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THE PHARMACEUTICAL JOURNAL AND TRANSACTIONS. 
[March 9,1872. 
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MEETING- OF THE COUNCIL. 
March Q>th, 1872. 
MU. A. r. HASELDEN, F.L.S., PRESIDENT, IN THE CHAIR. 
MR. EDWARDS, VICE-PRESIDENT. 
Present—Messrs. Atherton, Betty, Bottle, Brown, 
Carr, Frazer, Greenish, Hills, Savage, Shaw, Stoddart, 
Sutton and Williams. 
The minutes of the last meeting were read and con¬ 
firmed. 
The President reported that cards of admission to St. 
Paul’s Cathedral on the occasion of the Thanksgiving 
for the recovery of H.R.H. the Prince of Wales had been 
received from the Lord Chamberlain, and that the Vice- 
President and himself had had the honour of attending. 
The Report of the Finance Committee was presented, 
showing on the General Fund Account a 
balance of.£627- 14s. 10(7. 
And submitting for payment, accounts 
amounting to.£575. 8s. 7(7. 
Resolved—That the Report be received and adopted 
and payments made. 
On the Benevolent Fund Account, there 
was a balance in hand of.£281. 2s. 5(7. 
The Report of the Benevolent Fund Committee was 
received and adopted. 
A letter was read from the Treasurer of the Chemists’ 
Ball Committee, enclosing a cheque for twenty guineas, 
as a subscription to the Benevolent Fund. 
Resolved—That the thanks of the Society be given to 
the Chemists’ Ball Committee for the subscription 
of twenty guineas to the Benevolent Fund. 
The Report of the House Committee was received and 
adopted. 
North British Branch. 
The President read a letter from Mr. Mackay, en¬ 
closing an offer of some new premises in St. Giles’s 
Street, Edinburgh, for the use of the North British 
Branch at a rental of £85 per annum, on lease for seven 
years. Mr. Mackay stated that the rent and taxes to¬ 
gether would not exceed £100. The Secretary laid before 
the Council a plan of the rooms. 
Mr. Shaw thought it was important that the rooms 
should be taken in the name of the Society. 
The President said the rooms appeared very suitable, 
especially with two or three alterations, which it was 
suggested might be made in the finishing of the pre¬ 
mises. 
Mr. Shaw thought it would be better if the pre¬ 
mises could be taken for a longer term. 
Mr. Frazer said that property in Edinburgh was so 
rapidly enhancing in value that proprietors would not 
grant longer leases than for seven years. He could not 
get his own premises for a longer term. 
Mr. Savage said it would be necessary in that case to 
take care that the fittings and cases should be provided 
with backs, so as to be available for use elsewhere if 
necessary. 
Resolved—That the rooms proposed to be taken by 
Mr. Mackay in the name of the Society for the pur¬ 
poses of the North British Branch be approved. 
The Report of the Library, Museum and Laboratory 
Committee was received and adopted, and the following 
books recommended for the Library were ordered to be 
purchased:— 
Schellen’s Spectrum Analysis. By J. and C. Las- 
sell and W. Huggins. 
Bernays’ Notes for Students in Chemistry. 
Pereira’s Materia Medica. By Professors Bentley 
and Redwood (two copies). 
Letheby’s Food; its Varieties, etc. 
Oliver’s First Book of Indian Botany. 
Ganot’s Physics. By E. Atkinson. 
Resolved—That the ‘ Historical Sketch of the Pro¬ 
gress of Pharmacy in Great Britain,’ by the lato 
Jacob Bell [the copyright of which was presented to 
the Society by Mr. Hills at the last meeting of 
the Council], be reprinted, with additions to tho 
present time ; and that the President, Mr. Sandford. 
and Professor Redwood be invited to re-edit tho 
work, taking the assistance of other contributors if 
they deem it necessary. 
That the Curator gf the Museum be requested to take 
steps for forming an Herbarium suitable for the uso 
of Students. 
Resolved—That the Journal and Transactions of the 
Society be forwarded regularly, as published, to the 
“ Orleans County Society of Natural Sciences,” in 
exchange for the “Archives of Science ” and Trans¬ 
actions of that Society. 
M. Dorvault having applied on the behalf of the Phar- 
macie Centrale de France for fourteen volumes and 
thirty-nine numbers of the Pharmaceutical. Journal, 
necessary to complete the series in the library of that, 
institution, it was 
Resolved—That M. Dorvault’s request bo complied 
with. 
The President read the following letter from Dr„ 
Tilden 
“ Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain , 
“ 17, Bloomsbury Square , W.G. 
“ Laboratory Department , 
“ 5th March , 1872. 
“ My dear Sir,—You are probably aware that for 
some time past I have published, at intervals, short- 
articles in the Pharmaceutical Journal, under the- 
title of ‘ Chapters for Students.’ 
“The series illustrating the chemical processes of the 
Pharmacopoeia will be completed with the conclusion of 
the present volume of the Journal. It has been repre¬ 
sented to me that, when complete, their usefulness might 
be increased, if collated and published in an independent- 
form. 
“ Before taking any steps in this matter, I feel it my 
duty to inform the Council of my desire to comply with 
this suggestion, and to request their permission so to do, 
as I am led to believe that, with certain modifications- 
and additions, the substance of these articles would forrst 
a useful text-book for students. 
“ I may add that the work will not appear until the- 
series has been completed in the Journal. 
“ I am, dear Sir, yours very truly, 
“William A. Tilden. 
“ Adolphus F. Haselden , Fsq., 
“ President of the Pharmaceutical Society 
“ of Great Britain.” 
Resolved—That Dr. Tilden’s letter, now read, be en¬ 
tered on the minutes, and that his application be- 
complied with. 
Resolved—That a Conversazione be held on Wednes¬ 
day, the 15th May, and that the Secretary be in¬ 
structed to apply to the Lords of her Majesty’s- 
Council on Education for permission to use the 
South Kensington Museum on the evening of that, 
day for such purpose. 
Resolved—That the Report of the Evening Meetings- 
Committee be received. 
The Report of the Parliamentary Committee was 
received and adopted. 
