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Gregory, John.Stockton-on-Tees. 
Harland, Richard T.York. 
Hughes, William, jun.Presteigne. 
Lloyd, John.London. 
Oakey, Joseph.Liverpool. 
Sproat, Robert.Hull. 
Wilson, Joseph G.Dublin. 
Resolved—That the following, having passed the 
Modified Examination, he elected 
ASSOCIATES IN BUSINESS. 
Casely, Samuel.London. 
Hollway, Albert B.Cardiff. 
Resolved—That the following, having paid their Ar¬ 
rears of Subscription, and the usual fines, be restored 
to Membership:— 
Thonger, Gilbert.Birmingham. 
Potter, Charles.Knaresborough. 
Horsfield, John M.Rotherham. 
Hallsworth, Thomas .Ardwick. 
Resolved—That Charles Potter (Associate, 1842) be 
and is hereby elected a Member of the Society. 
Resolved—That the following Registered Chemists and 
Druggists be elected 
MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY. 
Henry Overbury.Alcester. 
Sidney Redman .Taunton. 
Henry Overbury.Alcester. 
Sidney Redman .Taunton. 
LIVERPOOL CHEMISTS’ ASSOCIATION. 
The First General Meeting of the Twenty-second 
Session was held at the Royal Institution, Colquitt 
Street, on the 27th October last; the President in the 
chair. 
The Secretary announced that the following gentle¬ 
men had been elected officers for the Session 1870-71 :— 
President: Mr. John Abraham; Vice-President: Mr. 
Edward Davies, F.C.S.; Honorary Treasurer : Mr. John 
Shaw; Honorary Secretary : Mr. Alfred H. Mason, 56, 
Hanover Street; Council: Messrs. Barber, Delf, Jones, 
Murphy, Redford, Sharp, Summer, Symcs. 
Professor Attfield, Ph.D., F.C.S., Thomas Hyde Hills, 
Esq., London, W. W. Stoddart, Esq., F.C.S., F.G.S., 
Bristol, were unanimously elected honorary members of 
the Association. 
Mr. J. M. Buck was elected a member, Mr. Burnet D. 
Cohen was elected an associate. 
Several donations to the Library and Museum were 
announced. 
Mr. Davies, F.C.S., exhibited a specimen of phos¬ 
phorus, crystallized from fusion, in crystals of peculiar 
form, and explained its formation. 
Miscellaneous communications having been discussed, 
the President, Mr. John Abraham, delivered the open¬ 
ing Address of the Session as follows :— 
It has been usual to commence the business of the 
Session by a few introductory remarks from the chair, and, 
in accordance with this custom, I proceed to make a few 
general observations. Two valuable addresses have lately 
been delivered, which many of us have heard or read. 
One by Air. Stoddart, at the recent meeting in Liverpool 
of the Pharmaceutical Conference ; the other, by Mr. 
Schacht, at the opening of the Session of the School of 
Pharmacy in Bloomsbury Square. The former was de¬ 
livered in this place, and conveyed some compliments, 
which, I suppose, we might appropriate to ourselves, did 
our self-appreciation accord with the generous sentiments 
of the speaker. Our pursuits demand scientific know¬ 
ledge, and they afford some opportunities for scientific re¬ 
search ; but it cannot be said that many of us devote much 
time to experiment or to study. Some—perhaps most— 
are too busy, some arc so little busy in those things which ! 
keep the pot boiling that they think they can spare no 
time for any pursuits which do not bring fuel to the fire. 
It is not for me to do more than remind such of the plea¬ 
sures and advantages of science; and if any one says or 
thinks that it is not for mo to teach or censure others, I 
am sure that he will meet with a cordial assent from 
myself, only that I respectfully plead the necessities and 
duties of my office. Teachers, and even parents, incul¬ 
cate many a valuable lesson which they do not always 
exemplify. Allow me to quote a few words from Mr. 
Stoddart, which I believe to be well worthy of repetition. 
‘ The pharmaceutist must make the most he c<>n of the 
numerous animal, vegetable and mineral substances 
with which he has to do, and to carry on his operations 
with the view of producing the best results. I am con¬ 
vinced that the most prosperous and happy of our body 
are those that bear these things in mind and who look 
upon mental cultivation as a delight, and not as a neces¬ 
sary but disagreeable task.’ 
“ Our Society is not so meritorious as some of our 
friends have been pleased to think ; it is not so useless 
as perhaps some of ourselves occasionally fear. We 
keep a little flame of science burning. We afford oppor¬ 
tunities for useful discussions, and I confidently affirm 
that during the whole period of the existence of the 
Association, we have afforded full opportunities at the 
smallest possible cost for the acquisition of a scientific 
knowledge of their profession by students of pharmacy. 
If the number who have availed themselves of these 
privileges has been small, it has been from no fault of 
the Association or of its teachers. An honourable am¬ 
bition to be useful, not hope of fees, has been the stimu¬ 
lus to those who have given their time and talents to this 
work. If any of our friends think we ought to do more, 
and well they may think it,—I say let them help , and if 
they do not, whatever the reason may be, I venture to' 
think they should not discourage those who may try to 
do a little. The other address to which I have referred' 
is that of Mr. Schacht on the opening of the session at 
Bloomsbury Square. Those who had not the pleasure of 
hearing- it will be rewarded by a reference to the Phar¬ 
maceutical Journal and Chemist and Druyyist, and I 
would strongly recommend every young man to read it. 
Mr. Schacht has taken great interest in the cause ot 
pharmaceutical education, and he thinks that the Phar¬ 
maceutical Society should do more than hitherto to pro¬ 
mote education in the provinces. I wait to know how 
he and others propose to effect their object. I fear that 
more is expected from the Pharmaceutical Society than 
the few thousands a year at the disposal of the Council 
can possibly accomplish. It occurs to me that possible 
the Society might be instrumental in procuring the occa¬ 
sional services of lecturers and experimental demonstra¬ 
tors in places where no competent instructor resides, 
but where a tolerable class would bear the whole or part 
of the expense. The theory has hitherto been that an 
apprentice was taught his business by his master, and if 
he were not perfect by the end of his apprenticeship 
that he could pick up all he wanted behind some other 
counter. Modern ideas of the duties of the pharmacist 
do not accord with these. A scientific knowledge of 
chemistry and of botany is insisted on and required by 
Act of Parliament. This can hardly be acquired behind 
the counter, even if every master were qualified to impart 
it. We know that this is not the case, and that appren¬ 
tices who learn nothing except what is acquired in the 
ordinary routine of a shop are exceedingly deficient in 
these necessary things. 
“ Of the new drugs which have been recently intro¬ 
duced, chloral is the most important. So far as I can 
learn, we are entirely indebted to the Continent for our 
supply, and it is by no means of a uniform character. 
I cannot see why it cannot be made in Lancashire as well 
as anywhere else, unless it be that our excise duties on 
spirit interfere. Surely bonded laboratories would be- 
conceded by the Government, and I have heard that the.: 
