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pharmacists were touched upon and particularly he took up tbe 

 work of the retiring Board of Pharmacy,, concerning which he said 

 the following: 



"In passing I desire to say a word of commendation for the New 

 York State Board of Pharmacy, which has so ably, efificiently and 

 impartially performed its duties and raised the standard of pharm- 

 acy in our State. It is my sincere hope. that the new Board, under 

 new conditions, may be equally as progressive and watchful of our 

 united interests and permit us to carry the profession of pharmacy 

 alone in the same progressive spirit. 



The report of the Legislative Committee dealt chiefly with the 

 matter of Pharmacy legislation, both attempted and accomplished. 

 Many measures of interest and importance had been before the 

 State Legislature and had received the attention of this Committee, 

 the principal measure of course being the newly enacted Pharmacy 

 Law, with the provisipns of which I believe the members are by 

 this time entirely familiar. . . , ; 



The report of the Secretary showed a- total membership of 1286, 

 an evidence of stability of the State Association, particularly 'as 

 all members are in good standing. 



The report of the Treasurer showed that the 'Association' has on 

 hand the sum of $1,243.07, again an evidence of prosperity. 



The Committee on Papers and Queries, through Dr. Willis G. 

 Gregory presented a comprehefn%ive repbrt- accompanied by a rfum- 

 ber of papers, some of these were of considerable merit, and were 

 referred for printing in the annual report of the proceedings, where 

 such as are interested will have an opportunity to read them. 



The Committe on Commercial Interests, through Mr. Clarence 

 O. Bigelow, also presented an elaborate and exhaustive report. 

 Many papers, dealing with the commercial side of Pharmacy 

 formed part of the report,, and Jsome of these were read before the 

 meeting, and all of them will be found in the coming' isSnie of the 

 Proceedings. 



The Committe on Adulteration, through Dr. Joseph Kahn, its 

 chairman, presented a very interesting report which was very 

 favorably received. His report was supplemented with a great 

 many demonstrations, and in concluding he called attention to the 

 necessity of ridding pharmacy of the predominant commercialism, 

 and the necessity of establishing a higher standard of ethical con- 

 duct among pharmacists. 



