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can be very little hope of progress for them. The Pharmaceutical Society, in¬ 
deed, has but small cause to complain of such a state of things, seeing the ad¬ 
vantage which has accrued to it by the agitation of the last three or four years. 
We do not mean simply the increase of its internal prosperity, but rather of its 
position in the estimation of the public, of whom, comparing the two periods 
of 1863 and 1867, fifty to one now know of its existence and appreciate its 
work. This might fairly be considered by many as a reason to “rest and be 
thankful;” to let the public complete the work commenced by the Society. 
The Society has really nothing to gain for its members as individuals, but in 
1841 it set itself to do a great work, and we trust many of the Founders may 
yet see that work accomplished. 
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THE PHARMACEUTICAL SOCIETY. 
AT A MEETING OF THE COUNCIL, 2nd January, 1867, 
Present—Messrs. Bottle, Carteighe, Hills, Ince, Morson, Sandford, and Savage. 
The following were elected Members— 
Baker, Parson Custance .S waff ham. 
Cornelius, Kichard Bayly .Teignmouth. 
Fitt, Francis Edward ...Barking. 
Forth, William..Cheltenham. 
Moussempes, Jules .Biarritz. 
Spearing, James .Southampton. 
THE BATH CHEMISTS’ ASSOCIATION. 
To the Council of the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain. 
Gentlemen,—We, the undersigned Chemists of Bath, in meeting assembled, beg to 
assure you of our confidence and respect. 
We have read with much interest the Keport of the last meeting of the Pharma¬ 
ceutical Conference, and desire to express our hearty approval of the sentiment con¬ 
tained in Mr. Giles’s resolution, following Mr. Ince’s paper on the Ethics of Pharmacy, 
viz.:— 
“ That this meeting considers that the practice of pharmacy requires to be limited to 
fully qualified persons, and that it is necessary, in order to attain this result, that an 
appropriate examination should be enforced by legislative authority.” 
We beg to assure you that we appreciate the consideration shown by you, in making 
arrangements whereby chemists who have been in business for five years, or are thirty 
years of age, are permitted to pass a limited examination, and we take it as an evidence 
of your desire to meet the legitimate wants of all, who are anxious to share the privi¬ 
leges and immunities of Pharmaceutical Chemists. 
Impressed with this conviction, we venture to make a few remarksAnd suggestions, in 
the assured confidence that you will give them your best consideration, and in the hope 
that we may be the means of uniting the great majority of the chemists of the United 
Kingdom, in the support of a Bill embracing the object expressed in Mr. Giles’s resolu¬ 
tion. 
Permit us, then, respectfully to remind you, that there are six classes of persons 
engaged in the practice of pharmacy in this kingdom, whose interests have to be con¬ 
sidered, viz.;— 
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