CARRIAGE AND DEPOSIT OF DANGEROUS GOODS. 
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LICENCE EOE THE SALE OF PEPPEE. 
One of our members having applied to know, whether, now that the duty has 
been taken off pepper, it is necessary for those selling it to take out a licence 
for the purpose, the Secretary, hlr, Bremridge, made the inquiry at Somerset 
House, and has received the following reply :— 
Somerset House, 21st July, 1866. 
My dear Sir,—In returning the enclosure of yours of the 20th instant, I beg to say that 
the licence is yet payable for sale of pepper, as that article is included with ‘ tea, coffee, 
cocoa-nuts, and chocolate,’ in one licence and duty. 
“ Red pepper is specially exempt by law from license, but all descriptions of white 
and black pepper have been held as requiring it for sale. 
“ I am, my dear Sir, yours truly, 
“ Wm. Corbett.” 
BILL EELATING TO THE CAEETAGE AND DEPOSIT OF 
DANGEEOUS GOODS. 
This Bill is still before Parliament. Two or three alterations are proposed in 
it; but these will not affect the general principles of the measure, which are, 
that certain articles, including nitro-glycerine, may, by an order of her Majesty 
in council, be declared to be “ specially dangerous that the same regulations 
as are applied to the storing of petroleum shall aj)ply to "such dangerous goods 
without limit to quantity, and that such goods shall not be sent by any public 
conveyance, or deposited in or on any warehouse or quay, without having their 
true name or description, together with the words “ specially dangerous ” dis¬ 
tinctly and legibly attached to them. It is also provided that no carrier or 
warehouse owner shall be required to receive or carry any such dangerous 
goods. 
The only substance named in the Bill as “ specially dangerous ” is nitro-gly¬ 
cerine, and it is left to the Privy Council from time to time to include other 
dangerous substances, if it should be thought desirable to do so. This is putting 
a great power into the hands of the Privy Council, and it has been suggested 
that if they should be induced to act upon imperfect or insufficient information, 
much inconvenience might be caused by putting unnecessary restrictions upon 
commerce. Thus, for instance, if gun cotton should be added to the list, it 
could not be kept in the usual way, even in small quantities, for use in medicine 
or photography. It was thought desirable to communicate with those having 
charge of the Bill on this subject, and accordingly the President and Secretary of 
the Pharmaceutical Society, together with Mr. Morson, had an interview with 
Sir Stafford Northcote, who assured the deputation that no additions affecting 
pharmacy would be made to the list of dangerous substances without apprising 
he Council of the Society of the intention to do so. 
LEAENING AND LITEEATUEE. 
There is a point with regard to Pharmacy which, unhappily, is no secret; it 
forms the unfailing topic of many a familiar communication ; it is whispered 
into the private ear of a much-enduring editor ; and it claims its full share of 
journal publicity, namely, a feeling of discontent among practical business men 
with the social position and the trade capabilities of their occupation. 
