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it will, in the first place, concentrate their power of self-defence, and be 
the means of distinguishing those who aspire to a high standard of quali- 
fication from the careless and indifferent; and, secondly, that by intro- 
ducing a system of government conducive to the welfare of the public, 
it will form a basis for any legislative measures which may hereafter be 
adopted." 
They drew up a Constitution and body of laws for the 
government of the Society, which were adopted at a subse- 
quent general meeting, of which we give the principal 
features. 
" The Members of the Society shall consist of, 
1. Chemists and druggists who are, or have been established on their 
own account, and who shall severally subscribe the sum of two guineas 
annually. 
2. Confidential Superintendents, who shall be elected by the Council, 
and who shall severally subscribe the sum of two guineas annually. 
{The sum of twenty guineas, subscribed in one payment, shall be received 
in lieu of the annual subscription. ) 
Honorary and Corresponding Members, comprising such medical and 
scientific men as have distinguished themselves in any of the branches of 
knowledge embraced in the educational objects of the Society, shall be 
elected by the Council, but shall not be allowed to be present at any 
general meeting. 
ASSOCIATES. 
Assistants shall be admitted as associates who shall pay the sum of 
one guinea annually; and shall be entitled to all the benefits of the Socie- 
ty, excepting the right to be present at any of the general meetings, or 
to hold any office in the Society. 
APPRENTICES. 
Apprentices who shall be duly registered, and who shall pay the sum 
of one guinea annually, shall have the privileges of Associates. 
EDUCATION AND EXAMINATION. 
The educational objects of the Society shall embrace the following sub- 
jects : — An Elementary Classical Education — Medical Botany — Chemis- 
try — Materia Medica — and Pharmacy. 
After the 1st of July, 1842, no person shall be admitted as a Member, or 
Associate of the Society, without having passed an examination in the 
above branches of knowledge ; and after that period no Apprentice shall 
be entitled to the privileges of an Associate without having, before the 
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