CHEMICAL DISCUSSION ASSOCIATION OF THE PHARMA¬ 
CEUTICAL SOCIETY. 
Deport of the Committee to the Anniversary Meeting, January 9, 1865 ; Dr. 
T. Redwood, President, in the chair. 
The Chemical Discussion Association has now reached the Seventh Anniver¬ 
sary of its formation, and the committee present their Report with no less satis¬ 
faction than in former years. If during the past session the number of meet¬ 
ings has been somewhat fewer than usual, the valuable and interesting character 
of the communications made to those meetings fully makes up for any deficiency 
in other directions, and must be a subject for congratulation to the members. 
While looking back with pleasure over the results obtained since the last anni¬ 
versary meeting, and tendering their thanks to those gentlemen who have as¬ 
sisted them by bringing forward their papers, the Committee look to the mem¬ 
bers generally, but particularly to the younger members, to whom the existence 
of the Association must be especially useful, for their assistance and co-operation 
in furnishing matter suitable for discussion throughout the year that has just 
commenced; and they repeat what has already been urged, that communica¬ 
tions intended for the Association need not be in a state of elaboration. Un¬ 
finished researches frequently derive a stimulus from the information elicited in 
course of the discussion which constitutes a feature of these meetings. 
The account of the treasurer will be found to be very satisfactory as regards 
the financial position of the Association. 
During the session seven new members have been added to the list. 
Appended are the titles of communications that have been received during 
the year :— 
“ Note on the Chemistry of Insects.” Mr. C. Sharp. 
“ On Sweet Spirit of Nitre.” Mr. Fewtrell, F.C.S. 
“ On the Preservation of Vegetable Powders.” Air. C. H. Wood, F.C.S. 
“ On Granulated Sulphate of Iron.” Air. H. Smith. 
“ On some Reactions of the Sulphuric Acid Chamber Crystals.” Air. 
Broughton, B.Sc. 
“ A Contribution to the History of Balsam of Peru.” Dr. Attfield, F.C.S. 
“ On Perchloride of Iron in Solution.” Dr. Attfield, F.C.S. 
“Note on several New Organic Compounds.” Mr. W. A. Tilden. 
“ On Air. Stoddart’s Alethod of Examining the Cinchona Alkaloids.” Air. 
J. Watts. 
“ On the Purification of Essential Oil of Almonds.” Air. W. A. Tilden. 
Officers for 1865 :—President, T. Redwood, Ph.D ; Treasurer, S. Gale; Se¬ 
cretary, A. Tilden. Other members of the Committee : Alessrs. J. Attfield, 
Ph.D., J. Broughton, B.Sc., A. F. Haselden, J. Ince, J. Watts, and C. II. 
Wood, F.C.S. 
MEETINGS ON PHARMACY BILL. 
EDINBURGH A1EETING. 
A meeting of Chemists and Druggists, called by public advertisement, to consider the 
new Pharmacy Bill, was held in St. George’s Hall, 119 a, George Street, Edinburgh, on 
the evening of Tuesday, 20th December, at half-past nine o’clock. There was a good 
attendance, fully forty being present, about one-fourth of whom only were connected 
with the Pharmaceutical Society. Among those present were, Messrs. Young, of Mac- 
farlan and Co., Tait and Buchanan, both of Duncan, Flockhart, and Co., Aitken, Nicoll, 
