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THE PHARMACEUTICAL JOURNAL AND TRANSACTIONS. 
[May 25,18721. 
to nominate ten gentlemen from whom lie might 
select the first Board; the gentlemen upon whom 
his choice has fallen being James N. Marks, C. 
L. Eberle, James T. Shinn, Edward Parrish, 
and Robert England. 
There is no poison schedule to the Act. 
HONOURS TO PHARMACISTS. 
We are pleased to he able to record, upon the 
authority of the Hampshire Chronicle, that the' 
Lord Chancellor has recently added to the Com¬ 
mission of the Justice of the Peace for the borough 
of Romsey, the name of Mr. W. H. Slater, Phar¬ 
maceutical Chemist, of that town, and one of the 
founders of the Pharmaceutical Society. In France, 
MM. Roucher and Courier, pharmaciens of the 
first class, have been nominated officers of the 
Legion of Honour; MM. Mullet, Rouchette, and 
Marty, pharmaciens of the second class, and MM. 
Catenac and Jourdan, holding the rank of phar- 
macien aide-major, have been nominated cheva¬ 
liers of the Legion of Honour. 
ARSENIC IN SULPHATE OF POTASH. 
A circular lias been issued by M. Bussy, Direc¬ 
tor of the Paris School of Pharmacy, stating that 
he has received information of a serious accident 
that has resulted through the sending out by a Paris 
wholesale house of sulphate of potash, containing a 
certain proportion of arseniate of potash, and re¬ 
commending that no pharmacien should receive or 
deliver to the public any product that he may have 
received as sulphate of potash, unless he lias pre¬ 
viously ascertained that it is not contaminated with 
the arseniate. M. Bussy offers the convenience of 
the laboratory of the School of Pharmacy for the 
examination of any specimens that may be thought 
to be doubtful. 
A similar circular has also been addressed by the 
Minister of Agriculture and Commerce to the Pre¬ 
fects, requesting them to take steps to bring the 
subject under the notice of the inspectors of phar¬ 
macies, and to convey the information to the phar¬ 
maciens in their respective departments. 
On Thursday and Friday next, Dr. E. Symes 
Thompson, Gresham Professor of Medicine, will 
deliver two lectures in Gresham College, Basingliall 
Street, the subject on Thursday being, “ Prescrip¬ 
tions,” and on Friday, “ Mineral and Vegetable 
Tonics.” The lectures, which will be illustrated by 
diagrams and experiments, are free to the public, 
and will commence on each evening at seven o’clock. 
By a decree dated March 15th, M. Ernest Baud- 
rimont has been nominated Professor of Pharmacy 
and Chemistry at the Ecole Superieure de Pliar- 
macie of Paris. 
totenrial taitsstdions. 
NORWICH CHEMISTS’ ASSISTANTS’ 
ASSOCIATION. 
A General Meeting- of the above Association was held 
at the Rooms, on May 8th; J. D. Smith, Esq., in the 
chair. 
Before commencing the business of the evening, the 
Chairman read a letter from the local secretary, Air. F* 
Sutton, expressing his regret at being unable to attend, 
and wishing every success to the recipients of prizes. 
Mr. Smith then proceeded to say that he felt great, 
pleasure in being invited to attend, and occupy the chair 
on that occasion; and although it was his first appear¬ 
ance amongst them, it was not from lack of interest 
in the affairs of the association, but because he felt there 
were many members of more scientific attainments than 
himself. This led him to compare the advantages enjoyed 
by the young men of the present day, in being able to 
attend such an association as this, with those available 
during the earlier period of his life; and he would impress 
upon them that these increased advantages necessitated 
diligent application on their part, as the public demanded 
greater skill and more general knowledge in the profes¬ 
sion; and he thought in the future they would still 
further extend their call for thorough proficiency. Ho 
then drew attention to the small attendance at classes, 
and said the absentees were doing themselves an injury, 
for if they failed to study during the years of their ap¬ 
prenticeship, they would find it very hard indeed to make¬ 
up for lost time in after life. He -wished them to com¬ 
pare themselves with those who had worked hard and- 
whom they had assembled there that night to honour^ 
and exhorted them to ensure a better attendance during 
the next Session. He held in his hand the reports of the 
various examiners for the Sessional Prizes, from which 
he gathered that although they were very well satisfied 
on the whole, they found the candidates somewhat de¬ 
ficient in the practical part; this he trusted they would 
endeavour to remedy. 
The report of Professor Attfield, who had examine 
the papers for the Vice-President’s Prize, was then read, 
as follows:— 
“ Sir,—Five out of the six sets of answers to the ques¬ 
tions for the Chemistry Prize do credit to teacher and 
pupils; the sixth candidate seems only recently to have 
commenced studying the subject. 
“ Assigning 100 as the full value of the answers, I have? 
been able to place the competitors as follows :— 
Mr. G. S. Tooke.78 
Mr. H. A. King.63 
Mr. H. A. Woolnough.58 
Mr. S. R. Corder.55 
Mr. J. Neale.53 
“ Yours faithfully, 
“John Attfield.”' 
Mr. Smith then presented the prizes as follows :— 
1 st Prize.Mr. S. R. Corder. 
2 nd do.Mr. H. A. King. 
3rd do.Mr. J. Neale. 
Vice-President’s Prize....Mr. G. S. Tooke. 
The Chairman then said he should be happy to stimu¬ 
late the efforts of the young men, and he thought he 
could not do better than offer prizes for best attendance 
at classes, but he should be happy to give them in any 
other way the Council might think more appropriate. 
The President, Mr. A. Hill, thanked Mr. Smith in the 
name of the Association. 
Votes of thanks to Professor Attfield for examination 
of the chemistry papers, and to Messrs. 0. Corder, ‘W. 
J. G. Butler, A. Hill, P. H. Mason, and F. Ellwood for 
undertaking the viva voce examination, were then passed* 
Mr. 0. Corder, in returning thanks, said he had been 
much pleased with the progress made in botany by the 
