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THE PHARMACEUTICAL JOURNAL. 
[July 9, 1870. 
the previously-formed commission was superseded 
by another consisting of Sir William Thomas Deni¬ 
son, Edward Frankland, and John Chalmers Morton, 
who have recently reported the results of their in¬ 
vestigations on the Mersey and Ribble. These 
reports contain a large amount of valuable informa¬ 
tion relating to the past and present states of the 
rivers alluded to, the causes of the deterioration 
which has occurred in the waters of these rivers, the 
means which have been tried or suggested for miti¬ 
gating the evils resulting from river pollution, and 
other subjects to which the attention of the Com¬ 
missioners was directed by the terms of their ap¬ 
pointment. 
Many of the questions involved in this inquiry are 
of a purely chemical nature, and chemists are not 
agreed with regard to the solution of some of them. 
There are especially two views entertained of the in¬ 
fluence of sewage on river-water. Some chemists 
contend that the deleterious matter communicated to 
rivers by the introduction of sewage, when the quan¬ 
tity is not very great, is soon destroyed by the 
natural process of oxidation, which is always occur¬ 
ring in running water, while others deny that this 
process of self-purification can be depended upon for 
rendering the water fit for domestic use. The Com¬ 
missioners, with Dr. Frankland as their chemical 
guide, belong to the latter class; and Dr. Letlieby, 
a good authority on such matters, may be taken to 
represent the former. We insert elsewhere the first 
part of a paper recently read by Dr. Letheby at a 
meeting of the Association of Metropolitan Officers 
.of Health, in which his views are fully set forth. 
UTILIZATION OF SEWAGE, 
We understand that the authorities of Southamp¬ 
ton, profiting by the example set them at Hastings, 
have determined to adopt the ABC process of uti¬ 
lizing the sewage of their town, and thus to preserve 
the local waters and beach from pollution. Any 
doubt that may exist as to the sufficiency of this pro¬ 
cess, a description of winch was given in our last 
number, for purifying sewage-water so as to render 
it fit to be discharged into rivers, cannot apply to 
the waters discharged into the sea. 
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EXAMINATIONS IN LONDON. 
July 1870. 
Present—Messrs. Allchin, Bird, Carteighe, Cracknell, 
Davenport, Edwards, Gale, Garle, Haselden, Ince, and 
Southall. Dr. Greenhow was also present on behalf of 
the Privy Council. 
MODIFIED EXAMINATION. 
Thirty-eight candidates were examined ; the following 
twenty-four passed, and were registered 
As CHEMISTS AND DRUGGISTS. 
Atkinson, Leonard.London. 
Capell, Thomas .Steyning. 
Chellew, William .London. 
Dawney, Charles .. Exeter. 
Deane, Frederick Dawson.Jersey. 
Garthwaite, William Humble .. Liverpool. 
Gillet, Daniel.Liverpool. 
Hayward, George .Croydon. 
Hume, William Andrew .Collingham. 
Jenkins, David .Bridgend. 
Morford, Thomas .Stoke Newington. 
Moyle, Joseph ... .London. 
Mundy, Alfred Octavius .London. 
Organ, Edward .Bristol. 
Pasco, George...London. 
Howell, John Childs.Beading. 
Scott, Joseph .Worcester. 
Smith, Charles William ...... Cirencester. 
Smith, John Charles.London. 
Squire, James.. Lewes. 
Stokes, Walter Edward.Sandgate. 
Taylor, John ... Oldham. 
Taylor, Peter.London. 
Wall, Alfred .Leamington. 
FIRST, OR PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION. 
One hundred and seventy-seven candidates were ex¬ 
amined ; the following one hundred and forty-five 
passed, and were registered as 
APPRENTICES OR STUDENTS. 
Pank, Philip Durrell.North Walsham. 
Parsons, J ames .. Sheemess. 
Peake, Arthur.Stalybridge. 
M‘Jannet, James.North Walsham. 
Freeman, Ernest.Stourbridge. 
Lyddon, Richard .London. 
( Cottam, William Procter ... .Lancaster. 
( Parker, William.London. 
1 Goodacre, John William .... Coventry. 
\ Kidd, Arthur ..Broadstairs. 
^ i Barry, Frederic..Bath. 
< Marden, George.Fareham. 
( Treweeks, Richard Harwood Pembroke. 
( Brookes, Frederick James... .Selby. 
Daniel, John .. .... . . Bromley, Kent. 
Micklem, Austen .Reading. 
Hogg, Joseph Fawcett ......North Shields. 
Fraser, Alexander.Liverpool. 
Lord, Frederick.Boston. 
Sherbum, Frederick ..Keighley. 
■3 f Burder, Robert .Manchester. 
\ Gadd, William Fletcher .... Oxford. 
Purse, Alfred Dodds.Sunderland. 
Dawson, Cantley.Stockport. 
Cooke, Edmund Herbert ... .Northampton. 
Pratt, Henry .Thirsk. 
Lewis, Edward .Sandown (I. W.). 
Burn, Henry ... London. 
Butterworth, Albert.Sowerby. 
Farmer, William .Bilston. 
M'Cormick, Frank Henry.... Cheltenham. 
Moore, Albert.Ashton-under-Lyne. 
Walton, William Henry .... Croydon. 
| Booth, William Grounds ... .Manchester. 
| Tuck, Walter Barber .Eastbourne. 
Aitken, Henry, jun.York. 
"3 ( Slater, Jonathan.London. 
g \ Taylor, Richard Eccles.Manchester. 
{ Robertson, George.London. 
Saunders, Thomas Bealby .. Darling-ton. 
Sawyer, Henry .Carlisle. 
Turner, William Spencer .... Hingjham. 
Middleton, Christopher.Thirsk. 
Moss, Thomas Abbot.Carlisle. 
Pike, John .Great Yarmouth. 
Thompson, Frank Farrow .. Cambridge. 
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