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PHARMACY  IN  GREAT  BRITAIN. 
u  1065.  Do  you  know  what  fee  they  propose  to  charge  for  the  certificate 
of  qualification  ? — There  will  be  three"  examinations,  and  the  total  will  be 
about  10  guineas  ($52.50.) 
"  1066.  Then  it  would  be  necessary  for  a  yonng  man  who  wished  to  as- 
sume the  title  of  1  Pharmaceutical  Chemist,'  according  to  your  present  no- 
tion, to  pay  10  guineas  ?— Yes,  for  three  examinations. 
"  1067.  He  could  not  be  registered  without  paying  that? — Not  under  the 
Bill. 
1069.  Do  you  know  how  many  chemists  and  druggists  there  are  through- 
out the  kingdom  ?—  About  5000,  and  5000  assistants. 
"  1092.  Of  course  you  have  held  communications,  as  the  Secretary  of  the 
Society,  with  the  chemists  and  druggists  throughout  England? — I  have. 
"  1093.  Have  you  found  that  the  standard  of  education  has  been  munh  im- 
proved since  the  establishment  of  the  Pharmaceutical  Society  ? — Yes,  I  have 
the  evidence  of  that  around  me,  in  the  young  men  who  attend  the  lectures, 
and  receive  the  instruction  of  the  laboratory. 
l:  1094.  Do  you  know  anything  of  the  history  of  chemistry  at  the  present 
moment  ? — T  consider  it  to  be  very  much  on  the  advance  with  regard  to  our 
own  body,  not  only  in  the  education  which  we  give  in  the  institution,  but  in 
the  inquiry  and  application  exhibited  by  the  young  men  in  the  country,  who, 
anticipating  an  examination,  are  preparing  themselves  by  careful  study  du- 
ring their  apprenticeship." 
[To  be  continued.] 
Jn  the  course  of  the  evidence  taken  before  the  committee,  it  soon 
became  evident  that  the  exclusive  powers  at  first  sought  by  the 
Society  could  not  be  obtained,  and  that  the  bill,  even  in  its  altered 
condition,  would  not  pass  the  House  without  a  further  curtailment 
of  the  powers  granted.  The  bill  was  altered,  so  that  instead  of 
the  penalty  applying  to  the  act  of  unqualified  persons  carrying 
on  the  business  of  chemist  and  druggist,  it  was  rendered  appli- 
cable only  to  the  assumption  of  the  title  of  "  pharmaceutical 
chemist  "  or  "  pharmaceutist,"  by  unqualified  persons  ;  or  to  the 
false  declaration  of  membership  in  the  Society.  The  plan  of  gene- 
ral registration  was  abandoned,  and  the  registration  applied  only 
to  members  of  the  Pharmaceutical  Society,  and  such  other  chem- 
ists and  druggists  as  may  submit  to  an  examination  by  the  Exam- 
ining Board  appointed  by  the  Council.  In  fact,  from  being  "a 
measure  providing  for  the  registration  of  all  chemists  and  drug- 
gists, and  the  examination  of  all  who  may  in  future  assume  a 
name  or  title,  &c,  implying  qualification  in  Pharmacy,  it  was 
reduced  to  an  act  for  confirming  and  amending  the  charter  of  in- 
corporation, and  conferring  an  honorary  distinction  on  the  members 
of  the  Society."  Instead  of  compelling  qualification  in  all,  it 
merely  requires  qualification  of  those  who  may  choose  to  adopt 
the  title,  thus  leaving  it  optional  with  dispensers  of  medicine, 
whether  they  adopt  the  title  or  not.    In  this  modified  form  (see 
