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3rd. That the following bo appointed a delegation 
from this meeting to join a deputation to the Right 
Hon. W. E. Forster, in order to represent to him 
the strong reasons existing why this unnecessary, 
oppressive and unfair measure should not be 
passed,— 
Delegation—Messrs. Smeeton, Brown, Thompson, 
Reynolds and Yewdall. 
The meeting was unanimous in feeling, and on no pre¬ 
vious occasion has any subject excited so much interest 
among the chemists of the town. Numerous speakers 
denounced the injustice and impolicy of the Bill, and 
deprecated the position brought about by those leaders of 
the Pharmaceutical Society who had misrepresented to 
the Government the views of their constituents. 
A vote of thanks to the Chairman closod the proceed¬ 
ings. 
MEETING AT GLASGOW. 
At a Special Meeting of Chemists of Glasgow and 
surrounding towns (convened by circular), held in 
Anderson’s University, 204, George Street, Glasgow, on 
Tuesday the 20 th inst., the “Pharmacy Act Amendment 
Bill ” was discussed, and the following resolutions una¬ 
nimously agreed to:— 
Pi'oposed by Mr. T. Davison, seconded by Mr. John 
Jaap— 
1. In the opinion of this Meeting, the conduct of Dr. 
Simon, Medical Officer of the Privy Council, towards 
the Pharmaceutical Society and the trade generally, 
has been marked by an arbitrariness and want of 
oourtesy, which deserves our severest censure, in so 
far as Dr. Simon assumes that the Pharmaceutical 
Society is bound by the Act, 1868, to make regula¬ 
tions for the keeping, etc., of poisons,—an assump¬ 
tion which is not warranted by the fact, and also for 
the unseemly haste with which his Amended Act 
was forced through the House of Lords,—it having 
passed the third reading before the trade were made 
aware of its nature. 
Proposed by Mr. H. Hart, seconded by Mr. A. Ivin- 
minmont— 
2. That this measure, placing as it does, the interests 
of an entire trade at the mercy, virtually, of a single 
individual, from whose decision there is no appeal, 
is unjust, oppressive, and unworthy of the legisla¬ 
tion of this country. 
Proposed by Mr. Harvie, Airdrie, seconded, by Mr 
.♦Sinclair— 
3. That the safety of the public is best secured by the 
proper education of the dispenser, and that this is 
ensured by the provision of the Pharmacy Act, 1868, 
—the only amendment necessary being an explana¬ 
tion or interpretation that its clauses, as to the sale 
and dispensing of poisons, extends alike to all shops, 
whether kept by surgeons or registered chemists. 
Proposed by Mr. Black, seconded by Mr. Greig— 
4. That a deputation be appointed by this meeting to 
wait upon the Vice-President of the Privy Council, 
in conjunction with other deputations from various 
parts of the country; and also, on account of the 
Absence of Mr. Frazer, a deputy wait on Mr. Mackay 
before he leaves to attend the Council Meeting in 
London on Thursday. 
Proposed by Mr. Carr, seconded by Mr. Fairlie— 
•o. That an earnest appeal be made to the chemists 
throughout Glasgow and West of Scotland, to raise 
funds sufficient to carry out a thorough opposition 
to the Bill about to be brought before the House of 
Commons, and to defray the expenses of a deputation 
to London to explain and express the true opinions 
of the trade; and that the Secretary and Treasurer 
~be appointed to carry out the same. 
Proposed by Mr. James White, seconded by Mr. 
Lockhart (Marvhill)— 
6. That the following petition be signed by all che¬ 
mists in Glasgow and surrounding towns, and sent to 
Mr. Graham, M.P., for presentation to Parliament. 
To the Honourable the Commons of Great Britain and 
Ireland in Parliament assembled. 
The humble petition of the undersigned pharmaceutical 
chemists, chemists and druggists and others, inha¬ 
bitants of Glasgow and surrounding towns, Scotland, 
carrying on business and duly registered under the 
provisions of the Pharmacy Act, 1868, 
Sheweth: 
That, whereas a Bill, intituled “ An Act to Amend 
the Pharmacy Act, 1868,” has been introduced into 
the House of Lords, has been rapidly passed through 
the various stages, and is now before your honour¬ 
able House, that the said Act contains provisions 
which will inflict grievous annoyance and injury on 
your petitioners and others, and that such pro¬ 
visions are in nowise necessary, either for the safety 
of the -public, or for the due carrying out of the 
provisions of the Pharmacy Act, 1868. 
Your petitioners, therefore, humbly pray that your 
honourable House will refuse its sanction to the 
said amended Act, or postpone, for a reasonable 
time, its consideration, to enable evidence to be 
presented by which your petitioners will be able to 
satisfy your honourable House that the said amended 
Act is unnecessary and unjust. 
And your petitioners will ever pray. 
MEETING AT NEWCASTLE. 
Copy of resolutions passed at a meeting of the Chemists 
and Druggists of Newcastle and Gateshead, held at the 
College of Medicine, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, June 20th, 
1871 ; Jos. W. Swan, Esq., in the chair. 
Moved by Mr. Buckett, seconded by Mr. Owen, and 
resolved— 
That this meeting, having carefully considered a Bill 
now before Parliament, entitled “An Act to Amend 
■ the Pharmacy Act of 1868,” protests against its pro¬ 
visions on the following grounds :— 
1st. That the Bill, if passed, would, without 
reason, deprive the Pharmaceutical Society of rights 
carefully reserved to it in the Pharmacy Act of 
1S68. 
2nd. That it would place in the hands of the 
Privy Council the power of making petty regula¬ 
tions for the storage of poisons, which, to be of any 
practical value, must be devised by those who know 
by daily experience the requirements of the case. 
3rd. That as by for the largest proportion of the 
dispensing of poisons in England and Scotland—and 
in many parts of the kingdom a considerable portion 
of their retail sale—is undertaken in the surgeries 
of medical practitioners whom this Act would not 
affect, its provisions, whilst they would afford no 
material protection to the public, would involve a 
manifest injustice to the whole body of chemists and 
druggists. . 
4th. That the Pharmacy Acts now in force afford 
a better guarantee to the public that only really 
useful regulations respecting the keeping, dispensing 
and selling of poisons will be sanctioned than if the 
existing Acts were amended in the manner proposed 
by the said Bill. 
Moved by Mr. Dobson, seconded by Mr. Alfred Brady, 
and resolved— 
That this meeting adopt a petition to the House of 
Commons against the Bill, the same to be forwarded 
