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THE PHARMACEUTICAL JOURNAL AND TRANSACTIONS. 
[April 15, 1871. 
Mr. Hamilton, M.P.S., seconded the motion. He said 
that one great objection he had to the action of the 
Council, was the persistent manner in which they had 
brought the regulations forward without first consulting 
the feelings or wishes of the entire trade; of course the 
final decision was left to the members of the Society at 
their Annual Meeting, but it would have spared the 
members a great deal of anxiety, not to say of exjicnse, 
had their proposition not been so arbitrary. 
Mr. Glen (Renfrew) supported the resolution. 
Mi. John Black moved the fourth resolution as fol¬ 
lows “ That an Association be formed to be called 
‘ The TV est of Scotland Chemists’ Defence Association,’ 
to co-operate with other similar organizations in opposing 
all compulsory and partial legislation; that every con¬ 
tributor of 2s. 6d. and upwards be a member, and that a 
geneial committee be. appointed to have full powers to 
adopt such means as they may think necessary to attain 
the object of the Association.” Mr. Black said he thought 
they would all see the necessity for having a standing 
committee to watch over their interests, even although 
the regulations were rejected at the forthcoming meet¬ 
ing- in May. 
Mr. J. M. Fairlie, M.P.S., said he would have pre¬ 
ferred to have sat a silent listener, but a desire to 
refute some of the arguments put forth lately in support 
G ! D)c regulations must be his excuse. Mr. Abraham, 
Liverpool, and others, had said that an understanding 
was come to with Parliament during the passing of the 
Pharmacy Act in 1868, that reg-ulations were necessary. 
He himself remembered well the passing of the Act, and 
also the poison clauses that were tried at the time to be 
inserted into it, but when they were withdrawn, he 
thought it was that we should hear no more of them. 
As to the statement that it was then understood that 
the Pharmaceutical Society was the proper party to 
make such regulations, it seemed to him an excuse for 
getting them conveniently shelved. 
vr 1 ' (Dumbarton) supported the resolution. 
D reig m °yed that the following gentlemen con¬ 
stitute the committee, with power to add to their number, 
viz., Messrs. D. Frazer, Jaap, Kinninmont, Black, Davi¬ 
son Currie, Hamilton, Alexander, Walker, Harvie, 
Borland Moore, Carr, Fairlie and Hart, Mr. Davison, 
convener. 
Mr. Moore, Pharmaceutical Chemist (Stirling), 
seconded the motion. 
Mr. Alexander, Pharmaceutical Chemist (Greenock' 
moved the sixth resolution as follows “ That the Com 
mittee.be entrusted to prepare a memorial embodying th 
foregoing resolutions, which all chemists in the distric 
shall have an opportunity of signing, and present i 
to the members of the Pharmaceutical Society at thei 
Annual Meeting in May, and also to the medical depart 
ment of the Privy Council.” Mr. Alexander supporter 
his resolution in a lengthy and interesting speech, i 
course of which he showed that the comparatively fes 
accidents that arose through carelessness on the part o 
tne dispenser, and especially as there had been less acci 
dents since the passing of the Act, there was no need fo 
further legislation in that direction. He thought tha 
the Council, should turn their attention a little to ; 
pi^per definition of who should sell and who should no 
sc lags. He knew that in England many huckster 
made a regular practice of travelling through the country 
selling drugs along- with their other merchandise. 
Mr. Harvie (Airdrie) seconded the motion. 
A general conversation then took place with reference 
° li 0t - 1 1(1 , mv °lved in the proposed regulations (ii 
which Air. Borland, Pharmaceutical Chemist, Ivilmar 
nock, took an active part), at the close of which th< 
chairman put the various motions to the meeting, whicl 
were unanimously agreed to, and, on the motion of Mr 
Carr (Dumbarton), a hearty vote of thanks to Mr. Davi 
son for presiding- brought the proceedings to a close 
REGULATIONS 
(Framed in Pursuance oe her Majesty’s Order in 
Council of the 4th June, 1870 ) for an Open Com¬ 
petitive Examination for the Situation of As¬ 
sistant Dispenser in her Majesty’s Naval Esta¬ 
blishments. 
. !• The examination will be in the following subjects, 
viz.:— 
1. Handwriting. 
2. Orthography. 
3. Arithmetic (to vulgar and decimal fractions). 
4. English Composition. 
Note. —Candidates will be required to show that they 
possess the Minor* qualifications of the Pharmaceutical 
Society, and they must satisfy the Civil Service Com¬ 
missioners on this point before they can be admitted to 
the competition. 
2. A fee of 7s. 6d. will bo required from each candidate 
attending the examination. 
3. No candidate will be eligible whose age on the 
first day of the competitive examination is less than 20 
or more than 25. 
Civil Service Commission, 29th March, 1871. 
Am open competition will be held in London, under 
the above regulations, on Tuesday, April 25. Five per¬ 
sons will be selected, if so many should be found quali¬ 
fied ; two to fill vacancies* now existing at Jamaica and 
Ascension Naval Hospitals, and three to fill, in order of 
merit, the next vacancies that may occur while they are 
eligible in respect of age. 
The daily pay is as follows :—• 
Under 
5 years’ 
service. 
Under 
8 years’ 
service. 
Under 
11 years’ 
service. 
Under 
11 years’ 
service. 
Under 
17 years’ 
service. 
Under 
2 years’ 
service. 
5s. 
os. 6d. 
6s. 
6s. 6d. 
Is. 6d. 
8s. 6(7. 
and for every additional year an addition of 6d. per diem 
till .10s. a day is reached. When in charge of stores an 
additional allowance will bo granted, viz. Is. per day. 
An allowance of 6d. a day in lieu of food and light and 
quarters will be provided. 
Superannuation will be allowed in accordance with 
the Superannuation Act of 1859. Assistant dispensers 
will not be eligible for promotion to the rank of dis¬ 
penser, or. to be placed in charge of stores, until they 
have, obtained the Major qualifications of the Pharma¬ 
ceutical Society. 
Persons wishing to be admitted to the examination 
must fill up the annexed form, and return it so as to 
reac-h the Civil Service Commission on or before April 
15th. . An order for examination will then be sent to 
them in due course. 
Form of Afflication. 
To the Secretary, Civil Service Commission. 
Sir,—! hereby apply for permission to attend the 
examination to be held in London on the 25th April for 
the situation of assistant-dispenser in her Majesty’s 
naval establishments, under the regulations of 29th 
March, 1871. 
If I should be successful in the competition, I shall be 
prepared to satisfy the Civil Service Commissioners that 
my age on the 25th April, 1871, was not under 20 nor 
above 25; that my health and character are such as to 
fit. me for public employment; and that I possess the 
Minor qualifications of the Pharmaceutical Society. 
Name in full _ 
Address in full____ 
Date____ 
* As the persons who may be appointed to these two 
vacancies will be in charge of stores, no one will be eligible 
tor them who does not possess the Major qualifications of the 
Pharmaceutical Society. 
