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THE PKOPOSED PHAKMAGY HILL. 
be admitted “ Memhers ” of the Pharmaceutical Society, although not allowed 
to style themselves “ Pharmaceutical Chemists,''’ unless they pass the Major 
examination of the Society. Put as at present a man must pass the examina¬ 
tions of the Society before he can be a “ Member,” when he has passed, he 
will only be on a level with those who have taken no trouble whatever to 
qualify themselves, and who will enjoy the same privileges as those who have 
worked hard for them. I do not consider this fair, Mr. Editor, to those 
gentlemen who have passed. The public of course would not understand the 
difference between the terms “Pharmaceutical Chemist ” and “ Member” of 
the Pharmaceutical Society. They (the public) naturally imagine that, as 
Membershi'p is the highest degree granted by the Society, any man who is a 
Member of the Society is of course a Pharmaceutical Chemist; hence it fol¬ 
lows that a passed man will not stand any higher in the opinion of the public 
than the man who has been admitted without any examination whatever. 
In order that the public be not deceived, and as a means of being just to those 
gentlemen who have passed the examination of the Society, I would suggest 
the establishment of a higher degree than Membership. If a Fellowship 
were to be established, with a separate examination (more stringent of course 
than the Major), and fees, the amount of which the Council should decide ; 
and let all who are admitted to Membership by the forthcoming Bill, and all 
who join the Society as apprentices after the passing of the said Bill, pass the 
examination for the Fellowship, if they covet that honour. But let all who 
have joined the Society previous to the passing of the Bill be elected Fellows” 
on passing the present Major examination. This arrangement,,! think, would 
satisfy those gentlemen who have voluntarily passed the examinations of the 
Society, and could not be objected to surely by those who have not passed 
any examination whatever—although, to judge from the correspondence which 
has taken place lately in the Journal, some would like to be members of the 
Council and Board of Examiners, and occupy any other post of honour, 
without the trouble of examination or anything so absurd. In conclusion, I 
would remind those gentlemen who now clamour so vehemently at the door 
of the Pharmaceutical Society for admittance, that they had the opportunity 
(many of them) of joining the Society without any trouble except the pay¬ 
ment of a small fee. But no ; there was nothing then to be gained, as they 
thought, by doing so; but now they see they were mistaken, and that there 
really is an advantage in being a Member of the Pharmaceutical Society, 
they immediately begin to cry out that they have a right to enjoy those 
advantages equally with those who have taken trouble to gain a right to them. 
If they had any pluck, Mr. Editor, they would set to work and obtain for 
themselves these advantages, and not beg them. The way of earning them 
is 0]3en to all. Yours truly, 
A Majoe Associate. 
THE PEOPOSED PHAEMACY BILL. 
to the editoe oe the phaemaceutical jouenal. 
Sir,—This month the readers of the Pharmaceutical Journal are made f ull y 
acquainted with a very important clause of the proposed amended Pharmacy 
Bill. This clause proposes to admit to all the benefits of the Pharmaceutical 
Society any person who may apply for admission, provided he has already 
registered as a Chemist and Druggist. This proposition, it would seem, 
emanates from the Council, and such being the case, the question presents 
itself, Have the Members of the Council fully considered the consequences 
