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THE PHARMACEUTICAL JOURNAL AND TRANSACTIONS. 
[May 27,1871. 
away from this annual meeting-, on the supposition that 
the resolutions would he passed as recommendations, to 
have informed their constituents that they had received 
such a letter, and that possibly something- more than was 
anticipated might he brought forward. I need not again 
read Mr. Giles’s amendment; hut I will ask Mr. Giles 
and Mr. Vizer to he tellers on one side, and Mr. Baldock 
and Mr. Betty on the other. 
The meeting then divided, and upon Mr. Yizer being 
requested to announce the numbers, ho reported that 
there were 10-4 against the amendment, 85 for it. 
The Chairman then declared the amendment lost by 
19 votes. 
The Chairman being- about to put the original reso¬ 
lution— 
Mr. Y izer said: I now beg- leave to move my amend¬ 
ment, Sir. I will not detain the meeting long, because 
I hope they will agree to it. The amendment is as fol¬ 
lows :—“ That whilst desirous of taking every reason¬ 
able moans for the protection of the public, this meeting 
considers the recommendations of the Council unsatisfac¬ 
tory, and therefore refers the question for reconsidera¬ 
tion to the new Council.” I hope the meeting will 
clearly understand that we do not by this amendment turn 
aside the idea of the need of recommendations. We, 
on the contrary, acknowledge and receive that fact as 
an axiom of pharmacy, but at the same time we hold 
that these recommendations which are now put forth by 
the Council are capable of material improvement; and 
on that ground we think this meeting should return 
them. But, further, these recommendations are virtually 
the same as those put forward last year. I have this 
morning carefully compared them, and can see no dif¬ 
ference whatever in them, with the exception of a word 
or two here and there, and the transposition of clauses 
in second division, the spirit and essence being essen¬ 
tially the same. AVe believe that if the Council, instead 
of returning- on our hands the same regulations which 
wo last year so unmistakably declared to be unsatis¬ 
factory, were to take them back, and invite help from 
gentlemen outside to a general committee appointed to 
reconsider the whole question, a far better code of recom¬ 
mendations might then be issued. I think, therefore, that 
if the Council would now take them back, and in twelve 
months’ time submit them again for our acceptance at 
the next annual meeting- (so far as I can learn the feel¬ 
ings of those gentlemen with whom I have been in 
contact), the meeting would not then object to adopt a 
really good code of regulations. It is, therefore, in my 
opinion, most desirable that these should be reconsi¬ 
dered, and that we should have a more thoroughly di¬ 
gested code. I want it to be clearly understood that wo 
do not object to recommendations, but we do say that 
these are crude and unsatisfactory. 
Mr. Hampson : I will not detain the meeting, but I 
simply second the resolution. 
Mr. Urwick : I beg leave to support the amendment, 
and for one reason I may say, that at the very begin¬ 
ning of the recommendations we find the word “selling;” 
but the Act itself has provided for the selling of poisons, 
and there is nothing said in the following clauses about 
it; therefore, that word is uncalled for, and shows the 
necessity for revision. AVhcn I commenced business 
some years ago, I adopted a poison cupboard, and every 
precaution which I could in dispensing; but there are 
still things here which, I think, may be changed, so as 
to place the dispenser, and one who has to deal with 
drugs, in a more comfortable position than these regula¬ 
tions would entail. For instance, we are told all poisons ; 
but it did not say that this refers to the schedule of the 
Act. Seeing the meeting- is impatient, I w-ill only make 
an observation on the words “not to be taken inter¬ 
nally.” In the case of an acid lotion being sent out, the 
words “not” or “internally” may become obliterated, 
and the words “to be taken” or*“to bo taken inter¬ 
nally’’ remain on the bottle; I therefore suggest the 
words “for outward” or “external” use would be- 
better. 
Air. Sandford asked whether All*. ALzer meant re¬ 
commendations or compulsory regulations. 
Air. Vizer : Certainly not compulsory regulations,— 
recommendations only. 
The Chairman then put the amendment, -which, upon 
a show of hands, he declared lost. 
Air. Linford : I have already given notice of one 
amendment which I proposed to move, which was simply 
to the effect that we adopt these recommendations for a 
year, with a distinct understanding that the Council 
will propose these, or some amended form, in which the 
regulations may become compulsory at the next general 
meeting. 
Air. Giles : I second Air. Linford’s amendment. 
The Chairman said this was not an amendment, but 
would come as a substantive resolution. 
The original resolution as moved by the President 
and seconded by Air. Bourdas was then put and carried. 
The Secretary said that Air. Linford was preparing a 
resolution which he intended to submit; but, in the 
meantime, he should like to secure a sufficient number 
of gentlemen willing to act as scrutineers, and the fol¬ 
io-wing gentlemen were nominated:— 
Alessrs. Andrews, Baldock, Constance, Froom, Hop- 
kin, Horncastle, Humpage, Kettle, AIoss, Palmer, Pound, 
Robbins, Vizer and Young. 
Air. E. Burden asked what was the meaning of two 
items in the invested property of the Society, one of 
which was denominated Hills’ Prize Fund (£200), and 
the other the Secretary’s Casual Relief Fund (£105). 
Did that mean relief given occasionally to the Secretary P 
The Chairman said that Air. Hills, who was always 
very desirous to assist in promoting the education of 
young men, had established a prize of books to be dis¬ 
tributed every month to those who passed the best Alinor 
examination. It was not necessary to say how that 
fund was established, but Air. Hills himself had found 
the. largest portion of the money, the remainder being 
derived from the sale of the portrait of the late Air. 
Jacob Bell. With respect to the Secretary’s Casual Fund, 
it arose in this way. Upon one occasion an honorarium 
of £100 was given to the Secretary for his extraordinary 
services in connection with the passing of the Pharmacy 
Bill, which he invested at once, in order that he might 
have a sum of money to apply to in the case of persons 
who asked for casual relief, not being eligible for the 
Benevolent Fund. 
Air. E. Burden said he -was very glad to hear this ex¬ 
planation, and he begged leave to propose a vote of 
thanks to both those gentlemen. 
The motion, being seconded, was carried with acclama¬ 
tion. 
Air. Hills said he was very glad the Society had been 
X-Jeased to accexit his small donation, the object being to 
assist those who passed the Alinor examination with 
books to prepare them for the Alajor one. As a young 
man he had felt the want of books himself, and, there¬ 
fore, he thought it desirable to help those who might be 
in the same position. 
The Secretary said, whoever hax)x>ened to fill his 
office after him would always find a great many calls for 
casual relief; and, therefore, if any gentleman liked to- 
add to the fund he should be very happy to receive such 
donations. 
Air. Linford : Air. Chairman, I shall be as brief as- 
possible in proposing this resolution, and my object in 
doing so is, that the Society may not land themselves in 
a hole. The Privy Council will not accept simply re¬ 
commendations as a reason for staying other proceedings, 
and, therefore, I have framed the resolution in such 
terms as to acknowledge our liability at all events. 
I therefore propose, “That this Aleeting is of opinion 
that it is the duty of the Pharmaceutical Society to pro¬ 
pose at an early opportunity regulations for the keeping. 
