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THE PHARMACEUTICAL JOURNAL AND TRANSACTIONS. [October 15, 1870. 
MANCHESTER CHEMISTS AND DRUGGISTS’ 
ASSOCIATION. 
The Second Annual General Meeting- of the above 
Association was held in the Memorial Hall, Albert 
Square, on Friday, October 7th; Mr. AY. S. Brown, 
Vice-President, in the chair. 
The following report was read by the Honorary Secre¬ 
tary :— 
Your Council have again the satisfaction of presenting 
a favourable Report of the condition and prospects of the 
Association. The number of members and associates on 
the books, though fewer than last year, is still large. 
The passing of the Pharmacy Act in 1868 startled the 
entire trade out of its apathy, and the result was a sudden 
interest in the future of our vocation, evidencing itself 
in this district by a ready response to the canvass for 
members which was at that tune made. Some of these 
have not maintained their connection with the Associa¬ 
tion, and their places have been but partially filled up 
by new members. There is reason to believe, however, 
that those who remain are they who take a real interest 
in the aims and work of our Society, and that our real 
strength is not less, but greater. 
The pharmaceutical courses established last session at 
Owens College were not in all cases so largely attended 
as was anticipated. Some dissatisfaction was expressed 
in the daily papers at the hour which had been chosen 
for the delivery of the lectures; this point has been most 
carefully reconsidered, and with the very kind co-opera¬ 
tion of the trustees and professors of the College, some new 
arrangements have been made, which it is hoped will meet 
the requirements of the majority of those for whose benefit 
they have been undertaken. One of the principal fea¬ 
tures in the new scheme is a course of lectures on Prac¬ 
tical Pharmacy; one of our own members, Mr. Louis 
Siebold, having been appointed lecturer; and it is confi¬ 
dently hoped that this class will be as well attended as 
the importance of the subject deserves. The following 
is a detailed syllabus of the whole Pharmaceutical 
course :—Five courses of lectures, comprising twenty- 
seven lectures each,—Pharmaceutical Latin, Professor 
Wilkins, M.A., or Mr. Bentley, M.A., Mondays, 3 to 
4 p.m. Chemistry, Professor Roscoe, F.R.S., or Dr. 
Thorpe, Mondays, 4 to 5 p.m. Pharmacy, Mr. Siebold, 
Wednesdays, 4 to 5 p.m. Materia Medica, Mr. Somers, 
Wednesdays, 5 to 6 p.m. Botany, Professor William¬ 
son, F.R.S., Wednesdays, 7.30 to 8.30 p.m. The lec¬ 
ture fees are 15s. for one course, £2 for three courses, 
and £3 for the complete series of five. A Laboratory 
course of Practical Pharmaceutical Chemistry, by Pro¬ 
fessor Roscoe, F.R.S., and Mr. Schorlemmer, F.C.S., 
Mondays, from 6 to 8.30 p.m. This class is intended for 
those students in pharmacy who have already passed 
through the lectures on Elementary Chemistry, or who 
have otherwise made themselves acquainted with the 
principles of the science. Each of these students will 
be provided with a working-table, set of tests and all the 
requisite apparatus: fee, £4. 4s. A prize for diligent 
attendance throughout the session and proficiency in 
the examinations, will be given in each class by the 
Manchester Chemists^ and Druggists’ Association, at the 
end of the session. The Principal will attend at the 
College to admit new students on Thursday and Friday, 
the 6th and 7th of October, from 6.30 to*9 p.m., or en¬ 
tries may be made with Mr. F. Baden Benger, Hon. 
Sec. of the Association, 1, Market Place. Those students 
who are unable to attend the afternoon classes may sub¬ 
stitute corresponding evening classes, for particulars of 
which see prospectus. 
The. advantages thus offered to pharmaceutical stu¬ 
dents . in Manchester and district are such as but very 
few cities could provide, and your Council cannot too 
strongly urge Members and Associates to make the 
arrangements as extensively known and availed of as 
possible. 
Keeping in view the main object of the Association, to 
provide means of professional and scientific education for 
assistants and apprentices, great efforts have been made 
during the past session to found a library and museum. 
These efforts have—through the liberality of many 
friends, some unconnected with Manchester, except by 
sympathy with our cause—been attended with an en¬ 
couraging degree of success. Upwards of £65 has been 
subscribed to a special library fund; part of this has 
been invested in standard works of reference, and the 
Library Committee is about to make further purchases. 
For the accommodation of these books and their readers, 
it has been necessary to purchase a book-case and to rent 
and furnish a suitable room ; this has been done in Mitre 
Chambers, Cathedral Gates. It is open for the use of 
Members and Associates on Monday, Wednesday, and 
Friday evenings, from six to ten, and. it is hoped will be 
much resorted to during the winter months. The ex¬ 
penses connected with this undertaking have somewhat 
reduced the balance of the General Fund, but it was 
thought desirable to devote the whole of the Special 
Library Fund to the purchase of books. A large and 
handsome cabinet for the materia medica specimens, con¬ 
taining one hundred and thirty drawers, has been pre¬ 
sented by Messrs. Woolley, and a series of remarkably 
beautiful specimens of dried and mounted medicinal 
plants, by Mr. Ransome, of Hitchin. Mr. T. H. Hills, 
of London, has generously contributed engravings of the 
late Jacob Bell, John Bell and Jonathan Pereira, ac¬ 
companied by a cheque for £5. 5s. to the Library Fund, 
and Mr. J. J. Pyne a complete series of the Pharmaceu¬ 
tical Journal from its commencement, in thirty volumes, 
with other books. 
The monthly meetings of the past session were sup¬ 
plied with interesting papers and were well attended. 
These were held alternately on the afternoon and evening 
of the first Friday in the month. Tea was provided at 
the evening meetings, and it is proposed to continue 
this arrangement for the present. The Council would 
be glad if the associates as well as members would con¬ 
tribute papers or introduce subjects for discussion at 
these meetings, the success of which so much depends on 
the hearty co-operation of all. 
To maintain and extend the usefulness of this Associa¬ 
tion should be the desire, as it is the interest, of every 
chemist and druggist, assistant and apprentice in Man¬ 
chester and the surrounding towns. Its efforts to pro¬ 
mote the good of the entire trade commend it to prin¬ 
cipals, and the merely nominal associates’ fee of 2s. 6d. 
per annum cannot be beyond the means of the poorest 
apprentice; yet for this small sum he obtains access to 
such books, materia medica specimens, etc., as will prove 
of great service to him in preparing for the inevitable 
examination, besides sharing the advantages which are 
inseparable from association with those engaged in simi¬ 
lar studies. 
Your Council trusts that the Association will be 
strengthened by a large accession of members during the 
present session. 
The Treasurer in Account with the Manchester Chemists 
and Druggists’ Association. 
1869. £. s. d. 
Oct. 6. To Cash in hand. 4 1 8§ 
„ „ Bank. 86 5 6 
1870 . 
Sept. 30. „ 114 Members . 57 0 0 
„ 95 Associates . 11 17 6 
„ Cash for 11 Lists . 011 0 
„ Bank Interest . 2 1 10 
£162 7 eh 
To Balance brought down.,.. 
73 18 8h 
