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THE PHARMACEUTICAL JOURNAL AND TRANSACTIONS. 
[March 19, 1871. 
whence Count Bismarck was lately represented as 
pointing to kingdoms and principalities,—had per¬ 
ceived that among the thirteen thousand registered 
Chemists and Druggists of Great Britain, there was 
outside the circle of its subscribers a margin in 
which a stroke of business might, perhaps, be done 
by means of the poison regulations. 
The whole transaction may be depicted by a 
slightly-altered rendering of a verse from a familiar 
pre-TuppERiAN source of infantile morals :— 
How doth the little C. and D. 
On poisons seek for voters; 
And scatter stamps through all the trade, 
In hopes of further orders ! 
THE ONTARIO PHARMACY BILL. 
On Monday, February 0, the Bill for regulating 
the practice of Pharmacy in the province of Ontario 
was read a third time in the Legislative Assembly 
and passed. According to our latest advices, it was 
only awaiting the signature of the Lieutenant-Go¬ 
vernor to become law. 
The Bill met with considerable opposition during 
its passage through Committee, and clause 4 was 
struck out; but it was restored in the full house, 
after the Committee had made their report. 
The following is a resume of the Bill:— 
Clause 1 declares that after the 1st July, 1871, it 
shall be unlawful for any person to keep open shop 
for compounding medicines or retailing poisons, or 
selling any of the articles named in a schedule at¬ 
tached to the Act; or to assume the title “ chemist and 
druggist,” “ druggist,” “ pharmacist,” “ apothecary,” 
dispensing chemist or druggist,” unless such per¬ 
son be registered under the Act or has taken out a 
certificate under the 21st section, which provides that 
parties registered shall receive a certificate stating 
the time during which they may carry on business. 
This term extends from year to year, and the certifi¬ 
cate must be procured annually from the Registrar. 
The second and third clauses have reference to the 
articles which are to be deemed poisons within the 
meaning of the Act. We intend to give these par¬ 
ticulars next week. 
The fourth clause relates to the formation of the 
Ontario College of Pharmacy. Persons engaged in 
business, as principals or assistants, at the time of 
the passing of the Act, or who have carried on the 
business for three years, or who have served an ap¬ 
prenticeship of three years and acted as assistants 
one year, are, upon payment of a fee of four dollars, 
to be enrolled as members. Clerks, assistants and 
apprentices lacking the above qualifications, or not 
wishing to become full members, may upon the pay¬ 
ment of a fee of two dollars be enrolled as associates. 
An associate may subsequently become a member by 
passing such examination as may be prescribed by 
the Council. 
macy a body politic and corporate. A provisional 
Council and Registrar are appointed to hold office 
until the first election in October, who have the 
power to grant certificates of competency to conduct 
the business of a chemist and druggist, and to be 
registered under the Act. The election of the first 
Council is to take place in October next, and the 
persons qualified to vote at that election are those 
who at the time of the passing of the Act were ac¬ 
tually engaged in business. Subsequent elections 
arc to take place in July of each year, and the per¬ 
sons qualified to vote at such elections are to be the 
members of the College. 
The Council are to hold two sittings every 3 T ear 
for the purpose of granting certificates of competency. 
Persons desirous of being examined have to give 
notice to the Registrar, and pay a fee of four dollars. 
Persons passing the examination satisfactorily to the 
majority of the examiners are to be entered upon 
the roll of Registered Chemists and Druggists, and 
become members of the College. The examination 
may be conducted by the Council or by examiners 
appointed by them. The Council have the power to 
prescribe the subjects upon which candidates are to 
be examined. 
The fifteenth clause directs that the Registrar is 
to keep a correct list of persons registered under the 
Act, and publish annually a list of persons qualified 
to keep open shop as pharmaceutical chemists. 
The seventeenth defines the qualifications which 
are to entitle a person to be registered as a phar¬ 
maceutical chemist. These are identical with those 
necessary for membership, and an annual subscrip¬ 
tion of four dollars. Non-payment of the subscrip¬ 
tion is followed by the withdrawal of all privileges. 
According to clause 20, the title of “Pharma¬ 
ceutical Chemist” may not be assumed by any other 
than those registered under the Act, and none but 
such persons or their servants are authorized to dis¬ 
pense the prescriptions of medical practitioners. 
The certificates of qualification are to be displayed 
conspicuously in the places of business. 
The rights and privileges at present enjoyed by 
physicians and surgeons are reserved by the Act, 
and it provides that any physician or surgeon may 
be registered as a Pharmaceutical Chemist without 
undergoing any examination. 
The 
sixth clause constitutes the College of Phar- 
According to the financial statement made to the 
Indian Legislative Council at Calcutta last week by 
Sir Richard Temple, the revenue to be derived 
from opium in the ensuing year is estimated at 
£ 8 , 000 , 000 . 
The Medical Act (1858) Amendment Bill, No. 1, 
brought in by Dr. Lush, and No. 2, brought in by 
Dr. Brady, have been read a first tune in the 
House of Commons. Their second reading is set 
down for June 14. 
