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PHARMACEUTICAL SOCIETY, EDINBURGH. 
Votes from 
several sources. 
Casting Vote. 
Rejection of 
Votes. 
Orphans’ Appli¬ 
cation. 
Home for Or¬ 
phans by Pur¬ 
chase. 
votes, and every Associate not in the receipt of nor an applicant for 
the like relief, to one vote. 
26. Every person entitled to vote in more than one class of voters 
will be entitled to the votes due to him from each ©f such sources. 
27. In the event of an equality of votes, the chairman shall have the 
casting vote. 
28. Should any polling-paper not be properly filled up or signed, the 
same shall be rejected by the scrutineers on their casting up the votes. 
29. Applications on behalf of orphans shall state their age and afford 
satisfactory evidence of the marriage and burial of the parents, and 
whether any means of subsistence have been left them, if so, its amount 
and the source from whence it arises, accompanied by a certificate signed 
as required by Clause 9. 
30. In the case of an orphan left under circumstances of urgent dis¬ 
tress, the Council may, if they think fit, provide a home by purchase in 
one of the national asylums for orphans, never exceeding, however, 
more than one case yearly until larger funds are in their possession. 
PHARMACEUTICAL SOCIETY, EDINBURGH. 
The first meeting for the present session was held in St. George’s Hall, George Street, 
on Tuesday evening, 22nd November; Mr. D. Kemp, President, in the chair. There was 
a full attendance. 
THE PRESIDENT’S ADDRESS. 
Gentlemen,—On taking the chair for the first time, as President of the North British 
branch of the Pharmaceutical Society, I have to thank you, very cordially, for the 
honour of being elected to an office which has been held hitherto by some of the most 
able and most respected members of our profession. 
While I am not without doubt as to the propriety of your choice in my case, I desire 
to assure you that no efforts will be wanting on my part to discharge the duties of the 
office to the best of my ability, and to promote the interests of the Pharmaceutical So¬ 
ciety, which I believe to be identical with the interests not only of Pharmaceutists and 
of Pharmaceutical Science, but of the public generally. 
On commencing the labours of another session, I hope I need only remind you of the 
importance of attending the meetings as numerously and regularly as possible, because 
this tends very much to encourage those who address us, and to diffuse more widely the 
benefits which our scientific papers and discussions are intended and well fitted to im¬ 
part. 
I am glad to say that hitherto this branch of the Society has prospered, and that our 
meetings have, upon the whole, been highly successful. For this, however, we have 
been mainly indebted to external aid, to the efficient help we have received from gentle¬ 
men, distinguished for their attainments in various departments of knowledge, lovers of 
science for its own sake, and warm friends of the Society, who have contributed to this 
success, both by the attraction of their names and the value of their addresses. 
At the same time, it is due to the Society that I should acknowledge the valuable as¬ 
sistance we have received from some of our own members, who have on several occasions 
read excellent papers, on a variety of important and interesting subjects. These efforts, 
however, although highly appreciated, have not been so numerous or general as it is de¬ 
sirable they should be. It would, I am sure, be a very gratifying sign of progress if we 
were a little more self-sustaining in this respect. 
I am aware that the responsible duties connected with our business require a large 
portion of our time and attention, and afford very little leisure for extra study, or 
preparing papers on the subjects and phenomena which sometimes attract our notice. 
Still it is probable there are some who have occasional opportunities for such exercises, 
whose habits and tastes tend more in that direction, and who therefore might do much 
