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them with the Manchester resolutions, the Council cannot but hope for the hearty co¬ 
operation not only of the gentlemen who were present at that meeting, but also of all 
interested in the question. 
This resolution was accordingly sent, wuth the copy of the “ suggestions ” 
mentioned therein, accompanied by the following note to the Chairman of the 
Executive Committee of the United Society of Chemists and Druggists :— 
TO THE Cin\.IR3IAX OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE UNITED SOCIETY OP 
CHEmSTS AND DRUGGISTS. 
Sir,—Having received, through your Committee, certain Eesolutions passed at a 
meeting of the chemists and druggists at Manchester, on the 23rd November last, and 
being requested therein to communicate the views of the Council on the subject of 
Pharmaceutical Legislation, I am directed to hand you an extract from their Minutes of 
this day’s proceedings, and to request that.you will forward the same, with the annexed 
copy of “ Suggestions for an extension of the Pharmacy Act,” to the Chairman of that 
meeting. 
I am. Sir, yours obediently, 
Elias Bremridge, 
January 2, 1867. Secretary and Registrar. 
In cousec|uence of the following letter having appeared in the ‘ Chemist and 
Druggist ’ of 15th January, a correspondence has taken place between the 
Secretary and Mr. Alderman Bowker (the Chairman of the Manchester meet¬ 
ing) 
Manchester, January ^th, 1867. 
Dear Sir,—I am directed by the Committee of the Manchester District of the United 
Society to transmit the following considerations to be placed before the Executive Com¬ 
mittee on the 10th inst., as the result of their opinions on the Suggestions published in 
the ‘Pharmaceutical Journal’ of the 1st inst. in reply to the Manchester resolutions. 
1st. That the only important difference berween the suggestions now put forward by 
the Council and those embodied in the Pharmacy Bill of 1865, lies in the limitation of 
the sale of poisons to examined persons, and exemption from jury service, which were 
essential principles of the Bill of the United Society, and approved of by the Select 
Committee of the House of Commons. 
2nd. That in all other respects these Suggestions prove to be substantially the same 
as those of the Pharmacy Bill of 1865, which was thrown out by the Parliamentary 
Committee. 
3rd. That according to these Suggestions, every existing unincorporated chemist must 
submit either to register as a chemist or abandon his business; and if he registers, he 
must risk the contingency of being elected as a member by the Pharmaceutical Council 
before he can enjoy any privilege or exercise any right whatever in that capacity. 
4th. That the great principles of equality for all unexamined chemists, and the right 
to nominate and be nominated upon the Council, which is the constitutional right of 
every Englishman taxed for the support of an institution—those very principles for the 
triumph of which our Society was formed, and has worked and paid its money for six 
years, and to which Parliament has given its sanction,—are completely ignored. 
5th. That so long as these rights are withheld, it is an outrage to propose compulsory 
registration to the existing unincorporated chemists of the country. 
6th. That the Suggestions also ignore the vested rights of all assistants and apprentices 
under the age of twenty-one years. 
These being the opinions of our Committee, we would strongly urge on our Executive 
the imperative necessity of immediate action, being confident, from the display of feel¬ 
ing indicated by the publication of the suggestions of the unincorporated in the whole 
of this district, of the hearty support of not only the members of the United Society, 
but all the trade likewise ; feeling sure that such action wall be assisted by a material 
strengthening of our ranks, which will undoubtedly follow, and is already in'move¬ 
ment. 
Receive, therefore, our assurance that though not present at your meeting, we are 
