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itself to the practical pharmaceutist as well as the scientific chemist, we cannot 
hut feel assured that the meeting will be a good one. 
Mr. Pooley, the Local Secretary, offers his services to members of the Confer¬ 
ence needing accommodation during the meeting, and the hospitable example of 
Newcastle will doubtless be followed at Bath. 
TRANSACTIONS 
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THE PHARMACEUTICAL SOCIETY. 
AT A MEETING OF THE COUNCIL, 3rd August, 1864, 
Present—Messrs. Bird, Deane, George Edwards, J. B. Edwards, Hanbury, Haselden, 
Hills, Mackay, Morson, Orridge, Reynolds, Sandford, Savage, and Waugh, 
The following were elected Members of the Society:— 
Berdoe, Edward.London. 
Hampson, Robert .Alderley Edge. 
Willsher, Stephen H.Tenterden. 
Professor Archer, of Edinburgh, was elected an Honorary and Corresponding Member. 
The first Examination for Chemists and Druggists in business on their own account 
was fixed for the 21st October. 
The Reports of the Professors and Director of the Laboratory were read, and the 
Sessional Prizes and Certificates awarded. 
The Report of the Examiners on the competition for the Pereira Medal and Bell 
Scholarships was read, and the awards made to the successful candidates—which will bo 
duly announced at the October Meeting. 
These prizes and certificates will be distributed at the Evening Meeting on the 5th 
October next, when the successful competitors will be expected to attend. 
BENEVOLENT FUND. 
The sum of Twenty Pounds was granted to the orphan children of a late London 
Member. 
The following subscriptions and donation were announced as received during the 
month of July :— 
Aitken, William, Edinburgh ...£0 5 0 
Baildon, Henry C., Edinburgh... 110 
Carmichael, Lauchlan, Edinburgh 0 5 0 
Gardner and Ainslie, Messrs., 
Edinburgh. 0 10 0 
Kemp, David, Portobello. 0 10 0 
Lindsay, Robert, Edinburgh. 0 10 0 
Mackay, John, Edinburgh . 1 1 0 
DONATION. 
Messrs. Battlev and Watts, 32, Whitecross Street. £10 10 0 
Macfarlan, John K. F., & w., 
Edinburgh. 1 1 0 
Raimes, Blanshard, & Co., Edin¬ 
burgh. 110 
Halliday, William J., Manchester 0 10 6 
Orridge, Benjamin B., 30, Buck- 
lersbury. 1 1 0 
PROVINCIAL TRANSACTIONS. 
EXCURSION OF THE LIVERPOOL CHEMISTS’ ASSOCIATION. 
The annual excursion of the members and friends of the Liverpool Chemists’ Asso¬ 
ciation took place yesterday to St. Helen’s. As on former occasions, the trip was to a 
