 
Mayne, James .Chertsey. 
Certificates of the Udiversity of Cambridge. 
Robinson, Charles Bradshaw ...Great Bridge. 
Watson, Robert John .Market Rasen. 
Certificates of the University of Oxford. 
Ballard, William .Hammersmith. 
Fletcher, Howard Bennett .Leicester. 
Hart, James Connorton .Horselydown. 
frottwial tottsiutiflns. 
NORTHAMPTON PHARMACEUTICAL 
ASSOCIATION. 
The half-yearly meeting of the above Association was 
held on Friday, May 23rd, in the College Street Room. 
J. Barry, Esq., J.P., Local Secretary, occupied the chair. 
Mr. C. Hester, President, opened the meeting by ex¬ 
pressing his pleasure at seeing those principals who had 
attended, and trusted that the little relaxation the mem¬ 
bers were going to enjoy on the following Tuesday would 
induce them to pursue their studies with redoubled vigour, 
so that the summer session might be as successful as the 
winter had been. He heartily thanked the examiners fox 
the service they had rendered, and then referred to the 
obligation the Association was under to its late piesident, 
whose tact and zeal had so much helped it in its early life. 
The Secretary (Mr. Druce) then read the following- 
statement of receipts and expenditure and the report . 
Receipts. 
26 Members’ Subscriptions, at 5s. 
7 ,, to Chemistry 
Class ._. 
T Member’s Donation . 
Balance. 
£ s. d. 
6 10 0 
0 14 0 
0 2 0 
3 9 7| 
£10 15 74 
Expenses. 
Reports, etc... 
. 1 
3 
0 
Cupboard. 
. 1 
0 
0 
Herbarium and Chemicals. 
. 2 
14 
5 
Gas, 3 quarters . 
. 0 
10 
6 
Sundries . 
. 0 
8 
1 
5 
16 
0 
Balance . 
. 4 
19 
n 
£10 
15 
74 
The Report stated that the hope expressed by the 
Council at the beginning of the winter session that the 
good attendance of the classes in 1872 might be continued 
or, if possible, increased, had been responded to by larger 
classes. Forty-two meetings had in all been held, at 
which structural botany had been taught, Questions on 
two-thirds of the Pharmacopoeia asked, all the official 
materia medica considered, and the analytical reactions 
of the basylous radicals practically performed, several 
lessons also being occupied by descriptions and explana¬ 
tions of the principal laws regulating the science of che¬ 
mistry. During a portion of the session also a class was 
conducted in dispensing and reading prescriptions. The 
knowledge of materia medica had been much increased 
by the possession of Lescher’s cabinet and Siebold s her¬ 
barium, and the Council suggested to the members the 
great service a herbai’ium of indigenous plants would be 
to the Association. The prescription book now contained 
a very fair collection, and a little more exertion would 
complete it. The Council thanked most warmly the 
class conductors for the diligence they had displayed in 
fulfilling their duties, and hoped that the members would 
reward them by forming as large and attentive classes as 
possible. The examinations had been conducted in a very 
able manner. From various causes, however, the com¬ 
petitors among assistants had not been so numerous as 
had been expected ; but the apprentices had been very 
eager in the contest, and on the whole the experiment 
had been so successful that the Council recommended it 
be repeated at least yearly. The Council took the oppor¬ 
tunity of tendering to the late president, Mr. H. J. 
Masters, their sincere thanks for the services he had ren- 
ered to the Association. 
Several special meetings had been held and papers ot 
n interesting nature read, but a difficulty in getting a 
upply of original papers had been felt. It would affoi 
he Council great satisfaction if their principals would 
ccasionally favour them with a paper on some subject 
ppertaining to pharmacy. After thanking Mr. Leyes 
or the continued use of the room, Messrs. Maxwell and 
Jandall for their services as examiners, and the various 
lonors who had so kindly rendered assistance, the report 
tated that during the session four members had passed 
he Minor examination (one in honours. and tne others ail 
n good positions) and three the Preliminary, being 3 per 
:ent. of their members who had been successful in the 
ixamination ordeal. _ , .. ,, 
The report having been adopted Mr. W. Sandall read 
i report of the examinations which he had conducted 
n Botany and Materia Medica. He said the first 
examination was on Botany in which 3 assistants and 
3 apprentices competed. In the Materia Medica exa¬ 
mination, 4 apprentices, but no assistants competed. 
He confessed himself a little disappointed at the result ; 
as he expected a larger proportion of marks m this subject 
it being more generally popular. On the whole the* result 
obtained was satisfactory considering that it was the first 
examination held by the Association. He suggested that 
in future they should be held at stated times and as 
frequently as possible. ... ,, i _ 
Mr G N. Maxwell being unable bO attend, sent a 
report of the Pharmacy examination. He said that the 
answers in this department of study were not so satis¬ 
factory as could have been desired, more attention was 
