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THE AUSTRALASIAN JOURNAL OF PHARMACY. 
The student must continue to attend during 1886 the classes required to 
obtain the certificate of industrial expert, and the money will be paid quarterly, 
subject to satisfactory attention to college work. 
These scholarships are open alike to city and country students. 
The following are the questions used at the December examination : — 
Materia Medica and Pharmacy. 
Time allowed, two hours. 
1st year students (juniors) to attempt all the questions. 
1. Enumerate the official preparations of cinchona calisaya. How is quinae 
sulphas prepared p 
2. Name the ammoniated tinctures, and state in what form the ammonia 
is used in each. 
3. What are the tests for carbolic acid ? 
4. Name the official wines, giving also the proportion of the active 
ingredients. 
5. What preparations are obtained from valeriana officinalis ? How is 
valerianate of soda manufactured? 
2nd year students (seniors) to attempt all the questions. 
1. What is distillation? Name the pharmacopoeial preparations made by 
this process. 
2. With regard to nux vomica and catechu, state — 
(а) Their botanical origin ; 
(б) Their physical properties and active principles, and 
(c) Their pharmacopoeial preparation. 
3. State the composition in English, and omitting quantities, of the following 
preparations : — 
(1.) Pil. rhei co. (2.) Liq. arsenicalis. (3.) Tr. camph. co. (4.) 
Mist, cretae. (5.) Lot. hydrarg. nig. (6.) Pil. saponis co. 
4. Give the strengths of the active ingredients, and the doses, of the 
following preparations : — 
Pil. aloes et myrrhae, mel. boracis, vinum antimoniale, troch. 
ipecacuanhae et morphiae, pulv. jalapae compositus, syrup- 
scillae, lin. belladonnae, pil. colocynth. co., pil. phosphori, and 
pil. scammonii co. 
5. What are the formulae and properties of chloroform and chloral 
hydrate; how can they be prepared, and how can the former be obtained from 
the latter? 
Physics. 
I. Sound. Light and Heat. 
Instructions. — Put the number of the question before your answer, l^ou 
are only permitted to attempt eight questions. The value attached to each 
question is the same. 
Three hours are allowed. 
1. A man is standing in a railway carriage as it approaches the platform 
while the brake is suddenly applied; he is now jerked in a certain direction. 
State the cause of this, and the direction in which the man would fall. 
2. A piece of copper wire weighing 228*28 grains is suspended in pure 
water from the arm of a delicate pair of scales, whereupon it is found to 
weigh 225*68 grains. From these figures you are required to calculate the 
specific gravity of copper. 
