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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1870 . 
Communications for this Journal , and boohs for review, etc., 
should be addressed to the Editor, 17, Bloomsbury Square . 
Instructions from Members and Associates respecting the 
transmission of the Journal should be sent to Elias Brem- 
BiDGE, Secretary, 17, Bloomsbury Square, W.C. 
Advertisements to Messrs. Churchill, New Burlington 
Street, London, W. Envelopes to be endorsed “ Pharm. 
Journ .” 
THE ELECTION OF ANNUITANTS. 
In another column our readers will find particu¬ 
lars of the election of two more annuitants on the 
Benevolent Fund, raising this class of recipients to 
the number of twelve. By the passing of the Phar¬ 
macy Act of 1868, the advantages of the fund were 
thrown open, as many of our readers know, to the 
whole class of chemists and druggists, instead of 
being restricted, as was the case before that period, 
to members of the pharmaceutical body. 
Though the number of applicants for temporary 
und permanent relief is increasing annually, we are 
.surprised to notice that the amount of subscriptions 
and number of individual subscribers are decreasing. 
This apathy on the part of the large majority of the 
trade is much to be regretted, and we hope, for the 
sake of our cloth, will not be allowed to continue. 
A body of men, mustering somewhere about 10,000, 
should, without much special pleading, be able to 
provide assistance for the whole of its distressed 
members, and for all the widows and orphans having 
n claim upon it. 
If every chemist and druggist were to subscribe 
five shillings yearly, the directors of the fund would 
have a revenue approaching the necessities of the 
charity; and we commend this suggestion, in all 
sincerity, to those who have not hitherto made it 
their practice to subscribe. It is painful to notice 
how frequently the most skilful and highly endowed 
men become unfortunate in business; and we only 
allude to the circumstance to quicken the sense of 
responsibility which, in our opinion, devolves upon 
every registered chemist and druggist, that of con¬ 
tributing annually, as a matter of duty, at least some 
amount towards the relief of his distressed brethren. 
Some time since, we noted the serious illness of 
Dr. Anderson, and we have now the sorrowful task 
of recording his death. 
*VVe are glad to state that at the moment of going 
to press permission has been received horn the Post- 
Office for the posted copies of the Journal to be cut. 
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BENEVOLENT FUND. 
Election of Annuitants. 
A meeting was held at the house of the Society on 
Friday, the 28th October, pursuant to notice, for the 
Election of Two Annuitants on this Fund, each to 
receive Thirty pounds; Mr. A. F. Haselden, Vice-Presi¬ 
dent, in the chair. 
Four applicants remained on the list of Candidates 
approved by the Council for Election. 
Scrutineers were appointed from the voters present, 
who, after examining the votes, presented the following 
report:— 
“We, the undersigned scrutineers, appointed at the 
sixth election of annuitants on the Benevolent Fund of 
the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, do hereby 
certify that we have examined the voting papers com¬ 
mitted to us, and report the following result:— 
Hannah Greaves . 
Charles Thomas Anderson 
John Watkins.. 
Sarah Wilson .... i, 
No. of Brought 
Votes, forward. 
,.1982..,.739.,.. 
..1715....787.... 
.. 929....763.... 
,i 623«•«. 91,i.. 
Total. 
2721 
2502 
1692 
714 
w Signed, 
John Bradley. H. F. Groves. 
I. Bourdas. Frederick Andrews. 
Charles E. Turner. William A. Tilden. 
Charles Coles. T. H. Holloway.” 
Votes polled for unsuccessful candidates are carriedforward. 
PHARMACEUTICAL MEETING. 
Wednesday, November 2nd. 
The Chair was taken by Mr. Haselden, Vice-Presi¬ 
dent. 
The Secretary having read the minutes of the pre¬ 
vious meeting, announced the following donations to the 
Library and Museum:— 
Calendar of the Royal College of Surgeons for 1870 : 
from the College,—Transactions of the Clinical Society, 
vol. iii.: from the Society,—Specimen of Bauxite (alu- 
minate of iron) used as a source of aluminium,—Specimen 
of Cryolite: from H. B. Brady, Esq.,—Specimen of 
falsely-packed Chiretta: from Mr. H. S. Evans. 
The following papers were then read:— 
Remarks on a Specimen of Chiretta, presented to 
the Museum by Mr. H. Sugden Evans. 
BY E. A. WEBB. 
I wish to draw the attention of the meeting to the 
packet of chiretta upon the table, which Mr. Henry 
Sugden Evans has kindly presented to the Museum. It 
is one of a number of packages that were imported into 
England about a year ago. It is curious from having in 
the centre a package of a distinct plant, which has been 
first carefully tied up by itself, and then surrounded by 
the chiretta. 
When first shown to me, I saw it must be a madder 
of some sort by its square, rough stems, which, as well 
as the roots, are red, and by its coming from India I 
suspected it might be munjeet, Rubia cordifolia . I have 
since had my opinion confirmed in several ways. 
1st. I obtained from the stems a very fair quantity 
of alizarine by digesting them in strong sulphuric acid 
and then diluting with water, whereby the alizarine 
was precipitated. 
2nd. I submitted a sample to Mr. Daniel Hanbury, 
who kindly compared it with the illustrations and de¬ 
scriptions he had of the plant, with which it agreed as 
far as the specimens would allow us to judge. 
And 3rd, by his advice, I sent a sample to Mr. M. C. 
