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THE PHARMACEUTICAL JOURNAL AND TRANSACTIONS. 
[October 21,1871. 
that these gentlemen may he encouraged by the large 
audiences they deserve. The objects for which your 
Association labours, viz., the higher scientific education 
of apprentices and assistants, mutual improvement and 
cordial intercourse, are so important to the whole trade, 
that your Council again urges you to make them widely 
known amongst your pharmaceutical friends, and by 
thus strengthening the hands of the executive, enable it 
to carry forward its original design of establishing in 
Manchester a museum and school of pharmacy. 
Your Association has lost during the year a much re¬ 
spected member by the death of Mr. Charles Wright. 
It has also just suffered an almost irreparable loss by 
Mr. Robert Hampson’s removal to London. Mr. Hamp- 
son has been one of the most active and zealous members 
of Council, and is known to all of you as the author of 
papers of very great ability, read at our meetings, and 
as the indefatigable honorary secretary of the Chemists’ 
Defence Association. Mr. Hampson will carry with him 
the heartiest good wishes of every member and asso¬ 
ciate. 
As will be seen from the Treasurer’s statement, the 
financial position of the Association is good. In the 
general account there remains a balance in hand of 
£73. 6.s. 10U7., and in the library fund account a balance 
of £28. 5 s. Id. Under these circumstances your Council 
has abstained from making any application for aid from 
the funds of the Pharmaceutical Society. 
The Treasurer, Mr. G. S. Woolley, then read his 
statement of accounts as follows :— 
The Treasurer in Account with the Manchester Chemists 
and Druggists' Association. 
1870. 
Oct. 
To Cash in hand 
99 
99 
99 
99 
99 
99 
99 
99 
99 
101 Members 
3 
Dec. 31, 
1870-71 
„ 1871-2 .... 
84 Associates. 
2 „ 1871-2 .... 
13 Price Lists. 
T. G. Gibbons, Esq., for a Prize 
To Balance down.£73 
99 
99 
99 
99 
99 
Rent of Hoorn, Hates, Gas, and Water . 
Porter for taking charge of Rooms . . 
Memorial Hall. 
Gas Meter. 
Periodicals 
Sundries . 
„ Hank.70 19 
Library Fund. 
1870. 
Oct. 
1871. 
Subscriptions received. 4 
Balance in Bank 
£. 
s. 
d. 
2 
54 
17 
3 
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0 
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5 
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0 
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£142. 
12 
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6 104 
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d. 
9 
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. 29 
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The Chairman in moving the adoption of the report, 
congratulated the members on the fact mentioned in the 
report, that their Association was the largest of a similar 
character in the provinces; at the same time it was a 
matter of regret to the Council that the Society was not 
much larger, the number of those connected with it was 
slightly smaller than last year, and very considerably 
less than in the previous one; he was grieved to have 
to state that the entries made for some of the classes 
at Owens College had not been yet sufficient to ensure- 
their commencement. These classes had been the hope 
and pride of those wdio had taken the trouble of organi¬ 
zing them ; every endeavour had again been made te 
bring them under the notice of those for whom they 
had been intended; a special circular had been issued by 
the Secretary, but a general indifference seemed to pre¬ 
vail. The allusion made to Mr. Hampson in the report 
was well deserved. Some of the most important work 
done in connection with the Association had originated 
with him. The paper read by him before the Asso¬ 
ciation, on “ Remunerative and Uniform Dispensing 
Charges,” had resulted in the issue of a scale of prices, 
which had proved most useful in their own city and had 
been very widely adopted in other towns. Mr. Hamp¬ 
son’s connection with the Defence Association had in¬ 
volved the expenditure of much time and money. Ho 
(Mr. Brown) hoped that the poison regulations question 
would not be again raised in Parliament; but, should it 
be, he believed that the same energy which Manchester 
and other places had displayed would again defeat it. It 
was the intention of the Council to make, during the pre¬ 
sent session, considerable additions to the library and 
museum; and should the income of the Association justify 
it, to take larger rooms for the accommodation of students. 
It would be, he was sure, a source of satisfaction to all 
connected with the Association to know that it had pre¬ 
served its independence, and had neither received nor 
asked assistance from the funds of the Pharmaceutical 
Society, knowing how much those funds were needed by 
smaller and weaker associations. 
The adoption of the report w r as seconded by Mr. Yarey 
Pickup and carried unanimously. 
Mr. G. S.. Woolley, in proposing the re-election of 
the President, after alluding to the obligation the Asso¬ 
ciation was under to Mr. Brown for his zealous ancl 
constant efforts for its advancement, said his name should 
be coupled with Mr. Hampson for his self-denying ex¬ 
ertions in opposing the Amended Pharmacy Bill. 
The resolution wa3 seconded by Mr. Bostock (Ash¬ 
ton) and carried with acclamation. 
Messrs. Slugg and Wilkinson were then re-elected 
Vice-Presidents; Mr. G. S. Woolley, Treasurer; and 
Mr. Benger, Secretary. 
Messrs. Hall (Salford), Mumbray (Higher Broughton), 
J. Waterhouse (Ashton) and Hermann Woolley (Market 
Street) were elected to fill vacancies in the Council; and 
Messrs. Standen Paine and C. A. Johnstone, Auditors. 
Mr. G. S. WooLley expressed the pleasure it gave 
him to see many associates present who took an active 
part at the weekly meeting of assistants held in the 
reading-room last session. He had frequently heard 
from students how much assistance they had de¬ 
rived from the collection of materia medica and botanical 
specimens in the room; his firm wmuld be glad to re¬ 
plenish the drawers when necessary. 
Mr. Benger said he could not allow that occasion to- 
pass without expressing the very great regret he felt at 
the threatened collapse of some of the pharmaceutical 
classes at Owens College. He felt that it was a very 
great humiliation, not only to the Association, but to- 
the great city of Manchester and surrounding district, 
that there were not found ten men to save the honour of 
the Association and of the trade by supporting the phar¬ 
macy and materia medica courses. It was not yet ton 
late to retrieve that honour : a few more entries would 
save them from the disgrace of breaking down, and he 
hoped that those names might yet be sent in. With, 
regard to the evening meetings, their interest and use¬ 
fulness might be greatly extended by the more cordial 
co-operation of associates. Though the primary object 
of making communications to the evening meetings was 
undoubtedly to give information, a secondary and 
scarcely less important one was to elicit it; and he felt 
sure that there was scarcely an assistant or apprentice- 
present who did not meet with some little pharmaceu- 
