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TRANSACTIONS OF THE PHARMACEUTICAL SOCIETY. 
1st. The founders of the Pharmaceutical Society. 
2nd. The members by examination. 
3rd. Those persons who were eligible at the time to be registered under the Act of 
1852. 
dth. Those who have commenced business on their own account since that period. 
5th. Assistants. 
6th. Apprentices. 
1st. With regard to the class first named, we freely acknowledge that to them we 
owe all the benefits received or to be derived from the Pharmaceutical Society. 
We consider that to their perseverance and liberality towards it for a long series of 
years we are indebted for the position of the Society at this time; and as in the event 
of your adopting the suggestions hereinafter named, you may reasonably calculate upon 
a large addition to the numbers and revenue of the Society, we beg respectfully to sug¬ 
gest that the founders of the Society be relieved from the necessity of furtlier contribu¬ 
tions to its funds. 
2ndly. In considering the claims of the members by examination, we beg to record 
our high sense of the honourable position they have attained, and we Avould desire to 
see it recognized and acknowledged by every suitable means. 
3rdly. Those persons who were eligible at the time to be registered under the Act of 
1852, need your special consideration. We must conclude that Avith an additional four¬ 
teen years’ experience, they are better qualified now than they were at that time. We 
freely acknowledge that they might have availed themselves of the opportunities of 
joining the Society, afforded them from time to time, and that their not doing so may 
reasonably be attributed to inadvertence, indifference, or Avant of confidence. By this 
large class the offer of a limited examination, Ave believe, is duly appreciated, but from 
various causes over which they have no control, the majority of them are quite unable 
to take advantage of it. KnoAving, as we do, the many difficulties, mental and material, 
with which this class have to contend, and as we are anxious to disarm opposition with¬ 
out a compromise of principle, AA^’e beg respectfully to suggest, that the Council of the 
Pharmaceutical Society do appoint in every suitable locality a temporary Board of Ex¬ 
aminers, whose certificate of qualification shall be considered by the Council a sufficient 
guarantee of eligibility of each candidate to be placed in the position of those who now 
♦pass the limited examination in London. The local Boards to act gratuitously, but 
each successful candidate to pay to the Council a fee not exceeding £ 
4thly. We would now consider the interests of those chemists who have entered into 
business on their oAvn account since the passing of the aforesaid Act. We readily acknoAv- 
ledge that they have not the same claims to indulgence as those who were eligible at the 
time the Act was passed, yet much might be said on their behalf; we will, howeA^er, content 
ourselves Avith reminding you, that they have their own peculiar difficulties to contend 
Avith, and these difficulties prevent their taking advantage of the opportunity of passing 
the present limited examination in London. We, therefore, respectfully suggest, that 
the privilege of passing a local limited examination be extended to this class also. 
5thly. We would A^enture also to suggest that the privilege of passing the present 
limited examination in London, might, with propriety, be extended to assistants of a 
certain standing. 
Lastly. We cordially approve, that all other assistants and apprentices should be 
required to pass the full examination before being registered as Pharmaceutical 
Chemists. 
Again expressing our confidence and esteem. 
We remain. Gentlemen, your obedient servants, 
(Signed on behalf of the Meeting) John B. Merrikin, President. 
November 1866. 
The Secretary Avas requested to send the following reply :— 
Dear Sir,—The Council having very fully considered the memorial addressed to them 
by the Bath Chemists’ Association, on the 20th November, 1866, have instructed me to 
communicate to you their opinion on the suggestions contained therein. 
They are glad to find that although in some matters of detail there may be difference 
of opinion, on the main principle inA'olved in Mr. Giles’s resolution the Bath Chemists’ 
