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MEETING OF CHEMISTS AND DEUGGISTS. 
and Druggists, approving of tlie Suggestions Trliicli liad emanated from the- 
Pharmaceutical Society. By continuing public discussion they were only 
enlarging tlie division of feeling, but by coming together they would be likely 
to come to a sensible solution of their differences. 
The resolution was carried unanimously. 
The following resolutions were also carried unanimously and without any 
discussion requiring notice:— 
“ That this meeting cordially adopts the 5th Clause, which provides for— 
‘ All persons registered under the Bill as chemists and druggists, to be exempted 
from serving on juries.’ 
“That in relation to the Gth Clause— 
‘That nothing in the Bill is to interfere with, or curtail the rights of chemists' 
already in business, or of persons of the full age of twenty-one years, who should, 
at a given date, be assistants to chemists and druggists. Other necessary exemp¬ 
tions to be made for apothecaries, veterinary surgeons, wholesale dealers,’ etc. 
This meeting considers that all assistants, and the parents and guardians of all ap¬ 
prentices now connected with the trade, purchased a vested interest in it as it existed 
at the time of their contract, and therefore it requires, in adopting this clause, that 
the words ‘persons of the full age of twenty-one years, who shall at a given date be 
assistants to chemists and druggists,’be omitted, and the words ‘ assistants and ap¬ 
prentices now engaged in it,’ be substituted.” 
“That as to the 7th Clause thus expressed— 
‘That chemists and druggists already in business may, if they choose, be placed 
on the register of chemists and druggists, if within a certain time after the passing 
of the Bill they make application, and produce to the Eegistrar satisfactory evidence 
that they ■were actually in business on their own account, and engaged in the com¬ 
pounding and dispensing of medicines under physicians’ and surgeons’ prescriptions, 
and vending, compounding, and dispensing the dangerous poisons, as per schedule, 
prior to that date,’— , 
This meeting is of opinion that it might stand as it is, with such addition as will 
recognize the exemption of all existing assistants and apprentices from examination 
as required by the Act, in accordance with the proposed alteration of the Gth Clause.” 
Mr. Betty then moved the following resolntion :— 
“That, as among the interests influencing the entire trade of chemists and drug¬ 
gists, two elements, the educational and the commercial, are inseparably connected, 
and as it is of vital importance in maturing any form of government for the whole 
trade, that these two interests should, so far as practicable, be blended, this meeting 
cherishes the hope that from the resolutions it has adopted, the advantages of a mu¬ 
tual understanding and combined action may be brought into operation, and autho¬ 
rizes a deputation of the trade to wait in this spirit upon the Pharmaceutical Council.” 
This, he said, was the practical point upon which the meeting turned, and 
he was glad to find from the tone of the meeting that it would meet with 
their views. The movement had passed through tliree stages ; first, in the 
glorious conception of Jacob Bell, to consolidate the trade and put them on 
a level in one respect; secondly, in bringing forth the question for discus¬ 
sion with a view of ascertaining their weak points; and thirdh^, that the 
question was ripe for legislation. To cany out the latter, they wished to 
enlist the best ability of the trade, in order to bring about the best form of 
government for the whole trade. The Council of the Pharmaceutical Society 
not only revered the memory of Jacob Bell, but his spirit still pervaded it. 
Mr. Andeeson seconded the resolution. 
Mr. Heppell asked why the last words of the resolution as printed, “ to asJc 
their concurrence with the resolutions of this meeting f had been struck out. 
Mr. Betty said, because he wished to submit it to the meeting as he had 
drawn it. 
The Seceetaey explained that he made the addition to it before sending 
it to the printers. 
