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THE PHAEMACETJTICAL JOURNAL AND TRANSACTIONS. 
[August 10,1871. 
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EXAMINATION IN EDINBURGH. 
July 18th, 1871. 
Present—Messrs. Ainslic, Aitken, Brown, Gilmonr, 
Kemp and Young. 
FIRST, OR PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION. 
Twelve candidates were examined; the following nine 
passed, and were declared qualified for registration as 
APPRENTICES OR STUDENTS. 
hlacdonald, Alexander.Edinburgh. 
Dott, David Brown.Edinburgh. 
j ( Campbell, Colin .Dumbarton. 
§. < Grant, Donald .Elgin. 
w ( Strang, David James .Perth. 
1 ( Graham, Alexander.Leith. 
g { Maclean, Alexander Edward . .Edinburgh. 
•3 j Couper, Charles James .Edinburgh. 
(f { Mortimer, Robert.Edinburgh. 
The above names are arranged in order of merit. 
The under-mentioned submitted evidence of having 
passed certain examinations, which was accepted in lieu 
of the Preliminary Examination:—• 
Wilson, David Morgan Weir. .Edinburgh. 
MINOR EXAMINATION. 
The following seven candidates wei'e examined, and 
were declared qualified for registration as 
CHEMISTS AND DRUGGISTS. 
Woods, Joseph Henry .Warrington. 
Bayne, Charles.Edinburgh. 
Meldrum, David .Edinburgh. 
Macmillan, James Laker.Glasgow. 
Gardner, William.Inverkeithing. 
i ( Alexander, Hugh Dalrymple . .Edinburgh, 
jf I Wilson, David Morgan Weir . .Edinburgh. 
The above names are arranged in order of merit. 
MODIFIED EXAMINATION. 
The three following candidates were examined, and 
declared qualified for registration as 
CHEMISTS AND DRUGGISTS. 
Dickson, William.Edinburgh. 
Pasco, John .Manchester. 
Stan way, Edward Thomas .... Wolverhampton. 
Irolmuntl tanssittions. 
LEICESTER CHEMISTS’ AND APPRENTICES’ 
ASSOCIATION. 
The Half-yearly Meeting of the above Association was 
held at the Rooms, Halford Street, on Friday, August 
4th; the President (Mr. W. B. Clarke) in the chair. 
Some preliminary business having been transacted, the 
Honorary Secretary, Mr. T. Wright, read the following 
report:— 
‘‘ During the session, one member has passed the 
Minor Examination with honours, and two have suc¬ 
ceeded in the Preliminary. During the half-year five 
papers have been read upon subjects of great interest to 
pharmacists; the Chemistry, Botany, Materia Medica, 
and Latin Classes have been regularly attended, the 
average number present at each class being eight. 
W. S. Grigsby, Esq., has very kindly taken the ma¬ 
nagement of a class for the preparation of students for 
the Preliminary Examination; and as this gentleman’s' 
services are entirely voluntary, the Committee take this' 
opportunity of tendering him their- grateful thanks, 
especially as the rapid advance of the apprentices of ther 
Association proves that the talents of Mr. Grigsby, 
coupled with his admirable method of teaching, have' 
not been thrown away. 
“The financial affairs of the Association are not in so 
prosperous a condition as usual, owing to the great ex¬ 
pense of the very convenient rooms in Halford Street; 
but the Committee trust, with the sustained help of 
the principals, to meet the difficulty. Finally, the Com¬ 
mittee believe they have reason to congratulate the- 
members upon the great success the Association has had, 
and is still increasingly having, in achieving the pur¬ 
poses for which it was formed.” 
The following officers were then elected by ballot:— 
President: Mr. W. E. Hill (A.P.S.). Vice-President r 
Mr. T. Wright (A.P.S.). Treasurer: Mr. W. B. Clarke* 
(P.C.). lion. Secretary: Mr. W. B. Blunt (A.P.S.). 
Committee : Mr. E. II. Butler (A.P.S.); Mr. AY. Thirlby 
(A.P.S.); Mr. S. H. Cadoux. 
The balance sheet showed a balance due to Treasurer- 
of £3. 17s. 4 \d., which by a repayment from the Pharma¬ 
ceutical Society of £4. 18s. 8 d. expended in books, would, 
be converted into a balance in hand of £1. Is. 3 \d. 
A programme of lectures, etc., extending from August. 
10, 1871, to February 1, 1872, has been issued. 
p-aMinp flf Srimtifa Varieties. 
BRITISH PHARMACEUTICAL CONFERENCE. 
* (Continued from jmye 132.) 
Mr. A. H. Mason, F.C.S., read a report on “The- 
Chloral of Trade.” 
The President said that, before asking for any dis¬ 
cussion on this paper,—and he knew there were many 
who would take part in it,—there was another by Mr.. 
M. W. Pattison Muir, F.C.S., which he thought might 
be also read. 
At this point Dr. Edwards entered the room, and was 
received with loud applause. 
The Pkesioent said he wished to express the satisfac¬ 
tion he had of seeing Dr. Edwards present. 
Dr. Edwards said it gave him pleasure to be among 
so many friends; and, in speaking of the Pharmaceu¬ 
tical Society of Quebec, said it had some privileges 
which he might have an opportunity of referring to by- 
and-by. 
Mr. Pattison Muir’s paper on “An Examination of 
Samples of Commercial Chloral Hydrate ” was then, 
read by Dr. Attfield. 
The author said that the experiments had been under¬ 
taken, not with any intention of adding new facts or 
new reasonings to the science of pharmaceutical che¬ 
mistry, but rather with the view of showing whether or 
not the chloral hydrate in common use among druggists 
and pharmacists is of fair average purity. He had’ 
endeavoured to answer, for each sample examined, the- 
folio-wing questions :—• 
(1.) Does the sample yield, on treatment with a caustic •• 
alkali, such a percentage of chloroform as might reason¬ 
ably be expected. 
(2.) Does the sample contain any, or any appreciable, 
amount of chloral alcoholate ? 
And lastly, is the chloral hydrate now generally sold 
by druggists of fair average quality and purity ? 
The results at which he had arrived were,—■ 
(1.) Generally the samples were of a fair average 
quality. 
(2.) None of them, so far as could be inferred from, 
the experiments, contained chloral alcoholate. 
(3.) The purest was that sold in small transparent 
