.November 12,1870.] THE PHARMACEUTICAL JOURNAL AND TRANSACTIONS. 
gratuitous and is less likely to throw away; of course, 
these fees would go to the funds of the Association, not 
to the tutors. I would suggest that a portion of the 
money he devoted to the purchase of a prize or prizes for 
competition by the students. I trust to hear a full ex¬ 
pression of feeling on this subject from all present. 
Erom what I have said, I hope you will not infer that 
I look upon the passing of the examinations of the Phar¬ 
maceutical Society as the only ultimate object of these 
efforts. I wish you to understand that I deprecate 
“ cramming.” The simple acquirement of facts can be 
of little use except for the present. But if these facts 
are employed to develope reasoning powers so as to 
enable you to trace in them the working of those laws 
which we call nature, they will elevate you into thinking- 
men, and make you ornaments to the calling- upon which 
you have entered. 
Mr. F. Sutton, F.C.S., who had, at the request of the 
Committee, called upon the employers to be present, 
wished, as Local Secretary of the Pharmaceutical So¬ 
ciety, to be permitted at that stage of the meeting to say 
a few words of congratulation and encouragement to 
those young men. He had that day received a letter 
from an employer, regretting that he could not be pre¬ 
sent, and stating that a similar association was formed 
twenty-five years ago, but fell through, owing to the 
lukewarmness of the young men themselves. He could 
quite believe that was the case, but circumstances had 
strangely altered since then; and now it was not a 
matter of choice with a young man whether he passed 
an examination or not, it was a matter of necessity, and 
it behoved every one present to look that fact fully in 
the face. Ho would caution them not to expect too 
great things at first, not to attempt too much. A very 
great deal might be done with limited means; it was 
astonishing how many instructive demonstrations, in 
practical chemistry for instance, might be shown with 
the simplest apparatus. He was very glad to hear that 
a course of lectures on pharmacy and materia medica 
had been promised by Mr. A. J. Caley, and another on 
botany by Mr. Corder. For his own part, he regretted 
that he could not promise a course of lectures on che¬ 
mistry, but he would give them a lecture or two, and felt 
sure there were some among themselves whose practical 
acquaintance with the science was sufficient to give all 
the demonstrations required. Norwich laboured under 
the great drawback that there was no school of medicine 
or science in it, nor any private teachers, and he feared 
it would be a long time before the city could establish 
such public aids as were to be found in many large manu¬ 
facturing towns in the North and West. He was glad to 
see so many of the employers present, but was prepared 
to see all. This was a movement which was of quite as 
much importance to them as to the young men ; he felt 
sure that the better educated and more intelligent an 
assistant or apprentice was, so much the more would he 
be of service to his employer. 
Mr. A. J. Caley assured the meeting of his support, 
and enforced the necessity of real work. He spoke of 
the pleasures to be derived from the possession of know¬ 
ledge, and the immense advantages of early rising, ten¬ 
dering much kind advice to the young men. 
.Most of the other employers present took part in a 
discussion upon the hours most suitable for having the 
rooms open, Messrs. Searby, Gardiner and Wilson ad¬ 
vocating the necessity of closing the rooms at an early 
hour, to allow the apprentices to reach their homes with¬ 
out interference with domestic arrangements. 
Mr. Smith remarked that an evident consequence of 
this Association would be the adoption of an early hour 
for closing their respective establishments, to allow their 
assistants the full advantage of the Association. 
Questions from Messrs. Bird and Cubitt elicited 
various particulars relating to expenditure, etc., from 
the Treasurer and Vice-President in the unavoidable 
absence of the Secretary. 
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All the employers present joined as honorary members, 
and the following donations were promised:— 
£. s. d. 
Mr. Caley. 1 1 0 
„ Sutton . 1 0 0 
„ Smith and Sons . 2 2 0 
„ Cubitt . 1 1 0 
„ Row . 1 1 0 
„ R. Fitch . 1 1 0 
„ J. R. Fitch . 1 1 0 
,, J. Robinson ... 1 1 0 
„ G. P. Watson. 1 1 0 
„ English. 1 1 0 
,, R. C. Pitts. 2 2 0 
„ J. Watson . 1 1 0 
,, William Rackham. .. 1 1 0 
Mr. O. Corder a set of botanical diagrams. 
A vote of thanks to the Chairman terminated the pro¬ 
ceedings. 
NOTTINGHAM AND NOTTS CHEMISTS’ 
ASSOCIATION. 
The First General Meeting of the Session 1870-71 was 
held in the Rooms of the Society, Britannia Chambers,, 
on Friday Evening, October 21st; the President, Mr. J,- 
H. Atherton, F.C.S.,in the chair. The following Dona¬ 
tions to the Society were announced:—Three Guineas, 
from Mr. Bass; the ‘ Pharmaceutical Journal,’ from the 
Pharmaceutical Society; several books, from Mr. W. H, 
Parker; the first volume of Gmelin’s ‘ Chemistry,’ from* 
Mr. Rayner. The thanks of the Society were heartily 
accorded to the donors. 
Mr. Burnie’s Report of the Botany Class was read by 
the President, and the Prize for the greatest efficiency 
was awarded to Mr. Bothamley. 
A number of interesting objects were upon the table, 
the uses of which were explained by the President; 
amongst others,—an interesting collection of Ashes of 
Plants, and other substances, illustrating the more gene¬ 
ral diffusion of some of the rarer elementary bodies (in¬ 
cluding the new metals Rubidium and Indium), which was 
exhibited at the Meeting of the British Pharmaceutical 
Conference at Liverpool, illustrative of the recent re¬ 
searches by Mr. Stoddart, the President, in the applica¬ 
tion of spectrum analysis to medicinal substances; 
Limousin’s Oxygen Apparatus, for preparing and in¬ 
haling oxygen gas; a new Drop Bottle; and Maw’s 
Nautilus Life Belt. 
The President then delivered the Inaugural Address 
of the Session, in which he reviewed the past work of the 
Society, and spoke of its future, particular attention 
being given to the provincial education question; tho 
present means of technical education in London and the 
provinces, and the best method of supplying the demand,, 
caused by the educational improvement necessitated by 
the operations of the Pharmacy Act; and the urgent 
necessity that assistance should be rendered to societies. 
showing a disposition to help themselves, which, by local 
peculiarities, were debarred from the assistance of any 
existing technical schools. Referring to the general 
aspect of the Poison Regulation question, the President 
expressed his opinion that, in face of the very few acci¬ 
dents attributable to the carelessness of dispensers, and 
the higher educational standard imposed, it was unwise-: 
to insist on any “compulsory” regulations whatever- 
But if the Pharmaceutical Council felt that, in their 
interests and the interests of the public, some extra pre¬ 
cautions were necessary, he felt sure that the issue by 
the Council of suggestions, to be adopted by those not 
already using any suitable precautions, would be met 
and treated with respect and consideration. The Presi¬ 
dent said he felt bound to allude to the present unsatis¬ 
factory condition of the ‘Journal.’ He believed, how¬ 
ever, that it was of only a temporary nature, and that an 
improvement would soon be manifest. He then referred. 
