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Trustees, 
Dr.  Wilson  H.  Pile,  Edward  Parrish, 
Alfred  B.  Taylor,  Evan  T.  Ellis, 
Win.  C.  Bakes,  Wm.  J.  Jenks, 
Henry  N.  Rittenhouse,  Chas.  Shivers. 
Committee  on  Deceased  Members, 
Edward  Parrish,  Wm.  Procter,  Jr.,  Charles  Bullock. 
On  motion,  then  adjourned. 
Charles  Bullock,  Secretary. 
(EMtoricil  Department* 
British  Pharmaceutical  Conference  and  Exhibition  at  Nottingham. 
— This  body  met  on  the  21st  of  August,  as  announced,  and  the  meeting 
appears  to  have  been  very  satisfactory  to  those  who  participated  in  its 
movements.  The  meeting  convened  in  the  Assembly  Rooms,  Notting- 
ham, at  10  o'clock,  A.  M.  After  the  election  of  seventy-seven  new  mem- 
bers, the  Report  of  the  Executive  Committee  was  read,  from  which  we 
learn  that  three  members  of  the  Conference  died  during  the  year  ;  that 
the  number  of  members  of  the  Conference  is  nearly  400 ;  that,  in  the 
opinion  of  the  Committee,  an  excellent  influence  both  local  and  general, 
is  being  exerted  by  the  Conference  ;  and  that  as  a  Body  it  may  now  be 
looked  upon  as  fairly  established.  The  exhibition  accompanying  the  pre- 
sent meeting,  is  alluded  to  as  tending  to  the  advancement  of  Pharmacy, 
and  worthy  of  continuance  as  an  annual  feature.  The  Treasurer's  report 
was  then  read  and  disposed  of,  when  the  President,  Prof.  Bentley,  deliv- 
ered the  annual  address.  The  study  of  Botany  in  connection  with  Phar- 
macy was  the  theme  chosen,  without  any  reference  to  the  policy  of  the 
Conference,  or  the  transactions  in  the  interim,  as  is  usual  in  our  Associa- 
tion.  Very  good  arguments  are  adduced  why  pharmaceutists  should  be 
acquainted  with  botany,  and  as  a  paper  it  reads  well  and  contains  many 
valuable  hints.  The  reading  of  the  regular  papers  then  commenced,  and 
seven  were  disposed  of  at  the  first  sitting,  several  of  which  have  been  re- 
printed in  this  number. 
The  second  sitting,  which  commenced  at  10 J  o'clock,  A.  M.,  on  Wed- 
nesday, was  occupied  by  Mr.  Joseph  Ince,  of  London,  in  reading  an  ad- 
mirable paper  on  Pharmaceutical  Ethics,  which  he  discusses  under  the 
following  heads  : — "  Ethics  of  the  Shop,"  "  Social  Ethics," — The  behavi- 
our of  the  Pharmaceutist  with  regard  to  those  in  the  same  line  of  business 
with  himself,"  "  Medical  Ethics," — The  behaviour  of  the  Pharmaceutist 
with  regard  to  the  Medical  Profession,"  "  Ethics  of  Public  Life — the  be- 
haviour of  the  Pharmaceutist  as  a  member  of  his  Society,"  "  Personal 
Ethics — the  behaviour  of  a  Pharmaceutist  as  an  individual,"  and  "  Ethics 
