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I have the honour to request that you will be so good as to cause the desire of the International Agricultural Institute in this respect to be brought to the knowledge of the various Administrations concerned. I have, &c, Herbert Gγ. Dering. The Secretary, Board of Agriculture and Fisheries, 4 Whitehall Place, S.W.

No. 12. New Zealand, No. 81. My Lord,— Downing Street, 20th March, 1912. With reference to my despatch, No. 383, of the 16th November last, I have the honour to transmit to you, for the information of your Ministers, the accompanying copies of an Order of the Lords of the Council, under the Pharmacy Act, confirming the new by-law made by the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain under section 4 (b) of the Poisons and Pharmacy Act, 1908, providing under certain specified conditions for the registration as pharmaceutical chemists, or chemists and druggists, without examination, of persons holding colonial diplomas. I have, &c, L. HAKCOURT. Governor the Right Hon. Lord Islington, K.C.M.G., D.5.0., &c.

Enclosure. At the Council Chamber, Whitehall, the 6th day of March, 1912. By the Lords of His Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council. Present: Lord President, Lord Emmott, Mr. Secretary Harcourt. Whereas by section 2 of the Pharmacy Act, 1852, as amended by section 25 of the Pharmacy Act, 1868, the Council of the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain are authorized and empowered to alter and amend the by-laws of the said society made and established under or in pursuance of the charter of incorporation of the said society, and to make and establish such new or additional by-laws as they shall deem proper and necessary for the purposes contemplated by the said charter or by the said Act: Provided always that all such original by-laws, and all altered, amended, or additional by-laws shall be confirmed and approved by a special general meeting of the members of the said society and by the Privy Council: And whereas the Lords of the Privy Council did, by their Order dated the 20th day of November, 1907, confirm and approve certain by-laws duly made and submitted to them by the said council of the said society : And whereas by section 4 of the Poisons and Pharmacy Act, 1908, it is (amongst other things) enacted that the power of making by-laws conferred by section 2 of the Pharmacy Act, 1852, on the council of the said pharmaceutical society shall be deemed to include the power of making by-laws providing for the registration, upon payment of the prescribed fee, as pharmaceutical chemists, or chemists and druggists, under the Pharmacy Acts, 1852 and 1868, without examination, of any persons holding colonial diplomas : And whereas the said council of the said society has made a new by-law, additional to Section VII of the said by-laws so confirmed and approved as aforesaid by the Lords of the Privy Council on the 20th day of November, 1907, which said new by-law was confirmed and approved by a special general meeting of the members of the said society on the 10th day of January, 1912 : And whereas the said society have submitted the said new by-law for the confirmation and approval of the Lords of the Privy Council: Now, therefore, their Lordships, having taken the said new by-law (a copy of which is hereunto annexed) into consideration, are pleased to confirm and approve the same. Almeric Pitzroy. By-law referred to in the Foregoing Order. Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain. Section VII. —24. The council may, by resolution at any ordinary meeting, enter into reciprocal agreements with colonial pharmaceutical authorities empowered under statute to grant certificates of competent skill and knowledge to practise pharmacy in any British colony; and may make, amend, or determine thereunder regulations for the admission to the Register of Chemists and Druggists of Great Britain, without examination, of persons who after approved courses of study and examination have become registered in any British colony as entitled to carry on the business of a chemist and druggist in that colony ; provided that no person shall be registered under this by-law who fails to produce satisfactory evidence of having undergone an approved course of study, and of having passed the qualifying examination of the colony in which he is registered. 25. Persons holding colonial certificates of qualification, and being desirous of becoming registered, without examination, as chemists and druggists in accordance with the last preceding by-law, shall submit to the Registrar such evidence as may be required by the regulations made from time to time by the Council in that behalf, and shall pay to the Registrar a fee of twelve guineas, whereupon, if the council shall so see fit, they shall be registered.