xxvi President's Address 



THE COLLEGE OF PHARMACY. 



During the past year Pharmacy has continued to make 

 steady onward progress. The selection by Professors 

 Attfield and Redwood of a gentleman in England, who has 

 since arrived and assumed the duties of director of the 

 College of Pharmacy, should greatly add to the future 

 progress of the Institution. 



The publication of a high-class journal during the past 

 year has also been an event of some importance, and it is 

 gratifying to find that articles of original research, published 

 in the pages of the " Australasian Journal of Pharmacy," 

 have been reprinted in the leading pharmaceutical journals 

 of the world. 



With a view of further advancing pharmaceutical educa- 

 tion, a conference, which will be attended by delegates from 

 all the colonies, will take place on the 27th, 28th, and 29th 

 October, and from their deliberations we may hope that 

 the best results will follow. 



KINDRED SOCIETIES. 



The Geographical Society of Australia, as represented by 

 its branches in the various colonies, continues its work. 

 The Victorian branch has, in conjunction with the Royal 

 Society, appointed a committee to consider the question of 

 " Antarctic Exploration." This committee has held several 

 meetings, and is at present in communication with the 

 British Association, the Royal Geographical Society, the 

 Scottish Geographical Society, the Royal Society of Tas- 

 mania, and other bodies. The various colonial Governments 

 have shown sympathy with the movement, and the Imperial 

 Government is to be approached on the question. Consider- 

 ing how much has been accomplished in the way of arctic 

 exploration, it is somewhat singular that so little has been 

 ■done in southern regions. The difficulties do not appear to 

 be particularly great, provided a suitable steam vessel, of 

 sufficiently massive build to endure the shocks of ordinary 



