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THE PHARMACEUTICAL JOURNAL AND TRANSACTIONS. 
[April 6, 1872. 
Mr. Frazer then withdrew his motion on the under¬ 
standing that the subject matter would he considered by 
the Committee. 
Exemptions from Jury Service. 
Mr. Bottle then brought forward the following 
motion, of which he had given notice :— 
“ That a representation of the claims of registered 
Chemists and Druggists to exemption from service on 
juries be made by this Council to her Majesty’s 
Attorney-General, urging the insertion of a clause 
to such effect in the proposed Juries Bill.” 
He said it was his privilege and pleasure many years ago 
to render some assistance in obtaining this exemption for 
Pharmaceutical Chemists. At that time the exemption 
was limited to Pharmaceutical Chemists, because they 
were a registered bodjq and it was said with regard to 
Chemists and Druggists, so called, that they could not 
be included, because there were no means of identifying 
them, and thus a large proportion of the trade did not 
receive the privilege which Pharmaceutical Chemists 
did. He considered it the duty of the Council to do 
what they could to assist chemists and druggists who 
were not pharmaceutical chemists, and he would there¬ 
fore suggest that a representation be made to the 
Attorney-General on the subject. Chemists and druggists 
were not only fairly entitled to such an exemption, but 
they required it as much as pharmaceutical chemists, for 
many men of both classes in the provinces had not suffi¬ 
cient business to enable them to keep competent assistants 
to represent them in their absence, and thus when they 
were called upon to serve on juries, their business had to 
be neglected and the public inconvenienced. 
Mr. W illiams seconded the resolution, which he con¬ 
sidered a very important one. It should be understood 
that they, as pharmaceutical chemists, had no wish to 
enjoy any privilege or monopoly which was not shared 
by other chemists and druggists. If it were right for a 
pharmaceutical chemist to be exempt from serving on 
juries, it was equally right that the chemist and druggist 
should have the same privilege. 
Mr. Sandford said he should not be doing his duty if 
he did not say all he could in favour of the proposition. 
He had always held that chemists and druggists should 
be just as much exempted from serving on juries as phar¬ 
maceutical chemists. It was not any reward or privilege, 
but simply a provision for the benefit of the public, it 
being considered that when chemists were taken away 
from their businesses, the public safety was imperilled. 
It was on that ground alone that exemption could be 
asked for. The same principle ran through all exemp¬ 
tions of this kind. Certain men were exempt because 
they were servants of the Crown and might be influenced, 
others were exempt because they were servants of the 
public, and were more useful to the public in their private 
vocation than in the jury box. 
Mr. Betty said he was not at all surprised at the view 
mow taken by Mr. Sandford, because he knew it was that 
which he had always held. At the time of the passing 
of the Pharmacy Act, 1868, the difficulty about the 
general body of chemists not being exempt was got over, 
because a Committee was then sitting on general exemp¬ 
tions from serving on juries, under Sir William Erie. 
Had that Committee not been sitting at the time, the 
question would have been brought forward then, and 
the Act must either have been sacrificed, or the exemption 
of the whole body have been insisted upon. It was then 
said, however, that the matter was not ripe for decision, 
owing to the Government having a Committee sitting 
•upon that very subject, but it would now be breaking 
faith with those with whom a sort of contract was entered 
into if the first opportunity were not taken of carrying 
out the wishes of the whole body, and obtaining for them 
the exemption from jury service. 
The resolution was then carried unanimously, with 
the addition of the words “ That the Parliamentary Com¬ 
mittee be requested to take action thereon .” 
REPORTS OF THE BOARDS OF EXAMINERS. 
March , 1872. 
England and Wales. 
Candi- Candi- Candi¬ 
dates dates dates 
Examination. examined. passed, failed. 
Major. 7 5 2 
Minor. 21 10 11 
28 15 13 
Two certificates were received in lieu of the Pre¬ 
liminary examination, namely—University of Durham, 
1 ; University of Oxford, 1. 
Scotland. 
Candi- Candi- Candi¬ 
dates dates dates 
Examination. examined, passed. failed. 
Major. 1 1 0 
Minor. 3 12 
Modified. 3 1 2 
7 3 4 
The following letter was read and ordered to be- en¬ 
tered on the minutes:— 
Local Government Board, 
(.Medical Department), 
Whitehall, S. W., 
28 th March, 1872. 
Sir,—I am directed by the Lords of Her Majesty’s 
Council to inform you that Sir Robert Christison has 
ceased to act for their Lordships as visitor of the exami¬ 
nations held by the Pharmaceutical Society in Edin¬ 
burgh, and that Dr. Douglas Maclagan, of 28, Heriot 
Row, Edinburgh, will now act in his stead; and I am to 
request that you will be good enough to see that notice 
is duly sent to Dr. Maclagan of the examinations which 
the society is about to hold. 
I am, Sir, 
Your obedient Servant, 
John Simon. 
Elias Bremridge, Esq., 
17, Bloomsbury Square, W.C. 
Resolved—That the following, being duly registered as 
Pharmaceutical Chemists, be respectively granted 
Diplomas, stamped with the seal of the Society :— 
Jones, Moses ..Swansea. 
Kemp, John.Inverness. 
Maitland, John Edward .London. 
Morgan, Richard .London. 
Smith, John Francis .Scarborough. 
Webb, Herbert Charles .London. 
Resolved—-That the following Associate of the So¬ 
ciety before 1842, be elected a Member of the 
Society:— 
Foulkes, William James .Birkenhead. 
Resolved—That the following Pharmaceutical Che¬ 
mist be elected a Life Member :— 
Benger, Frederick Baden .Manchester. 
Resolved—That the following Pharmaceutical Che¬ 
mists be and are hereby elected Members:— 
Bannard, Henry....Epsom. 
Bishop, William Middlebrook .. Lincoln. 
Hughes, James.Swansea. 
Lake, Richard .Brixton. 
Morgan, Richard .... 25, Brecknock Road, London. 
