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THE PHARMACEUTICAL JOURNAL AND TRANSACTIONS. 
[June 29, 1872 
cessful and enjoyable, and that it must be made an annual 
affair. 
“ The financial statement for the year is appended to 
this report, and shows a satisfactory balance in hand. This 
result, however, would not have been obtained with¬ 
out liberal donations, which it cannot be expected should 
be continued, and the Council conclude to ask the annual 
meeting to sanction a slightly increased annual subscrip¬ 
tion to meet the growing needs of the Association. As 
it is also not thought desirable that the cost of the winter 
soiree should in future devolve on the President, the sub¬ 
scription proposed is as follows:—For members, 7s. 6d. 
(or to admit to the soiree, lOs.); for associates, 3s. 6 d. 
■(or to admit to soiree , 5s.) each. 
“ In looking forward to the future of this Association, 
the Council is full of hope that the progress which has 
marked the past will continue, and that it will prove of 
real benefit to its members and others. 
“ Much yet remains to be done in the qualification of 
•some of its members as members of the Pharmaceutical 
"Society, and the Council invite chemists who have not 
yet done so to qualify themselves. 
“ The fee is a moderate one, and though the immediate 
results to the individual may not be perceptible, yet their 
general position in the advancement of pharmacy will 
Rave been thereby stengthened, and the coming genera¬ 
tion will benefit by the advance (though it be small), 
"which they have themselves made. 
“ It is believed that there is yet a considerable number 
of persons in the Midland District who vend poisons, 
who are not in the register of chemists and druggists. 
'The Council wish to assist any legitimate chemists whose 
names may have been inadvertently omitted from the 
•register, to obtain registration; but, at the same time, 
to protect the trade, by aiding in the prosecution of any 
others, who are neither entitled by the authorization of 
law, nor by their calling in business, to vend poisons ; 
and they invite information of all such cases wherever 
they may be found in the Midland Counties. 
‘‘Donations of books for the library are earnestly 
■desired. 
“ The .attention of members and associates, and their 
friends, is again drawn to conveniences which the rooms 
•of the Association provide. 
“As a place of resort for trade meetings, the deposit 
of letters and parcels, letter writing for travellers, price 
lists, etc.; and as a house of call they are capable of 
much greater use besides affording opportunities for 
study to young men. The woman in attendance is pre¬ 
pared to receive miscellaneous work from chemists, such 
-as pill making, powder folding, senna picking, and the 
thousand and one odd jobs of the shop, which she can 
perform at her place in the rooms, at a reasonable tariff 
x)f her own. 
“ Statement of Accounts. 
From May, 1871, to May, 1872. 
-UK. £ g' J' 
Balance in hand.19 15 2 
Subscriptions from Members and Associates . . ! . .’ 42 15 0 
Sale of Price Books.795 
^Donations.22 18 6 
Sale of L Soiree Tickets.0 12 6 
£93 10 7 
_ Cb. £ s. d. 
J3y Furnishing.17 14 9 
,, Books and Periodicals. 181810 
„ Printing and Stationery.17 16 3 
„ Advertising.1 8 1 
„ Postage.2 18 10£ 
Bent of Rooms.15 0 0 
» Taxes.339 
„ Coal and Gas.1 10 2 
,, Attendance.146 
Sundries.281 
,, Balance with Treasurer.10 13 2 
-»» » n Hon. Sec:.0 14 1| 
£93 10 7” 
The adoption of this Report was moved by Mr. 
Churchill, seconded by Mr. Brassington, and carried. 
The re-election of the President, Mr. G. Dymond, 
was moved by Mr. Arblaster, seconded by Mr. 
Churchill. 
The re-election of the Treasurer, Mr. E. Snape, was 
moved by Mr. Churchill, seconded by Mr. Grieves. 
The election of Messrs. W. R. Jones and F. G. Homer 
as Honorary Secretaries was moved by Mr. Brassington, 
seconded by Mr. Churchill, jun. 
The election of Messrs. A. Southall and W. S. Akins 
as auditors was moved by Mr. Dymond, seconded by 
Mr. J. B. Williams. 
The election of the following gentlemen to form th- 
Committee for the ensuing year was moved by Mr. Dye 
mond, seconded by Mr. Whittle, viz., Messrs. J. 
Churchill, H. Whittle, S. H. Morris, C. F. Palmer, T. 
Barclay, S. Dewson, G. Owen, J. Luca, W. Price, T. W. 
Holdsworth, Frobisher, Brassington, N. Mason, A. S. 
Grieves, H. Howes, and C. J. Arblaster. 
The vote of thanks to retiring officers was moved by 
Mr. Brassington, seconded by Mr. Churchill All the 
resolutions were carried unanimouslv. 
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TYNESIDE CHEMISTS’ ASSISTANTS’ ASSOCIA¬ 
TION. 
At the rooms of this association, Royal Arcade, New¬ 
castle, on Thursday evening, the 20th inst., Mr. R. D. 
Spence read a very interesting and instructive essay on 
“ Some of the Crystals of the Pharmacopoeia.” There 
was a good muster of members, and Mr. B. S. Proctor, 
who was present, took an active part in the discussion 
which followed the essay; at the close of which both Mr. 
Spence and Mr. Proctor were awarded votes of thanks. 
The Secretary, Mr. G. H. Proctor, called the atten¬ 
tion of the members to a special subscription which was 
being raised to fit up a laboratory in connection with the 
association. Several gentlemen promised donations, 
amongst whom was Mr. Shaw, who also announced that 
he had received the promise of £1. Is. 0 d. from Mr. W. 
Herring, London. 
!mailings jof Jkientifit jiunctifs. 
PARIS SOCIETY DE PHARMACIE. 
At the sitting of this Society on Wednesday, May 1st, 
under the presidency of M. Stanislas Martin, M. Lefort 
read a paper on “ Belladonna,” which he had studied 
with regard to the distribution of atropine in different 
parts of the plant,* and also as to the advantages that 
might result from the substitution of the leaves for the 
root in processes having for their object the extraction of 
that alkaloid. Describing in detail the mode of treat¬ 
ment which he applied to the leaves,- M. Lefort insisted 
that the proportion of spirit really required is much less 
than that employed in the ordinary processes. 
M. Boudet urged the importance that these researches 
presented at a time when alcohol is subjected to a heavy 
duty. Thus the process described by M. Lefort might 
have for a consequence the lessening of the cost of pro¬ 
duction of the alkaloids, and so bring back to the French 
laboratories the manufacture of those products, of which 
the origin is entirely French, but which are at present 
obtained in considerable quantities from other countries. 
M. Duquesnel mentioned some considerations that 
led him to think that the employment of belladonna 
leaves in the fresh state for the extraction of atropine 
offered some advantages. 
M. Lefort replied that he did not notice these ad¬ 
vantages in his experiments, and that the employment 
of the fresh leaves would have the inconvenience of 
* See ante, p. 1029. 
