April 1, 1871.] 
THE PHARMACEUTICAL JOURNAL AND TRANSACTIONS. 
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We wish to remind our readers that the evening 
meeting of the Pharmaceutical Society for April will 
be held on Wednesday next. The papers to be read 
are, “ Alterations in the Pharmacopoeia Nomen¬ 
clature," by Professor Attfield ; “Note on Vinum 
Ferri,” by Professor Attfield ; and “ A Concentrated 
Form of Mistura Ferri Composita,” by Mr. C. A. 
Staples. The chair will be taken at half-past eight 
precisely. 
General Sir E. Sabine having expressed his in¬ 
tention of resigning the office of President of the 
Royal Society at the next Annual Meeting, the 
Council have selected Mr. George Biddell Airy, 
the Astronomer-Royal, for nomination to the office. 
Mr. Airy has expressed his willingness to accept 
office. 
The first Report of the Rojml Commission was 
issued on Wednesday. It recommends the consoli¬ 
dation of the School of Mines and the College of 
Chemistry as a Science School, to be governed by a 
Council of Professors. It is proposed that mathe¬ 
matics be added to the courses of instruction, and 
laboratories and assistance for giving practical in¬ 
structions in physics, chemistry and biology be pro¬ 
vided. The Commission recommends that the 
Science School should be accommodated in the 
buildings, now nearly completed, at South Kensing¬ 
ton, for the projected School of Naval Architecture 
and Science. 
At the semi-centennial meeting of the Philadelphia 
College of Pharmacy a gold watch was presented to 
Mr. Procter, the retiring editor of the American 
Journal of Pharmacy, by the members, as a token of 
their appreciation of the services rendered by him 
to Pharmacy during his twenty-five years’ editorship 
of that Journal. 
According to the Worcestershire Chronicle, it 
having been found by a Board of Guardians that 
the wine ordered for the patients did not reach them, 
a resolution was passed to mix an ounce of bark 
with each gallon of port wine intended for the 
patients, in the hope that it would thus be rendered 
unpalatable. 
We learn from our contemporary Nature, that 
Mr. Herbert M‘Leod, of the College of Chemistry, 
has been appointed Professor of Chemistry and 
Experimental Physics at the Indian Engineering 
College. 
LIVERPOOL CHEMISTS’ ASSOCIATION. 
The Ninth General Meeting of the present Session 
was held at the Royal Institution, on Thursday evening, 
March 16th; the President, Mr. John Abraham, in the 
chair. 
The President handed to the Honorarv Secretary a 
Book of MS. Prescriptions, collected and arranged by 
Joseph Ince, Esq., F.L.S., etc., of London, and presented 
by him to the library of the Liverpool Chemists’ Asso¬ 
ciation. He said the Association would feel much in¬ 
debted to Mr. Ince for his valuable present, which he 
trusted students in pharmacy would take advantage of. 
He also suggested that it would be of service to em¬ 
ployers, to test assistants before engaging them. The 
Council were desirous that the members should have op- 
tunity to avail themselves of the benefit to be derived 
from the collection ; and, in order to accomplish this, 
they had adopted a resolution, which he called upon the 
Secretary to read:—• 
“ That application for the book be made to the Libra¬ 
rian m writing, that no Member or Associate be allowed 
to keep it longer than three days without being liable to 
a fine of twopence per day. The written application ta 
be given up when the book is returned.” 
The President also handed to the Secretary a copy of 
Bentley’s ‘Manual of Botany,’ 2nd edition, 1370, which 
the author had requested him to present to the Associa¬ 
tion. 
The Secretary announced donations of the New York 
Druggists' Circular, the Pharmaceutical Journal, etc., 
to the Library; and a specimen of fresh nutmeg fruit, 
with leaves, etc., to the Museum, from Mr. Richard 
Evans. 
Unanimous votes of thanks were accorded to the 
donors for their valuable contributions. 
The paper for the evening was read by Mr. James 
Blair, on “ The Chemistry of Calico Printing,” No. I. 
The author very ably showed the various processes from 
the first stages, describing in detail the chemical compo¬ 
sition and combinations of the aniline salts, etc., used to- 
produce the various colours. 
The paper w r as practically illustrated with numerous 
drawings and photographs of the machinery employed 
specimens of cloth, showing the various stages of bleach¬ 
ing and printing, from the raw or grey cloth to the 
finished pattern of many colours and intricate design. 
xi short discussion followed, and upon the motion of 
Mr. Davies, supported by Mr. Garnett and the Presi¬ 
dent, a vote of thanks was accorded to Mr. Blair, for his. 
valuable paper. 
BRADFORD CHEMISTS’ ASSOCIATION. 
At a General Meeting of this Society, held on Friday, 
the 24th inst.; Mr. Rimmington, President, in the chair, 
the following resolution was moved by Mr. Joseph 
Hicks, seconded by Mr. G. H. Whitehouse and unani¬ 
mously adopted, after a free discussion of the proposed 
regulations for storing and dispensing of poisons, and 
ordered to bo forwarded to the Council of the Pharma¬ 
ceutical Society:— 
“That this meeting, while wishing to give every rea¬ 
sonable support to the Council of the Pharmaceutical 
Society in its efforts to promote the interests and the 
progress of pharmacy, views with regret the decision of 
the Council to again submit the regulations for storing 
and dispensing of poisons to the Annual Meeting in 
May, believing that the education now required now of 
all who enter the business is the best guarantee of safety 
to the public.” 
In acknowledgment of the handsome volume of auto¬ 
graph prescriptions recently received from the parent 
Society, the following resolution was moved by Mr. J. 
Hicks, seconded by Mr. F. Bell, and unanimously 
adopted:— 
“That the best thanks of the meeting be conveyed to 
the Council of the Pharmaceutical Society, for the pre¬ 
sentation of the Book of Autograph Prescriptions.” 
A similar resolution to the last w r as also adopted, and, 
ordered to be forwarded to Mr. Ince, for his kindness in 
compiling the collection. 
Mr. H. G. Rogerson was elected to fill the vacancy 
in the Council. 
