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THE PHARMACEUTICAL JOURNAL AND TRANSACTIONS. 
[May 4, 187&. 
have a North of England "branch of the Pharmaceutical 
Society, and who knows but what we may be the original 
cause of such a proceeding. We are, through the help 
of our hard-working and indefatigable Secretary, Mr. 
George Proctor, I believe increasing our numbers, and 
if you will all join and work hand-in-hand, I feel certain 
we shall rise quickly to the position of one of the best— 
I mean most useful and well-working-Associations, in the 
kingdom. 
NORWICH CHEMISTS’ ASSISTANTS 
ASSOCIATION. 
On Friday, 12th ult., the Winter Session of the above 
Association terminated, and with it, the weekly classes, 
with the exception of that for the Preliminary Examina¬ 
tion, which will be continued until July next. 
In spite of the offer of prizes at the beginning of the 
session, the attendance has been very limited; the few 
students, however, who have been regular have worked 
well, and, it is hoped, will show to advantage in the 
examinations which will be held. 
Three prizes of books are to be awarded to those who 
obtain the highest number of marks in a viva voce ex¬ 
amination on those subjects taught by the Association ; 
the fourth, given by the Vice-President, for the best 
written answers to a chemistry paper. 
For this last, Professor Attfield has kindly consented 
to award marks. 
Lately the Council have largel} r increased the library, 
consequently there has been a much moi’e extensive circu¬ 
lation than heretofore. 
The museum has also been increased, principally by 
donations from some of the leading London wholesale 
firms. 
GLASGOW CHEMISTS AND DRUGGISTS’ 
ASSOCIATION. 
The Annual Business Meeting of this Association was 
held in the West Hall, Anderson’s University, on the 
evening of Wednesday, 24th April last; Mr. Thomas 
Davison, President, presiding. There was a large at¬ 
tendance of members. The minutes of the last meeting 
having been read by the Secretary and approved of, Mr. 
J. J. Weir brought forward the motion of which he had 
given previous notice, anent the present unnecessary 
Sunday traffic. He supported his motion by a length¬ 
ened address ; and after a good deal of discussion for and 
against, in which Messrs. Kinninmont, John Black, 
Brodie, Fairlie, the President, and others took part, 
the following motion was unanimously agreed to :— 
“ That this association views with sincere regret the 
widespread traffic in unnecessary articles on Sundays ; 
and, having the honour and good of our profession at 
heart, w r e resolve to appoint a committee to draw up cir¬ 
culars, first, requesting employers connected with the 
drug business to discountenance the sale of such articles 
v'hich do not necessarily come within the province of 
medicines; second, an address to the public, in the form 
of a card which could be placed prominently in the 
shop, where the attention of customers might be drawn 
to it, and thus induce them to desist from inquiring for 
such articles; and, third, to the various minfsters 
throughout the city, asking their assistance, and that of 
their congregations, to curtail or put a stop altogether to 
the unnecessary traffic. Messrs. Davison, Kinninmont, 
and Weir to be the committee.” 
The Secretary, Mr. Fairlie, was then called upon, 
and read, as follows, the 
Annual Report for Session 1871-2. 
“ The continued prosperity of your association is a 
great cause for congratulation. Many societies such as 
yours, long before they reach the age of your associa¬ 
tion, pine away and die through ill-health; but yours 
has gone on from strength unto strength, alw'ays grow'- 
ing in usefulness and influence as it grew' in years. 
“Session 1871-2 has been no exception. The mem¬ 
bership consists of 38 employers, 50 assistants, and six 
apprentices, numbering 94 in all,—a smaller number, no 
doubt, than that of the year immediately preceding, but 
the new meeting-place being somewhat of a novelty last 
year, together with the small subscription, accounted in 
some degree for the great accession to the number of 
members last session. This year, however, that novelty 
has worn off, w'hile the increased subscription, we are 
sorry to say, has prevented many from joining us, while 
some of those have found the attractions of the Assis¬ 
tants’ Association and the agitation for early closing 
more in accordance with their wishes. We are con¬ 
vinced the late hour of meeting also prevents many from 
becoming members, and we earnestly hope that arrange¬ 
ments may be made next session which will enable us to 
meet at least an hour earlier than hitherto. 
“The proceedings throughout the session just closed 
have been carried on with the usual spirit, the chief features 
being the opening address by Mr. E. C. C. Stanford, of 
the British Seaweed Company, and the address on 
‘ Indian Poisons.’ by Professor P. A. Simpson. Tha 
Association has also been indebted to Mr. M. H. Coch¬ 
rane, F.C.S., Demonstrator in Anderson’s University, for 
two very practical papers which were beautifully illus¬ 
trated. To these gentlemen your Council w r ould again 
tender their most sincere thanks. 
“ The other papers by members w r ere more numerous, 
this session than formerly; and several of these having 
found their way into some of the trade journals, proves, 
to some extent at least, that they were of no mean order. 
“ The discussions held throughout the year, though not 
so animated as in some previous years, were w T ell sus¬ 
tained by the members generally, and were both interest¬ 
ing and instructive. 
“ The annual festival, which took the form of a supper 
this year, was quite a success in every way. 
“ The pharmaceutical botany class, conducted by Mr. 
Hennedy, and the chemistry class by Dr. Moffat, have- 
been comparatively well attended throughout the year, 
but the experience of your Council in regard to these 
special classes has brought them to the conclusion, first, 
that a single course of lectures given once a w r eek is not 
sufficient to prepare students for the various examina¬ 
tions to be passed in connection with pharmacy; and 
second, that in a city like Glasgow, wffiere so many 
educational advantages exist at such reasonable terms, 
they are not altogether necessary. 
“ The late hours in many of the establishments through¬ 
out the city, is a very great hinderment to students- 
taking advantage of these cheap evening classes; but 
your Council would recommend that all students should 
make such arrangements with their employers w'hich 
wmuld enable them to take advantage either of the-- 
morning or evening classes in the Andersonian Uni¬ 
versity. It may be well to mention that the usual 
matriculation fee is not charged to pharmaceutical stu¬ 
dents, and it might be a recommendation for the Council 
elect to ascertain if students in pharmacy could not be: 
allowmd to attend the Andersonian classes on more 
advantageous terms even than the regular students. 
Our main grounds for this conclusion is the fact that 
only 18 members came forward this session to Dr. 
Moffat’s chemistry class, and that a loss was incurred 
of about £ 6 to the Association; those who did take ad¬ 
vantage of it, however, have derived considerable benefit, 
though, as stated above, the term w r as too short for all 
practical purposes. These and other reasons have: 
prevented your Council from entering into any newr 
arrangements for special classes. 
“ The number of failures in connection with some of' 
the examinations of the Pharmaceutical Society has 
attracted considerable attention of late, more especially 
