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THE PHARMACEUTICAL JOURNAL AND TRANSACTIONS. 
[August 6, 1870. 
In reporting the accident that occurred at Brad¬ 
ford, of which an account is given in another part of 
this Journal, the ‘ Pall Mall Gazette ’ remarks that 
“ the substance known as benzoline seems to be little 
less dangerous to handle than paraffin.” 
It is almost incredible to meet with such ignorance 
as that displayed by this remark, and it serves in 
some measure to account for the accidents that hap¬ 
pen with the dangerous volatile spirit called benzo¬ 
line. The case of Mr. Taylor seems to suggest the 
need for an alteration in the Petroleum Bill now be¬ 
fore the House of Lords, and that, in the label to be 
attached to bottles containing volatile spirit, “ Great 
care must be taken in bringing any light near to the 
contents,” etc., the words in italics should be re¬ 
placed by “ not to bring.” 
The Juries Bill, as amended in Committee, con¬ 
tains the following clause :— 
“ 13. If any overseer, without reasonable excuse to be 
allowed by the justice or justices having cognizance of 
the case, insert in the list of persons qualified to serve as 
jurors prepared by him the name of any person whose 
name ought not to have been inserted therein, or omit 
therefrom the name of any person whose name ought not 
to have been omitted, he shall, on summary conviction, 
be liable to a penalty for each offence not exceeding forty 
shillings.” 
EXAMINATION IN LONDON. 
July 2§th, 1870. 
Present—Messrs. Allchin. Bird, Edwards, Gale, Garle, 
Haselden, Ince, and Southall. 
Thirty-one candidates were examined; the following 
passed, and were duly registered :— 
MODIFIED (as Chemists and Druggists). 
Baynes, James, junior.Brighton. 
Bum, Thomas .Hartlepool. 
Campbell, John.;.Bristol. 
Dodds, John Henderson.Walsall. 
Elkington, Charles John.Birmingham. 
Grindell, John.London. 
Hartley, Stephen.Ulverstone. 
Holmes, Frederick George .... Brill. 
Jarvis, John.Pau. 
Jones, George Coverdale.Bournemouth. 
King, Abraham .Bristol. 
Metcalfe, Alfred .East Retford. 
Oldham, Gervase.Stockport. 
Presley, Edward .Bristol. 
Siminson, Henry.Kidderminster. 
Simmons, Alfred .Redditch. 
Thyer, James .Leamington. 
Yeitch, William, junior .Shildon. 
Wheeler, Frederick.Guildford. 
Wright, William John .Tunbridge Wells. 
Young, Jonathan.Cambridge. 
MINOR (as a Chemist and Druggist). 
Banks, Benjamin ..Folkestone. 
FIRST, OR PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION. 
The Certificates of Examination of the undermentioned 
were accepted in lieu of the Preliminary Examina¬ 
tion :— 
Amoore, Lewis Perigo.Hastings. 
Atkinson, John George .Horn castle. 
rottnral fransatiioiu 
EXETER BRANCH PHARMACEUTICAL 
SOCIETY. 
A Special Meeting of the members of the above Society 
was held on Friday, the 29th July, on the occasion of the 
receipt of the gift of books presented to the Society at 
the British Pharmaceutical Conference, held in Exeter 
last year, by T. H. Hills, Esq., and termed in memory 
of the late Jacob Bell, the “ Bell and Hills’ Library 
Fund.” 
The following is the list of works received :—5 vols. 
of Watts’ ‘Dictionary of Chemistry;’ 1 vol. of Fownes’ 
‘ Chemistry;’ 1 vol. of Attfield’s ‘ Chemistry 1 vol. of 
Hooker’s ‘ British Flora;’ 1 vol. of Royle’s ‘ Materia 
Medica;’ their handsome appearance, and the very ap¬ 
propriate design on the cover of each, viz. “Bell and 
Hills’,” etc., elicited expressions of great satisfaction. 
After allusions to the generous gift, and to the great 
advantages to be derived from the addition to the exist¬ 
ing library of such works for the younger students, the 
class which it was especially the intention of the donor 
to benefit, it was resolved and carried unanimously, 
“ That the thanks of the Society be given for the above 
valuable works, and that the Secretary be requested to 
communicate this resolution to T. H. Hills, Esq. 
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A BILL INTITULED AN ACT TO AMEND THE 
PETROLEUM ACTS 1862 AND 1868. 
33 & 34 Vict. 
Whereas it is expedient to amend the law relating to 
the sale and keeping of petroleum and other substances 
of the like nature: 
Be it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, 
by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual 
and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament 
assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows: 
1. This Act may be cited as the Petroleum Act, 1870. 
2. This Act shall be construed as one with the Petro¬ 
leum Acts, 1862, 1868, and those Acts and this Act may 
be cited together as the Petroleum Acts, 1862 to 1870. 
3. Section 4 of the Petroleum Act, 1868, shall not 
apply to petroleum kept by a dealer for sale by retail, if 
such dealer comply with the following conditions, 
namely: 
(1.) That the petroleum is kept in separate glass, 
earthenware, or metal bottles, each of which con¬ 
tains not more than half a pint, and is securely 
corked; and 
(2.) That the aggregate amount of petroleum kept 
by the dealer, supposing the whole contents of the 
bottles to be in bulk, does not exceed three gal¬ 
lons ; and 
(3.) That each bottle has attached thereto a label in 
legible characters stating as follows: “ Great care 
must be taken in bringing any light near to the 
contents of this vessel, as they give off an inflam¬ 
mable vapour at a temperature ef less than one 
hundred degrees of Fahrenheit’s thermometer.” 
Every dealer who acts in contravention of any of the 
above conditions shall be liable to the forfeiture and 
penalty prescribed by section 4 of the Petroleum Act, 
1868. 
4. Any officer authorized by the local authority may 
purchase petroleum from any dealer in it, or may, on 
producing a copy of his appointment, purporting to be 
certified by the clerk or some member of the local au¬ 
thority, or producing some other sufficient authority, re¬ 
quire the dealer to show him all or any of the vessels in 
which petroleum in his possession is stored, and the place 
