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THE AUSTRALASIAN JOURNAL OF PHARMACY. 
Arithmetic. 
First four rules, simple and compound ; vulgar and decimal fractions, and 
simple and compound proportion. British and Metrical systems of Weights and 
Measures. 
(1) The following sums are given to a charity: — £17 3s. 2d., £12 19s. 5|d., 
£21 17s. lid., and £24 12s. 10d., and the whole amount is then divided among 
47 poor persons equally. Find what each receives. 
(2) Reduce to lowest terms — 
(3) Find value of ’3 of £1 + -26 of £5 10s. — T25 of £2 3s. 4d. 
(4) If 4 men earn £14 in 6| days, what will 17 men earn in 4 weeks of 
5J days each? 
(5) Find what a rate of Is. 2d. in the £1 would come to on a property 
worth £5800. 
(6) Taking the litre to be = 1*76 pints, find the number of centilitres in 
40 gallons. 
CUTOH AND GAMBIER. 
In reference to Baron Yon Mueller’s article in the February number of this 
journal, the following is the official return of the quantity imported into the 
United Kingdom in 1884, being extract from the annual statement for that year : — 
From France 
Tons. 
1258 
Value. 
£5,496 
» 
India — 
Bombay and Scinde ... 
... 1,106 
28,245 
Bengal and Burmah 
... 8,836 
232,161 
ft 
Straits Settlements 
... 21,421 
538,902 
?) 
China and Hong Kong ... 
263 
6,800 
tf 
United States of America 
198 
5,792 
)> 
Other countries 
137 
3,622 
Total 
... 32,2198 
£21,018 
A. W. MUSGROYE, 
Secretary Trade and Custom 
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