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THE PHARMACEUTICAL JOURNAL AND TRANSACTIONS. 
[July 1,1872, 
record the’ kind and affable manner in which they wore 
received by one and all the members of Parliament with 
whom it was their pleasure to come in contact. Your 
deputation feel that the course adopted by the Council 
has met with great success and encouragement. 
Mr. Dobb proposed that the best thanks of this Coun¬ 
cil be given to Messrs. Wilson and Preston for the very 
energetic and admirable manner in which they had 
carried out the views of the Council. This was seconded 
by Mr. Radley, supported by Mr. Cocking and Mr. Ward, 
and carried unanimously. This concluded the business 
of the meeting. 
BOLTON DISTRICT ASSOCIATION OF CHE¬ 
MISTS AND DRUGGISTS. 
1st. That this meeting having heard read a Bill en¬ 
titled “An Act to Amend the Pharmacy Act of 1868,’' 
introduced into ,the House of Lords, and passed through 
all its stages in about a week, and having considered the 
same, expressed its strong disapproval of the Bill, and 
the unseemly haste with which it is being pushed through 
Parliament. 
Proposed by Mr. Cockshott, seconded by Mr. Swaino— 
2nd. That a petition to the House of Commons againsfc. 
the passing of the Bill be signed and forwarded for 
presentation to one of the borough members. 
Proposed by Mr. Boanland, seconded by Mr. Pullen— 
3rd. That the best thanks of the meeting be given to 
the President, Mr. Rimmington, for his services in 
the chair. 
A Meeting of the committee of this Association was 
held on Tuesday, June 20tli, to consider the desirability 
of taking steps to oppose the passage through the House 
of Commons of the Pharmacy Bill, 1871, when it was 
unanimously decided that the petition received from the 
Manchester Defence Association, and which had been 
signed by almost every member of the trade in the dis¬ 
trict, should be forwarded to our senior Member for pre¬ 
sentation, together with the following resolution:— 
“That the petition, signed by almost every chemist 
and druggist in Bolton, Farnworth, Atherton and Tyl- 
desley, be forwarded to John Hick, Esq., M.P., as senior 
Member for this borough, for presentation in the House 
of Commons, and that Lieut.-Colonel Grey, M.P., be 
supplied with a copy, and earnestly requested to sup¬ 
port it. 
The committee also beg to submit that the feeling of the 
whole trade in this district is most decidedly against the 
imposition of such an uncalled-for interference with the 
rights and liberties of persons conducting the business; 
and when it is considered that statistics prove the 
gross average of deaths through cither misadventure 
or carelessness to be only 1^- persons per annum for the 
whole population of the kingdom, there is surely no suf¬ 
ficient reason for such vexatious proceedings. This feel¬ 
ing is most forcibly expressed in the following extract 
from a resolution forwarded for presentation to the 
Pharmaceutical Council in April last:— 
“That the poisons regulations proposed by the Phar¬ 
maceutical Council are at the present time quite unne¬ 
cessary, inasmuch as that by the recent Act of Parlia¬ 
ment a very rigid examination for all future chemists 
and druggists is rendered compulsory, and it is consi¬ 
dered that with such an educational status the safety of 
the public is most effectually provided for; and that, as 
the said regulations cannot bo carried out without in¬ 
spection, it is felt to be a most unjust and inquisitorial 
interference with the liberties of a body of tradesmen 
recognized as almost approaching the medical profes¬ 
sion, who are not to be affected by such proposed legis¬ 
lation.’’ 
BRADFORD CHEMISTS’ ASSOCIATION. 
On Wednesday, the 21st ult., a Special General 
Meeting of all members of the trade was convened to be j 
held in the room of the Society in Salem Street, to con¬ 
sider the “Amended Pharmacy Act.” The response to 
this invitation was only small. The opinion of most of the 
leading members appeared to be that neither the Bill 
nor the Regulations which it sought to enforce could be 
hailed as a blessing conferred upon the trade, and, there¬ 
fore, could not receive their support; yet it was thought 
that the fierce opposition and denunciation of some of its 
opponents was greatly in excess of what it merited, and 
that a more temperate and conciliatory attitude towards 
the Government would bring about a more satisfactory 
result. The following resolutions passed unanimously:— 1 
BIRMINGHAM. 
At a Meeting of the Midland Counties Chemists’ Asso¬ 
ciation, held at the Temperance Hall, Birmingham, oir 
June 27th, the following resolution was unanimously 
agreed to :—• 
Moved by Mr. George Dymond, seconded by Mr. C- 
J. Aiielaster:— 
“That the following form of petition to Parliament 
in reference to the Pharmacy Act now before Par¬ 
liament, be adopted by this Council, and it is- 
ordered that it be signed by the President and Secre¬ 
taries and forwarded to Mr. Dixon for presentation.”' 
Carried unanimously. 
To the Honourable the Commons of Great Britain and 
Ireland in Parliament assembled. 
The humble petition of the Midland Counties Chemists” 
Association, as represented by a meeting of the Council 
of that Association, held in Birmingham, on June 27th, 
1871 :— 
Showeth: 
“ That, whereas a Bill, entitled ‘ An Act to Amend, 
the Pharmacy Act, 1868,’ is before the House of Com¬ 
mons, which contains provisions for imposing upon 
chemists and druggists in Great Britain compulsory re¬ 
gulations for the keeping and selling of poisons; and, 
whereas this subject has already obtained the serious at¬ 
tention of the Council of the Pharmaceutical Society, of 
the Pharmaceutical Socioty at large and of its Annual 
Meeting held last month in London; and, whereas these • 
bodies have, after due deliberation, agreed upon the 
adoption of certain ‘ Recommendations ’ to be observed 
by chemists in keeping and selling poisons; and as the 
subject has been by the said Annual Meeting of the 
Pharmaceutical Society, remitted to the continued atten¬ 
tion of its Council during the present year; and whereas, 
moreover, any legislative compulsory interference on 
this subject,, which applies only to chemists, whilst it 
exempts the larger body of medical practitioners from 
its operation, w r oukl be partial, ineffective and unjust. 
“ Your petitioners, therefore, humbly pray that yours 
honourable House will, fof the present, suspend any 
further action in reference to the said Act, until the mea¬ 
sures which the Pharmaceutical Society have adopted to- 
attain the end in view, and which they still have under 
their care, have had a fair and reasonable trial, or until 
(if legislation bo at last necessary) a more just and equal 
measure is prepared which shall embrace the whole o£ 
the dispensers of medicine in the kingdom. 
“ And your petitioners will ever pray. 
“ Signed by George Dymond, 
“ President of the Association. 
“ Joseph Lucas, 1 „ , . „ 
“W. R. Jones, )* CC)Ctanes ' 
A similar petition to Parliament from chemists and- 
druggists was adopted, and is already extensively signed 
by the chemists of Birmingham and the district. 
