360 
BENEVOLENT FUND. 
BENEVOLENT FUND ACCOUNT FOE THE YEAE 1864. 
£ s. (I. £ s. d. 
Grants to two Widows 
£ £ 
40 
a. 
Subscriptions. 153 2 0 
Donations . 13 13 0 
•-166 15 0 
Dividends . 180 13 11 
347 8 11 
Invested in Consols, 31 Dec., 1863 
Purchase of Consols as above. 
„ to two distressed 1 rr 
Members with families j 
„ to Orphan Children 20 
- 115 0 0 
Purchase of £257 5 6 Consols 232 8 11 
347 8 11 
£6,182 19 10 
257 5 6 
- 6,440 5 4 
REGULATIONS OF THE BENEVOLENT FUND OF THE 
PHARMACEUTICAL SOCIETY. 
Objects. 
Election of 
Pensioners. 
Notice of Elec¬ 
tion. 
Amount of 
Pension. 
Age of Candi¬ 
dates. 
Restriction as 
to Income. 
Evidence of 
Candidates’ 
eligibility. 
Evidence of 
the Widows’ 
eligibility. 
Certificates of 
four Members 
or Voters ne¬ 
cessary. 
1. The objects of this fund are :— 
To provide pensions for distressed Members or Associates, or the 
widows of distressed Members or Associates, of this Society. 
To afford occasional grants of money to distressed Members or Asso¬ 
ciates, or their widows or orphan children. 
To provide orphan children of Members or Associates (under urgent 
or distressing circumstances) with a temporary home or with pecu¬ 
niary aid. 
2. At the first Meeting of the Council after the Annual General 
Meeting in every year, they will determine as to the expediency (finan¬ 
cially) of electing pensioners in the month of October following. 
3. If the Council deem it discreet to elect pensioners, their decision 
will be made known by advertisement in four of the London daily 
papers and in the ensuing issue of the ‘ Pharmaceutical Journal and 
Transactions,’ stating the number of cases to be elected. 
4. The pensions shall not exceed the value of £45 yearly, payable 
quarterly. 
5. Candidates for election must be at least fifty years of age. 
6. No person will be eligible as a candidate for the pension who pos¬ 
sesses an income of £30 per annum. 
7. Members and Associates as petitioners for relief from this fund 
shall produce a certificate of moral character, and such evidence of their 
age as shall be satisfactory to the Council of the Society ; shall state the 
time and place or places in which they have been engaged in business, 
whether on their own account or otherwise, how their misfortunes ori¬ 
ginated and when, their present means of subsistence and from what 
source it arises, and the number of those (if any) dependent upon them 
for support. 
8. Widows shall produce evidence of their age, the certificate of 
marriage, and the certificate of the burial of the husband, or such evi¬ 
dence as shall satisfy the Council on these points; the period during 
which the husband was in business, and where; the cause of misfortune ; 
the present means of subsistence, and from what source it arises ; the 
number of children (if any) dependent on them for support. 
9. In all petitions for assistance from this fund, the truth of the state¬ 
ments shall be certified by at least four Members of the Society or sub¬ 
scribers to the fund, two of whom are personally acquainted with the 
facts of the case. 
