November 19 ,1870.] THE PHARMACEUTICAL JOURNAL AND TRANSACTIONS. 
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the Governor and Company of the Apothecaries’ 
Hall of Dublin to grant licences to persons—other 
than duly qualified apothecaries—to assume the 
name of pharmaceutical chemists, and to keep open 
shop for the “ retailing, dispensing, or compounding of 
prescriptions of duly qualified medical practitioners, 
and also to grant certificates enabling persons to be 
engaged or employed as students, apprentices, or as¬ 
sistants, respectively.” 
A copy of this draft appears to have been sent 
round to the chemists and druggists in Ireland by 
Hie Governor and Company of the Apothecaries’ 
Hall, with a request that they should give it careful 
consideration and communicate to that body their 
opinions, together with any suggestion they might 
wish to offer. 
The chemists and druggists of Ireland seem, how¬ 
ever, to have regarded the action of the Apothecaries’ 
Company as being too paternal, and not calculated 
to promote the interests of Pharmacy, for at a meet¬ 
ing called shortly afterwards by the Association of 
Chemists and Druggists of Ireland to discuss this 
Draft Pharmacy Bill, which was largely attended, 
a decided objection was expressed to the Apothe¬ 
caries’ Company taking the position of a governing 
body in regard to Pharmacy. At the meeting held in 
Dublin on the 11th inst., a resolution was passed 
“ that the Association of Chemists and Druggists of 
Ireland, whilst admitting the necessity of a Pharma¬ 
ceutical Society for Ireland, decline to place them¬ 
selves under the control of the Apothecaries’ Hall of 
Ireland.” 
In this state of the matter it would probably be 
somewhat premature to offer any remarks, since the 
Draft Bill will most likely attract the attention of 
our Council. We would, however, suggest that the 
Chemists and Druggists of Ireland, who are most of 
all concerned in the proposed measure, should indi¬ 
vidually express their views regarding it in this 
Journal; and doubtless there are many members of 
the trade here who will also feel disposed to do the 
same in the general interest of Pharmacy. 
The recent accession of Mr. Dakin to the position 
of Lord Mayor affords an opportunity for reminding 
our readers of his connection with the drug trade 
as the head of a firm of wholesale druggists in 
St. Catherine Cree Lane, Leadenhall Street. Mr. 
Dakin was born in 1808, and was educated at the 
Grammar School, Knutsford, and afterwards at the 
University College, London. He w r as one of the 
original promoters of mechanics’ institutes in the 
Metropolis, and with Dr. Birkbeck assisted in the 
foundation of the London Mechanics’ Institution, 
Chancery Lane. He has been twenty-eight years 
connected with the Corporation, and served the 
office of sheriff in 1804. He is also a magistrate for 
Middlesex. We may add that Mr. Dakin was for 
many years proprietor of a retail establishment ill 
King William Street, City, and it is with regret we 
do not find his name on the Register of Pharma¬ 
ceutical Chemists; but we hope during the period 
he occupies his exalted position we shall find him 
identifying himself with his professional bretlinen. 
We are glad to state that he has consented to be one 
of the stewards of the Chemists’ Ball, to be held on 
the 25tli January next. 
The friends of Mr. Richard Reynolds will be glad 
to learn that we hear he is progressing favourably, 
and that it is hoped he will not experience any 
serious ill-effects from the accident he met until last 
week, though it may be necessary that he should, 
for some time, abstain from business occupations. 
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EXAMINATION IN LONDON. 
November 1 1870. 
Present—Messrs. Allchin, Bird, Carteighe, Crackncll, 
Davenport, Deane, Edwards, Gale, Garle, Haselden, 
Ince, and Southall. 
Thirty candidates presented themselves for examina¬ 
tion, seven Major and twenty-three Minor; the following 
passed, and were duly registered :— 
MAJOR, (as Pharmaceutical Chemists). 
*Ilaydon, William Frederick... .Blandford. 
*Metcalfe, Edmund Henry.Richmond. 
*Mason, Philip Henry .Norwich, 
Young, Joseph .Leicester. 
Ingham, John.Tooting. 
Chase, Thomas .London. 
MINOR (as Chemists and Druggists). 
*Makinson, Thomas .Hampstead. 
*Bannard, Henry .London. 
* Wright, Thomas .Leicester. 
*Collishaw, John...Nottingham. 
UShcnstonc, William Ashwell .. Colchester. 
*Wills, Joseph.Carlisle. 
*Noad, Joseph.Coleford. 
Fairbairn, Robert Waller.York. 
Hillier, Henry .Newport, Mon, 
Binns, John George.Manchester. 
Riches, William James.North Walsham. 
Milton, Thomas, jun.Henley-on-Thames 
West, William .Leeds. 
Mumford, Francis Charles .... Gloucester. 
Mountain, Robert.Harrogate. 
Glazier, Walter Henry.London. 
Robertson, George.London. 
Stubbs, Tyson.Rye. 
Sanderson, Thomas .Birmingham. 
The above are arranged in order of merit. 
FIRST OR PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION. 
Certificates presented by the under-mentioned were, 
accepted in lieu of this Examination:— 
Stefford, Charles .Sydenham. 
* Passed with honours. 
