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I such a cordial and sympathizing feeling among such men as those whose names were 
attached to that document. Instead of keeping their secrets locked up in their breasts, 
I they were now proud to come forward and consult each other. He had met at the 
I Pharmaceutical Conference men who had come something like an aggregate of 1800 
miles, with such kind brotherhood and with such interchange of views. He was proud 
that Liverpool had an organization among the chemists, which had been able to sustain 
itself with such an amouTit of spirit and solidity, with regard to the character of its 
museum, of its library, and of the instruction given in its laboratory. No other town 
in the kingdom did so so successfully as Liverpool. He thought, in the first place, with 
; reference to taking apprentices,'that it was necessary that young men entering such a 
bu.siness as that, should be educated, and should have opportunities of thoroughly learn- 
1 ing their business, and that these opportunities should be extended over a series of years. 
In the second place, with regard to those who did take apprentices, was it not a matter 
1 of conscientious duty to insist that those apprentices should educate themselves by such 
i means as were within their reach, and that their parents should be fully informed as to 
I the importance which it would be to them in after life, that they should pay for such 
i instruction as was actually required for their education ? 
Mr. Sumner, in commenting upon the remarks made by Dr. Edwards, referred young 
men to him as an example of what they might, by diligence, attain to. He (Mr. 
|i Sumner) had known Dr. Edwards from the time of his apprenticeship, and had watched 
j his progress with considerable interest; and he further suggested the desirability of 
I principals enjoining the full amount of education upon all their apprentices, so that the 
character of the profession might be fully sustained. He then proposed a vote of thanks 
to the Chairman and Secretaries, and congratulated them on the success which had 
I attended their efforts. 
The Chairman, tor himself and Secretaries, acknowledged the compliment, and the 
j meeting broke up. 
BRITISH PHARMACEUTICAL CONFERENCE. 
MEETING AT NOTTINGHAM, 18G6. 
SECOND SITTING, 
Wednesday^ August 22. 
(^Continued.') 
It was resolved: That the following be appointed a Committee to prepare a systematic 
Eeport upon the Exhibition of Objects relating to Pharmacy, viz. :—Messrs. Brady, 
Brough, Carteighe, Commans, Deane, Ince, Fitzhugh, Stoddart, Sutton. Moved by Mr. 
Deane, seconded by Mr. F. White. 
Mr. Ince’s paper upon Pharmaceutical Ethics having been read, {vide, Pharm. Journ., 
September)— 
The President, in opening the discussion, characterized the paper of Mr. Ince as 
admirable, not only in its literary composition, but for the comprehensive and common- 
sense manner in which a most difficult subject had been handled. Mr. Ince had said a 
great deal upon the ethics of the shop, and upon the point whether pharmacy was a 
trade or a profession; but he (the President) thought that while they retained among 
them such men as Mr. Ince, it was of little consequence what name they applied to 
their calling. He was proud to know that the paper was the composition of one who 
was, like himself, an old Associate of King’s College, London ; it contained matter for 
most interesting discussion on subjects in which pharmaceutists were concerned. 
Mr. Giles claimed to have listened to the paper with an element of satisfaction 
greater than that of any other person ; for when it was originally proposed to bring 
forward the question of ethics, it was suggested that the paper should be undertaken by 
himself ; but he was sure they must now all be glad that it was not, as he could not 
have handled the subject in anything like the style of Mr. Ince. He felt much greater 
pleasure, therefore, in being a listener than an expatiator. The first section of Mr. Ince’s 
