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HOW TO BECOME CONNECTED WITH THE SOCIETY. 
Regulations of the Board of Examiners, and other particulars relating to the 
Registration of Pharmaceutical Chemists, Assistants, and Apprentices, and to 
the means by which admission to the Society may be obtained. This will supply 
information for which application is very frequently made to the Secretary, and 
it may also serve to explain to what extent the published list of names represents 
those who are qualified to use the title of Pharmaceutical Chemist. It will be 
observed that the list is not the complete register, and does not therefore repre¬ 
sent all those who have passed the examinations, but such of them as belong to 
the Pharmaceutical Society, as a distinct association. The only possible entrance 
to the Society is by examination, and therefore the regulations of the Board of 
Examiners indicate the means by which admission may be obtained. All who 
present themselves for examination are alike submitted to the test of their quali¬ 
fication by the examiners, without reference to the way in which they have ob¬ 
tained their knowledge. No prescribed course of study is required, but only 
the evidence of a certain amount of acquaintance with subjects, the knowledge 
of which is considered necessary as a qualification for the position to be taken. 
Candidates are at liberty to acquire this knowledge in any way they think pro¬ 
per, and those who come up to the required standard as tested by the examina¬ 
tions are passed and duly registered. The instruction provided by the Society, 
through lectures and laboratory course, is intended for those who require such 
assistance, either as a means of preparing for the examinations, or for the ex¬ 
tension of their professional qualifications. It has been the study of the Council 
to make the school available for the extension of pharmaceutical knowledge, 
but it may be safely affirmed that, as regards the examinations, those who have 
studied in the Society’s school have no further advantage than that derived 
from the knowledge they possess. If, then, the question be asked, “ How can 
I become connected with the Society?” the answer is, first by passing the 
prescribed examinations and becoming registered, and then by applying to the 
Council for admission as Apprentice, Associate, or Member of the Society. The 
terms and conditions upon which the privilege is granted are stated in the printed 
regulations already referred to. 
LEGISLATION APPECTING MEDICINE AND TRADE. 
A Bill has been prepared, founded upon suggestions of the Medical Council, 
and drafted at the Home Office, entitled the Medical Acts Amendment Bill,” 
the principal object of which is to remedy defects that have been discovered in 
the working of the Medical Act of 1858. This Bill was fully discussed at the 
recent meeting of the Medical Council, but it has not yet been introduced into 
Parliament, and under existing circumstances we should think it is not likely 
to be introduced this session. 
The Veterinary Medical Bill, a copy of which we inserted last month, is still 
in the House of Commons, but has not yet passed through committee. 
A Bill is in progress, having passed the Commons, relating to the carriage 
and deposit of dangerous goods, and referring especially to Nitroglycerine, 
which will no doubt pass, the necessity for it being admitted by all who are 
acquainted with the recent loss of life and property caused by explosions of 
Nitroglycerine. 
A Bill was introduced into the House of Lords for restricting the selling and 
hawking of goods on a Sunday, but after meeting with some opposition it was 
withdrawn, 
