THE PR0Fi:.SSlO.\ OF I' 1 1 ARM A( ^'. :;fi5 



by each of the four Provinces of the Union are invaHd outside 

 the boundaries of the Province which granted them. The latter 

 .anomaly will disappear upon consolidation, but reciprocit)- with 

 England and other portions of the Empire — in other words, t^ie 

 right to practise as a pharmacist in any part of the Emi)ire on 

 ihe l)asis of a certificate in South Africa — is a question which 

 will be somewhat difficult to solve. The true solution will lie 

 in the nature of the examination and the tests imposed therein. 

 T'le standards to be aimed at must be higher than those pre- 

 vailing elsewhere, and, as has been shown above, this can be 

 achieved primarily by a subdivision which must of necessity 

 connote a'l Increase in the ])roticiency required of candidates. 

 In thi-^ connection it is worthy of mention that the number of 

 pharma'XMUical candidates in England who proceed to Uni- 

 versit}- d.egrees or diplomas of recognised Scientific Associations 

 is mcreasing. In the Colonies, on the other hand, the final 

 examination is in most cases looked upon as the consummation 

 ■of attachment to things scientitic. 



During the last few years the Australian Pharmacy Boards 

 have interc-ted themselves in the (juestion of reciprocitv with 

 England, and as a conse(|uence. after much labour, the basis 

 ■of the principles upon which reciprocity could be carried out 

 has been arranged. On 3> larch 6th, 1912, the Privy Council 

 .appro\'ed the scheme *' ])roviding for the registration, tipon pay- 

 nient of {he prescribed fee, as ])harmaceutical chemists, or 

 chemists and druggists under the Pharmacy Acts 1852 and 1862, 

 without ex.-'.mination of any persons iiolding Colonial Diplomas." 



The valu.e of the reciprocal recognition of diplomas lies 

 not so much in the remission of the work necessary to pass 

 fresh examinations for (jualification in luigland or the Colonies, 

 as the ca:;c may be, as in the advantages which are made possible 

 to Colonial practitioners in a ll'a)idcrjaiir. and this ])oint of view 

 should be kept in mind more particularly, should reciprocity be 

 ■oblairable on mere application. It is but seldom that a Colonial 

 pharmacist returns to practise permanently in Great Britain, and 

 hence to the great majority reciprocity has little or no value other 

 than that of sentiment. In the opportunity presented, however, 

 for keeping abreast of advances in pharmaceutical knowledge it 

 has a value commensurate with the uses to which it can be i)ut. 

 and it cannot be denied that these are great and manifold. In 

 this sense it is a privilege worth great efforts to obtain. 



The present time is noteworthy in the annals of i)harnia(\ 

 •owing to the appearance of a new edition of the British Phar- 

 mocop<Teia, upon which is based eventually all ideas of educa- 

 tional advancement in this profession, and which is the otticial 

 record of progress made. The adoption of this edition was 

 recently made compulsory by law in the Transvaal. Eroni 

 -the points of view taken above, there is one change which will 



