November 5,1870.] THE PHARMACEUTICAL JOURNAL AND TRANSACTIONS. 
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GLASGOW CHEMISTS AND DRUGGISTS’ 
ASSOCIATION. 
Annual Business Meeting. 
The Annual business Meeting of this Association was 
held in the Mechanics’ Institution, 38, Bath Street, on 
Thursday evening last, 27th Oct. There was a largo 
attendance of members; Mr. John M‘Millan, the retiring 
President, occupied the chair. The Treasurer, on being- 
called upon, made his statement, which showed a ba¬ 
lance of £5. 12s. 6bd., being much larger than that of 
any previous year. The Secretary then read the follow¬ 
ing report:— 
“ It is very gratifying to notice from the records of 
this Association, that a gradual improvement has been 
going on from year to year in the character and im¬ 
portance of the Association ; and this progress has not 
been less noticeable in the past year than in any of its 
predecessors. The number of members on the roll is 
ninety (twenty-three of whom are employers); and 
though it is not what might be expected in such a large 
city as this, still it shows a vast improvement from what 
it was five or six years ago. This increase is doubtless 
attributable to the interest created by the passing of the 
Pharmacy Act in 1868, an interest which, we trust, will 
never die away. The first point of interest to be noticed 
among last year’s records is the short course of lectures 
on chemistry" by Dr. Moffat, all of which were well 
attended and highly appreciated. Those papers of pro¬ 
fessional interest, read by the members at the fortnightly 
meetings, were most creditable to the authors; while the 
discussions which usually followed brought out the great 
amount of pharmaceutical knowledge to which many of 
the members have attained. The President’s Prize for 
the best Essay on “ The Iron Preparations of the British 
Pharmacopoeia,” was not the least important of last 
y r ear’s transactions ; and though it is to be regretted so 
few took advantage of that respected gentleman’s libe¬ 
rality, it is gratifying to note that the papers sent in 
were of such a character that the examiners had some 
difficulty in giving their decision. The Pharmaceutical 
Journal has been received regularly" throughout the 
year by your Secretary", and its contents perused by" 
those members who do not get it direct. The annual 
Soiree and Ball of the Trade was, as usual, quite success¬ 
ful. 
“ The arrangements for the forthcoming Session are in 
a very" forward state. Dr. Moffat is expected to follow 
up his course of lectures on chemistry" of last y-ear this 
Session also ; and Mr. Hennedy, Lecturer on Botany 
to the Mechanics’ Institution, is expected also to contri¬ 
bute to this winter’s course; while ‘ Yolumetrical Ana¬ 
lysis,’ ‘ Volatile Oils,’ and other important subjects, 
will be discussed by the members. Your Committee 
also trust that the discussion last year on the ‘ Trade 
Price List ’ and ‘ Early Closing ’ will not be forgotten; 
for, though some improvement has already been made, 
we are not to rest satisfied. It is the province of socie¬ 
ties such as ours, as it is to the interest of every member 
of the profession, assistant or employer, to take up such 
questions. Success in this, however, as well as in other 
things, depends altogether upon the unity and co-opera¬ 
tion of all. It is therefore hoped that a large number of 
additional members will come forward this Session, and 
that the committee to be appointed will work as faithfully 
as former committees have done in the past.” 
The President, in proposing the adoption of the re¬ 
port, delivered his valedictory address, in course of 
which he took occasion to notice the action taken by this 
and other societies throughout the kingdom in reference 
to the proposed “ Regulations for Keeping and Storing- 
Poisons,” expressing a hope that we shall hear no more 
of them after tho opposition which they met; and that as 
the education of the pharmacist was now compulsory, 
the manner in which his business should be conducted 
would be left to his own discretion. 
The reports were afterwards adopted, and the follow¬ 
ing officers were appointed for the ensuing Session, viz.: 
— President, Mr. Thomas Davison; Vice-President, Mr. 
R. Brodie; Treasurer, Mr. T. D. Cassells ; Secretary , Mr. 
J. M. Fairlie; with a large and influential Committee. 
Votes of thanks to the retiring officers brought the 
meeting to a close. 
framlmtp ai Siitirtific Itorittits. 
BRITISH PHARMACEUTICAL CONFERENCE. 
Meeting at Liverpool. 
Wednesday, September 14 th. 
{Continued from page 354.) 
Mr. Brady informed the Conference that the meeting of 
the General Committee of the British Association had just 
decided to make some important alterations in its future 
procedure as to towns to be visited. It had been deter¬ 
mined to fix the place of meeting two years beforehand, 
which would give more time for making local arrange¬ 
ments. Of course, this alteration had a special interest 
for the Conference. 
The President then called for any invitations to the 
Conference to hold its meeting next year. 
Dr. Attpield read the following communication from 
Glasgow :— 
11 Glasgoio, Sept. 10 th, 1870. 
u Dear Sir,—Anticipating that the members of the 
British Pharmaceutical Conference will honour this city 
with their presence next year, the Committee of the 
Glasgow Chemists and Druggists’ Association have de¬ 
sired me to express their gratification at the prospect of 
meeting those who are so well known in name among 
them, but whom they have as yet not had the pleasure 
of seeing- here; and to state that, in the event of such 
being agreed upon, they will be prepared to give them a 
hearty" welcome, and be most happy to co-operate with 
and assist them in making the necessary arrangements. 
“ I am, dear Sir, yours respectfully, 
“ James M. Fairlie, 
“ Sec. G. C. and P. Assoc .'’ 
“ To Dr. John Attfield, 
“ Sec. of the British Pharmaceutical Conference, 
u Adelphi Hotel, Liverpool." 
Mr. W. D. Savage said that at a meeting- of the Che¬ 
mists and Druggists’ Association of Brighton, it was re¬ 
solved that the Mayor (A. H. Cox, Esq.) and himself 
should appear at that meeting as delegates to convey to 
the Conference an invitation to visit Brighton. He re¬ 
gretted that his Worship the Mayor was unavoidably 
prevented being present, but he assured the Conference 
that, if it visited Brighton, it wouldjbave a hearty wel¬ 
come. The wishes of the chemists of the town had been 
made public in the following announcement, which ap¬ 
peared in the Brighton papers of August 30th:—“ At a 
meeting of the Chemists and Druggists’ Association, held 
in the May-or’s Room on Friday last, S. A. Brew, Esq., 
in the chair, it was unanimously resolved to invite the 
members of the Pharmaceutical Conference to come to 
Brighton next y'ear, or whenever the British Association 
favours us with a visit; and his Worship the Mayor (A. 
H. Cox, Esq.) and W. D. Savage, Esq., were delegated 
to convey the invitation. At the same meeting, Mr. T. 
J. Gwatkin sent in his resignation as honorary secretary" 
in consequence of ill-health. A vote of thanks, and a 
unanimous feeling- of regret to lose such valuable services, 
was passed, and Mr. Julius Schweitzer was elected in his 
stead.” 
Mr. Baildon (Vice-President) rose to convey, on behalf 
of Edinburgh, the message of invitation to the Conference 
with which he and his fellow-delegates were charged. He 
did not know if the British Association would select Edin¬ 
burgh for its meeting in 1871, but he could promise the 
Conference that whenever it visited that city, it would 
