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was then found, with his head fallen forward into a cup containing a sponge, 
which had evidently been saturated with chloroform. Of course a verdict in 
accordance with the evidence was returned, and the matter ended. 
The election of the Auckland licensing committees takes place on the 18th 
of this month, and Mr. G-raves Aickin, president of the Pharmacy Hoard, and 
chairman of the Chamber of Commerce, is one of the five gentlemen requisitioned 
by a popular and influential committee to stand in the interest of, let us say, 
common sense. 
In the matter of things purely pharmaceutical there is absolutely nothing 
of interest to write about, and the correspondent who would have to confine 
himself to doings purely technical would be in the position of the Israelites of 
old, having to make bricks without straw. 
I am afraid you will almost have given up receiving any communication from 
me this month, but the fact is I have delayed and delayed in hopes that I 
might be able to report the approval by the Governor-in-Council of the 
regulations under the Pharmacy Act, and that the date had been fixed for 
holding an examination, Hut although I am still unable to report progress in that 
respect, I trust and believe I shall be able to state next month that the said 
regulations, which have been delayed lately in consequence of the absence of 
the Premier at the Federal Council, have not only been approved and gazetted, 
but that the members of the Hoard are making active preparations for an 
examination. 
A Pharmacy Act was, as I daresay many of your readers know, passed in 
Queensland in the year 1884, and on the 14th of May, 1885, the following 
gentlemen were appointed by his Excellency the Governor-in-Council to be 
members of the Pharmacy Board of Queensland Dr. James Hill, Dr. J. 
Clement Ellison, Dr. Henson, Mr. Edward Taylor (of Berkley, Taylor & Co.), 
Mr. J. H. Fitzgibbon, Mr. C. H. Fletcher Yeo, and Mr. A. W. Field. The 
first meeting of the Hoard was held on the 3rd of July, 1885, when all the 
members were present, with the exception of Dr. Ellison and Dr. Henson— who 
has since died, leaving a vacancy on the Hoard, which has not yet been filled 
up. At this meeting Mr. Edward Taylor was elected president, and Mr. Frank 
Taylor to the position of secretary and registrar. 
The Hoard have since then held sixteen meetings, when a good deal of 
preliminary work was got through, and every effort made by the members to 
get the regulations passed and approved, so as to hold an examination at as 
early a date as possible, and the Hoard have much pleasure in recording their 
thanks to Mr. Harry Shillinglaw, the secretary and registrar of the Pharmacy 
Hoard of Victoria, for the very ready way in which he has assisted the 
Queensland Hoard in giving them a copy of the Victorian regulations as a 
guide to go by, and any other information in his power. 
At the second meeting of the Hoard it was resolved that a certificate or 
diploma of having passed an examination of competency of the Pharmacy 
Hoard of Victoria, Hew Zealand, or Hew South W ales be recognised as a 
sufficient qualification for registration under the Queensland Pharmacy Act of 
1884. This resolution cannot, of course, come into operation until confirmed 
by the Governor, after the regulations have been gazetted; and I fancy it 
will remain an open question pending the reciprocal recognition of certificates. 
