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THE PHARMACEUTICAL JOURNAL AND TRANSACTIONS. [February 25, 1871 . 
tion of trade interests where they conflict with public 
safety and welfare, that this Society can he allowed to 
hold in its custody, duties and privileges which have very 
rarely been consigned to one body. An obstinate resist¬ 
ance to the demands of the Privy Council must lead to 
the recasting of the pharmaceutical monopoly, under 
conditions which will ensure that attention to public 
safety which is at present intrusted to the good sense and 
good feeling of the members of the Pharmaceutical So¬ 
ciety/’ _ 
CHLORAL HYDRATE. 
We have received communications upon this sub¬ 
ject from Messrs. Doaieier and Co., Messrs. Gehe 
and Co., Messrs. Schcetensack, Mr. W. S. Squire, 
and Mr. A. H. Mason, but are unable to insert them 
this week in consequence of the great pressure upon 
our space consequent upon the discussion of the 
Poison Regulations. 
THE CHEMISTS’ BALL. 
We had occasion, in a recent number, to refer to 
the success of the Chemists’ Ball as a social gather¬ 
ing, and we are glad now to be able to report that 
the financial result lias also proved very satisfactory. 
The Committee, after paying all expenses, have 
been enabled, from the surplus, to make a donation 
of Twenty Guineas to the Benevolent Fund, as they 
did last year. They have, moreover, by a unani¬ 
mous vote, determined to present a testimonial to 
Mr. T. Donald Watson, in recognition of his exer¬ 
tions as Secretary to the Ball Committee since the 
first institution of that successful, and, we hope, now 
firmly established annual gathering. The testimonial 
is to be of the value of twenty guineas, and is to be 
purchased by a Committee of Selection. 
The second reading of the Bill to Amend the 
Law for the Prevention of Adulteration of Food and 
Drink and of Drugs, which will be found printed at 
p. 694, is fixed for the 22nd of March. 
We have received from the Paris Societe d’Accli- 
matation a circular bearing the signature of Dr. J. 
Leon Soubeiran, and stating that at a meeting of 
the Council of that Society, on the 27th January, a 
resolution was passed to the effect that the names 
of the sovereigns and princes of the German states 
engaged in the war with France should be erased 
from the list of patrons of the Society. This step 
is stated to have been taken, in consequence of 
the opinion that the bombardment of Paris has been 
earned on by the German armies in such a manner 
as to constitute an act contrary to the law of nations, 
and the fundamental notions of humanity. 
It is announced in Nature that the Royal Com¬ 
mission on Scientific Instruction and the Advance¬ 
ment ot Science is now in full work, and meeting 
two or three times a week. 
fnmmfiiras of % fIponitmrtiral jMctir. 
EXAMINATION IN LONDON. 
February 1 5th, 1871. 
Present—Messrs. Allchin, Bird, Carteighe, Cracknell r 
Davenport, Deane, Edwards, Gale, Garle, Hanbury, 
Haselden, Ince and Southall. 
Dr. Groenhow was also present, on behalf of the Privy 
Council. 
Four candidates presented themselves for the Major 
Examination, and twenty-six for the Minor; the follow¬ 
ing passed, and were declared to bo duly qualified to be 
registered:— 
MAJOR (as Pharmaceutical Chemists). 
Appleby, Calvert.East Retford. 
Masson, George .London. 
Storey, Edward Henry .London. 
MINOR (as Chemists and Druggists). 
* Wilson, John Herbert .Lee, Kent. 
^Savory, Harry Banting.Painswick. 
*Peters, David.Llandilo. 
* Jones, Hugh Ellis.Swansea. 
*Pearce, Frank Tring-.London. 
*Dresser, James ..York. 
*Hackett, John Henry .Lincoln. 
*Maddock, William Thomas .. London. 
*Iredale, Thomas.Leeds. 
■3 f *M‘Neil, James Norton.Macclesfield. 
g \ * Martin, William Thomas .... Lewes. 
^Humphreys, John.Staines. 
Richards, James Griffith ... .Newport, Mon. 
Margetson, James Francis ...Norwich. 
Richardson, Thomas II.Norwich. 
Dowson, Joseph.London. 
Young, John Rymer.Warrington. 
Lord, Frederick.Boston. 
Edey, George.Rochester. 
Crofts, Henry Baptiste.Cranbrook. 
Watson, Samuel.. ... .Belper. 
Connor, Thomas Haigh.Wakefield. 
Thompson, George Alfred.... Tunbridge. 
The above names are arrange d in order of merit 
FIRST OR PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION. 
Certificates presented by the undermentioned were 
accepted in lieu of this Examination :— 
Flinders, Matthew Tom.London. 
Worsley-Benison, Henry 
Worsley Seymoui' .Reading. 
nririnral fensittfioro. 
NOTTINGHAM AND NOTTS CHEMISTS’ 
ASSOCIATION. 
The Fourth General Meeting of this Society was held 
at Britannia Chambers on Friday evening, January 21st; 
the President, Mr. Atherton, in the chair. 
The minutes of the previous meeting were read and 
confirmed. 
Mr. Atherton expressed his hearty thanks for the 
vote of condolence passed at the previous meeting. 
The Hon. Secretary announced that the ‘ Pharma¬ 
ceutical Journal’ had been received during the month, 
as also a number of specimens of argal, etc. from Messrs. 
Matthews, of Bristol, and a vote of thanks was recorded 
to the respective donors. 
The proposed Poison Regulations were then con- 
* Passed with Honours. 
