November 12, 1870.] THE PHARMACEUTICAL JOURNAL AND TRANSACTIONS. 
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-now rather than retain office till the end of the year, 
hat may just say that I have held office as long as in 
niv opinion a member representing a country district 
should; that with the present preponderance of country 
members of the Council, I could not, during the winter 
months, do the amount of Committee work which it is 
.absolutely necessary each should take, and that it would 
bo wrong for me longer to hold a position which can 
readily be filled by some one with larger opportunities 
and greater power of benefiting the Society in these 
particulars. 
“ I need not assure the Council of my desire, whether 
in office or out of it, to further by every means in my 
power the advancement of pharmacy and the welfare of 
the Society. 
“ I remain, dear Sir, faithfully yours, 
“Henry B. Brady.” 
Whereupon it was 
Moved by Mr. Deane, seconded by Mr. Hills, and 
Resolved—That the Council, in accepting the resig¬ 
nation of Mr. H. B. Brady, desire to record their 
great regret-at the loss they sustain, and that cir¬ 
cumstances necessitate the course ho has found it 
desirable to adopt. 
It was ordered to be recorded on the minutes, 
That the portrait of the President, George Webb 
Sandford, painted by J. P. Knight, R.A., was pre¬ 
sented to the Society at the first Evening Meeting 
for the session, October 5th, by Frederick Barron, 
Esq'., in the name of the Committee of the Fund 
raised for that purpose. 
The Report of the Finance Committee was presented, 
showing on the General Fund Account a balance in the 
'Treasurer’s hands of.£1390. 5 s. 3 cl. 
Submitting for payments Accounts 
amounting to.£582. 15s. 7 cl. 
On the Benevolent Fund Account a 
balance of.£547. 12s. lit?. 
Resolved—That the Report be received and adopted 
and payments made. 
The Report of the Library, Museum and Laboratory 
Committee having been read, it was 
Resolved—That it be received and adopted. 
Benevolent Fund. 
Resolved—That Charles Thomas Anderson and Hannah 
Greaves, having at the late election obtained the 
largest number of votes, be declared elected annui¬ 
tants, and that the Treasurer be requested to pay 
them their several annuities to Christmas next. 
Application for temporary assistance having been 
made by the two unsuccessful candidates, it was 
Resolved—That the sum of £10 be granted to each of 
them. 
Resolved—That the Report of the House Committee 
be received and adopted. 
Upon the Report of the Parliamentary Committee, it 
was 
Resolved—That the Registrar be requested, and is 
hereby authorized, to erase from the Register of 
Chemists and Druggists the names of Thomas 
Holmes, of Great Grimsby, and Samuel Dicey 
Holmes, of Mortlake Road, Richmond, Surrey. 
The following Report of the Provincial Education 
Committee having been read was received and adopted. 
Report. 
Your Committee have already presented to the Council 
tabulated results of their inquiries into the present faci¬ 
lities for Pharmaceutical Education in the provinces. 
These returns show the existence of a considerable 
amount of educational effort, which may be taken as 
confirmatory evidence of an educational demand. 
The Committee next proceeded to the second stage of 
ihe inquiry remitted to them. They gladly embraced 
the opportunity of inviting Mr. Geo. F. Schacht, of 
Clifton, to attend their meeting, at which it was con¬ 
sidered how to aid Provincial Education. The Report 
now presented shows the conclusions at which, after full 
discussion, the Committee arrived. 
It is clear that the requirements of the Pharmacy Act 
of 1868 will annually compel the technical education of 
a number of young men, many times greater than can 
be received into the Society’s School of Pharmacy in 
London. Many of these may obtain the needful amount 
of knowledge by diligent private study, but the case of 
the majority will probably be analogous to that of pro¬ 
vincial students of medicine, whose wants have resulted 
in the establishment of medical schools in eight of the 
principal towns of England. To a large extent the 
students of these medical schools pursue their studies 
simultaneously with engagements as assistants to medi¬ 
cal men. It is evident that the cost of an educational 
course is thus much reduced. Your Committee believe 
that whilst the greatest advantages will fall to the lot of 
those students who pass a session at the Society’s School 
in London, still, the requirements of the Minor Examina¬ 
tion (viewed as the portal to the title of Chemist and 
Druggist) may be met by a large section of young men 
who will take situations in towns offering the means of 
technical education. 
Such a system, when established, will bring its at¬ 
tendant changes to both employer and employed. The 
former must be prepared to grant a regular amount of 
time to his assistants for attendance upon lectures, and 
the assistant will doubtless find that the money-payment 
for his services is somewhat reduced in consequence. 
The Committee consider that there are many reasons 
tending to make this system of education a desirable one. 
The following are the more prominent, viz.:—the in¬ 
terests of the students, to whom a complete course of in¬ 
struction would be offered, to the discouragement of 
spasmodic effort and cramming; the advantages of a 
healthy competition and the stimulus of class-teaching 
would be seemed; the standard of the Board of Ex¬ 
aminers would be upheld by the circumstance that the 
required education could be obtained by those who wished 
for it; finally, the above-named influences would raise 
the tone of the body corporate, and increase its esprit de 
corps. 
It does not appear to be the function of the Society 
to initiate new Schools of Pharmacy, but it may mate¬ 
rially strengthen the endeavours which are being made 
in this direction in various districts, and aid the further 
development of existing institutions. Theoretically, the 
Society ought to require as a condition of granting aid 
that there should be a complete curriculum of the sub¬ 
jects required for the Minor Examination, viz. Chemis¬ 
try, Practical Chemistry, Materia Medica with Phar¬ 
macy, and Botany. The Committee recommend that 
this standard be deemed to be that recognized by the 
Council, but that at first its application be not enforced. 
It frequently happens that courses of lectures deli¬ 
vered at other institutions are available for the students 
of provincial Chemists’ Associations. Where no reason 
to the contrary exists, this economy of teaching-power is 
to be commended and encouraged. 
The discussion upon Provincial Education at the re¬ 
cent meeting of the British Pharmaceutical Conference 
at Liverpool exhibited great unanimity of feeling upon 
the elementary education to be required from those 
entering the calling of pharmacy. The opinion was ex¬ 
pressed by nearly all the speakers, that no youth should 
be accepted as an apprentice until he had passed the 
Preliminary Examination. The Committee cordially en¬ 
dorse this view, and they would exclude the subjects of 
this examination from those to be aided by the Society. 
The question of permanence in the system of grants in 
aid of Provincial Education has received attention, and 
the Committee wish to record their views upon this im¬ 
portant aspect of the question. They regard the prer 
