May 20, 1871.] 
THE PHARMACEUTICAL JOURNAL AND TRANSACTIONS. 
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SATURDAY, MAY 20, 1S71. 
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THE ANNUAL MEETING. 
Anticipating tlie full report of the proceedings of 
Wednesday, we now place before our readers some 
•of tlie most important points. The chair was occu¬ 
pied by the newly elected President, Mr. Hasei.den, 
who commenced his address by referring briefly to 
liis unanticipated appearance in the Presidential 
•chair; and in alluding to the retirement of Mr. Sand- 
ford, eulogized that gentleman’s uprightness, ability 
and patience as President. Speaking of the custom 
which had obtained with his predecessors of notic¬ 
ing the pharmaceutical novelties of the year, he re¬ 
ferred to the importance assumed by hydrate of 
'chloral, but said that the results of scientific research 
were now so freely published that he who runs may 
read. The early closing question, which had re¬ 
cently been discussed in the Journal, was one of 
•great difficultyas a rule what would be practicable 
with one class of business would not be so with 
another. With regard to the examinations, he 
thought that the report made by Dr. Green how was 
’•very gratifying. Opinions had been expressed that 
ilie Preliminary Examination was made too strin¬ 
gent, especially in the Latin, but he could scarcely 
see how the examination could be made lighter, if it 
were to be an examination at all, for the pliaimaceu- 
iical Latin required is only such as should be known 
by every one behind a chemist s counter. He also 
•expressed a hope that when the subject of the poison 
regulations came before the meeting, they would 
bestow upon it that quiet and calm consideration 
.-the subject deserved. 
The adoption of the Council’s report and the 
financial statement was then moved by Mr. Wiggins 
.and seconded by Mr. Carteighe. 
In the discussion that followed, several members 
•called attention to the fact pointed out in this 
. Journal last week, that the subscriptions from some 
• of the large towns to the Benevolent Fund were 
very trifling, while the names of others veie absent 
from the list altogether. Several suggestions were 
made; one that a circular should be supplied to the 
local secretaries by means of which they might can¬ 
vass then* districts, and it seemed to be the geneial 
• opinion that upon these gentlemen much would de¬ 
pend as to the amount of contributions that would be 
obtained. Mr. Vizer thought that it would be ad¬ 
vantageous to add a separate column to the Calendar, 
showing the subscription or lack of subscription of 
each of the members, also that a more frequent pub¬ 
lication of donations would be advisable. 
This gentleman also mooted another subject that 
has been alluded to in our columns, the imperfect 
state of the Register and the absence of any pro¬ 
vision for securing notification of any change of 
address. 
Mr. Schacht again brought forward the subject 
of provincial education, and said that while not 
wishing in any way to check contributions to the 
Benevolent Fund, he thought that was not a matter 
of primary importance for the Society in its corporate 
capacity. He complained that while F500 had been 
voted towards that Fund from the general funds of 
the Society, so little money had been spent in the 
interest of provincial education. 
He also pointed out that while the accommoda¬ 
tion for students in the London School is only suf¬ 
ficient for a hundred pupils a } T ear, that is not more 
than a twentieth part of the number who have to be 
educated; and, in reference to the complaints that 
more do not pass the examinations, he declared his 
opinion that the opportunities for acquiring pharma¬ 
ceutical knowledge are virtually no greater than they 
were thirty years ago. 
After these and some other remarks which—though 
relating to matters of deep interest to the Society 
took only a subordinate part on this occasion, the 
resolution was put to the meeting and carried. 
The most important feature of the day s business 
was then introduced by the President, who said, 
that in reference to the Poison Regulations, he should 
merely read a letter that had been received from Mr. 
Simon, and then move the resolution, “That this 
meeting having considered the recommendations 
prepared by the Council, desires the Council to 
propose them for voluntary adoption, but does not 
desire and does not prescribe them as or to become 
regulations within the meaning of the I liaimacy 
Act, 1868.” 
This resolution was seconded by Mr. I. Bourdas. 
An amendment was proposed by Mr. Giles to 
the effect that, by virtue of the power granted by the 
Pharmacy Act of 1868, the Pharmaceutical Society 
of Great Britain prescribed the regulations, and re¬ 
solved that they be submitted to her Majesty’s Privy 
Council for their consent. He remarked that the oc¬ 
casions were few when a Society should differ with the 
recommendations of its executive, but the present was 
one. The Council had yielded, he thought wrongly, 
their own judgments to an expression of opinion 
which was informal. He said that the Society was 
bound to prescribe regulations in accordance with 
the pledges made in its behalf on the passing of the 
Pharmacy Act, 186.8, and he proceeded to read 
various extracts from that Act, from leading articles 
