December 17, 1870.] THE PHARMACEUTICAL JOURNAL AND TRANSACTIONS. 
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MEETING OF THE COUNCIL, 
December 7 th , 1870. 
MR. SANDI'ORD, PRESIDENT, IN THE CHAIR. 
MR. HASELDEN, A'lCE-PRESIDENT. 
Present—Messrs. Abraham, Bottle, Bourdas, Brown, 
Deane, Dymond, Edwards, Evans, Groves, Hills, Savage, 
Stoddart, Sutton and Woolley. 
The minutes of the last meeting were read and con¬ 
firmed. 
Resolved unanimously—That Mr. John Williams, of 
5, New Cavendish Street, be elected a member of the 
Council in place of Mr. Brady, resigned. 
The President read the following letter :— 
“ Plough Court , Lombard Street , E.C. 
“ 2nd November , 1870. 
“ My dear Sir,—I find myself unable at present to 
give the time and attention necessary for the right dis¬ 
charge of the duties of a member of the Council of the 
Pharmaceutical Society, and therefore I beg leave to 
tender, through you, my resignation of the position to 
which I have had the honour of being elected. 
“ It is with great reluctance and sincere regret that I 
feel compelled to take this step. 
“ Had I fully foreseen what membership of the Council 
involves, and how incompatible it would bo with addi¬ 
tional claims on my time and attention, which have re¬ 
cently devolved upon me, I would certainly not have 
allowed myself to bo nominated, and I feel that an apo¬ 
logy is due from me in having thus erred in consenting 
to serve. 
“ If I can be of use until the vacancy is filled, I shall 
be glad, and at any time if I can be of service to the 
Society, in the prosperity of which I feel a deep interest, 
it will afford me great satisfaction. 
“ I am, my dear Sir, yours very truly, 
“ Cornelius Hanbury. 
“ George Webb Sandeord, Esq., President, 
“Pharmaceutical Society.” 
Whereupon it was 
Moved by Mr. Deane, seconded by Mr. Hills, and 
Resolved—That this Council accept with great regret 
the resignation of Mr. Cornelius Hanbury, and trust 
that at some future time he may again occupy a 
seat at the Board. 
The Report of the Finance Committee was presented, 
showing on the General Fund account a balance in the 
Treasurer’s hands of.£853. 16s. Ilf?. 
Submitting for payment accounts 
amounting to.£680. 6s. 10 d. 
On the Benevolent Fund account, after 
purchase of £461. 12s. Of?. Consols, a 
balance of.£64. 18s. Ilf/. 
Resolved—That the Report be received and adopted/md 
payments made. 
On the Report of the Special Committee appointed to 
examine the apparatus offered by Dr. Redwood, and re¬ 
port to the Council as to its condition and value to the 
Society, it was— 
Resolved—That the collection of apparatus belonging 
to Dr. Redwood and offered to this Society be 
purchased for the sum of £300. 
Resolved—That the recommendation of the Special 
Committee on Dr. Redwood’s apparatus that certain 
apparatus be from time to time lent to Provincial 
Associations be referred to the Library, Museum, 
and Laboratory and Provincial Education Com¬ 
mittees, acting conjointly, for consideration, and that 
in the event of the Committee being of opinion 
that such loans could be made, that they cause a 
list to be prepared and presented with their Report 
to the Council of apparatus they recommend for 
Ihe purpose, with suggestions as to rules and re¬ 
gulations to be observed. 
Resolved—That the Report of the Library, Museum 
and Laboratory Committee bo received and adopted. 
Resolved—That this Council authorizes the President 
and Vice-President to arrange for the delivery of a 
lecture on the first Wednesday evening in February, 
1871, in the Theatre of the Society. 
Resolved—That the Report and recommendations of 
the House Committee bo received and adopted. 
The Report of the Sale and Keeping of Poisons Com¬ 
mittee, recommending the following Regulations to be 
submitted to the Annual Meeting, was presented:— 
Proposed Regulations as to the Keeping op 
Poisons. 
1. In the keeping of poisons, each poison shall be kept 
in a box, bottle, vessel, or package, and labelled, in ad¬ 
dition to the name of the article, with some distinctive 
mark indicating that it is poison. 
2. In the keeping of poisons, all, or any, or one of 
the following systems shall also be used: — 
I. The boxes, bottles, vessels, or packages, containing 
poison shall be kept in an apartment, cupboard, 
compartment, or drawer, set apart for dangerous 
articles. 
Or if not so kept apart. 
II. The bottles or vessels, used in any shop or dispen¬ 
sary to contain poison shall be distinguishable to 
the touch, and shall be unlike the bottles of 
vessels used to contain articles which are not 
poisonous or dangerous, in the same shop or dis¬ 
pensary. 
Or otherwise. 
III. The bottles or vessels used in any shop or dis¬ 
pensary to contain poison shall be tied over, 
capped, locked, or secured in a manner distin¬ 
guishable from the way in which ordinary articles 
are kept. 
Moved by Mr. Dymond, seconded by Mr. Abraham, 
“ That the Report and recommendations of the Sale 
and Keeping of Poisons Committee as to the Regu¬ 
lations to bo proposed to the Annual Meeting bo 
received and adopted.” 
Amendment—Moved by Mr. Brown, seconded by Mr. 
Woolley— 
“ That as the law already provides for the punish¬ 
ment of carelessness and" prescribes due labelling, it 
is undesirable to issue regulations for the keeping 
and dispensing of poisons, as no evidence has been 
adduced showing that regulations are necessary, the 
large majority of chemists already observing all 
needful precautions, and considering the provisions 
for improved education and increased responsibility, 
they ought not to be subjected to any further re¬ 
strictions, unless it may bo considered desirable in 
the interests of the public to apply the same to all 
dispensers of medicine, including surgeons, etc., 
naval, military and hospital dispensers and others.” 
For the Amendment— 
Messrs. Brown, Bottle, Savage and Woolley. 
Against — 
Messrs. Abraham, Bourdas, Deane, Dymond, Ed¬ 
wards, Groves, Hasclden, Hills, Sandford and Stod¬ 
dart. 
The Amendment being lost, a further Amendment 
was moved by Mr. Woolley, seconded by Mr. Brown— 
“ That before adopting any regulations for the keeping 
of poisons it is desirable to have an expression ot 
opinion from Chemists throughout the country,. 
