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THE PHARMACEUTICAL JOURNAL AND TRANSACTIONS. 
[March 1, 1S71 
LEICESTER CHEMISTS’ ASSISTANTS’ AND 
APPRENTICES’ ASSOCIATION. 
The Half-yearly Meeting of the above Association 
was held at their Rooms, 4, Halford Street, on Friday, 
February 3rd, 1871 ; the President, Mr. Joseph Young, 
in the chair. After the usual preliminary business of 
the evening had been transacted, the President called 
upon Mr. S. H. Cadoux (Hon. Sec.), to read the follow¬ 
ing Report:— 
“ The Committee of the above Association, in present¬ 
ing their Half-yearly Report for the Session ending 
February 3rd, 1871, have the privilege of stating that 
the conclusion of this, its Third Session, still finds the 
Association in a very flourishing condition. Your Com¬ 
mittee have met with the most encouraging assistance 
from the honorary members, the list of which now in¬ 
cludes every leading principal in the town. The Com¬ 
mittee have also advantageously secured the present 
rooms, concerning which very general satisfaction has 
been expressed. 
“During the Session forty-nine meetings have been 
held (exclusive of the usual half-yearly examinations), 
as follows :—For Botany 7, Arithmetic 9, Latin 9, Ma¬ 
teria Medica and Pharmacy 9, and Chemistry 11; the 
remaining four evenings being occupied by the reading 
of papers and lectures by as many honorary members. 
The attendance has been throughout very fair ; the Che¬ 
mistry and Materia Medica classes have secured the 
largest attendances, Latin and Botany next. Arith¬ 
metic having failed to maintain the original interest 
taken in it, your Committee recommend to the officers 
of the ensuing Session its discontinuance, thus comply¬ 
ing with the suggestion of the Pharmaceutical Com¬ 
mittee for Provincial Education. 
“ During the Session two members have obtained the 
Major, one member the Minor qualification of the 
Pharmaceutical Society, and one member has success¬ 
fully passed the “Modified” Examination: thus in the 
short space of one year making fifteen pharmaceutical 
examinations which have been passed by eleven mem¬ 
bers of the Association, viz.:—2 Major, 4 Minor, 3 Mo¬ 
dified, and 6 Preliminary. Such a result for so small an 
Association the Committee believe to bo without a 
parallel. 
“Finally, your Committee express their belief that 
the Annual Supper (held on the 2nd instant), tends not 
only to promote the interest of the honorary members of 
your Association, but is greatly conducive to that good 
feeling among principals and their assistants which, for 
the interest of future pharmacy, it is desirable to main¬ 
tain.” 
After the reading of the Hon. Treasurer’s Report, 
which showed a balance in hand of £4. 7 s. 10J<7., the 
meeting proceeded to ballot for the Committee to serve 
during the ensuing half-year. 
The following gentlemen were elected:—Messrs. W. P. 
Clark (P.C.), President; Hy. Cooper (P.C.), Vice-Presi¬ 
dent ; Jos. Young, (P.C.), lion. Treasurer; T. Wright 
(A.P.S.), Hon. Secretary; S. H. Cadoux, W. E. Hill 
(A.P.S.), and T. Miller. 
A programme of classes, lectures, etc., to be held in 
connection with the Association during the next half- 
year has been issued. 
SCARBOROUGH CHEMISTS’ ASSOCIATION. 
A Meeting of the Association was held on Monday, 
Feb. 20th; the President, Mr. G. Porrett, in the chair. 
A majority of the.members were present, the special ob¬ 
ject being to consider the proposed compulsory regula¬ 
tions for storing and dispensing poisons, which were 
ireely discussed, and the following resolution passed:— 
“Thatthis Association unanimously and emphatically 
condemns the action of those of the Pharmaceutical 
Council who wish to impose on the trade restrictions 
which are altogether unfair and unnecessary, believing 
that the tests of competency now required are sufficiently 
adapted to secure the safety of the public.” 
It was also resolved, “ That concerted action be taken 
with other Associations to secure the withdrawal or re¬ 
jection of the proposed obnoxious regulations.” 
MEETING OF CHEMISTS AT BARNSTAPLE. 
At a Meeting of the Chemists of this town it was re¬ 
solved that the proposed second and third poison regula¬ 
tions are impracticable, delusive and unnecessary, and 
that the third especially (while an excellent regulation in 
the dispensing of prescriptions) would totally fail in its 
object, and could not possibly be adhered to in many 
poor districts. 
As the sale of poisons is now restricted to chemists 
whose status and education will be continually improv¬ 
ing, it was suggested that as personal responsibility will 
still rest on each individual, the following regulations 
will be all that can be reasonably required:— 
1. In the keeping of poisons each bottle, vessel, box, 
or package containing a poison shall be labelled with 
the name of the article, and also with some distinctive 
mark indicating that it is poison, and shall be kept in a 
cupboard, drawer, box, or shelf set apart for dangerous 
articles. 
2. All liniments, embrocations and lotions contain¬ 
ing poison shall be sent out in bottles with a label on 
green or red paper, giving notice that the contents of 
the bottle are not to be taken. 
These regulations to be enforced after the 1st of 
January, 1872. 
SUNDERLAND CHEMISTS’ ASSOCIATION. 
The Monthly Meeting of the above Society was held 
on Monday evening, Feb. 13th, on which occasion a lec¬ 
ture was delivered on “ Heat” by Mr. J. Harrison, to a 
numerous audience of members and associates. After 
the lecture it was announced that Dr. Donkin, lecturer 
on medical jurisprudence to the University of Durham, 
had kindly promised to deliver a lecture in May, on 
“Arsenic;” and with the usual votes of thanks the 
meeting separated. 
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BRITISH PHARMACEUTICAL CONFERENCE. 
The following gentlemen were duly elected to mem¬ 
bership at a recent meeting of the Executive Com¬ 
mittee :— 
Ayrc, H. M., Warwick. 
Beal, E. J., Ilford. 
Borland, J., 7, King Street, Kilmarnock. 
Burn, Mr., 138, Coronation Street, Sunderland. 
Canning, W., 14, Bath Street, Newgate Street, E.C. 
Carran, T., Peel, Isle of Man. 
Chapman, Mr., Hendon Road, Sunderland. 
Church, Professor A. H., Royal Agricultural College, 
Cirencester. 
Cockcroft, A., Richmond, Yorkshire. 
Colchester, William, jun., 2, Crown Street, Hoxton 
Square, N. 
Curtis, H., Lewes. 
Daniel, S., 30, Market Place, Reading. 
Davenport, J. T., 33, Great Russell Street, W.C. 
Davies, T. M., 1, Eversfield Place, St. Leonard’s. 
Glazier, W. H., 95, Edgware Road, W. 
Goodwin, J., Lower Clapton, E. 
Gunn, D., 9, Sheldon Street, Bishop’s Road, W. 
Harvie, G., Helensburgh. 
