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Also, that his Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive 
Council, has been pleased to approve of the Regulations made by the Pharmacy 
Board of Queensland, in pursuance of the provisions of “The Pharmacy Act of 
1884,” which regulations were published in the Government Gazette on the 20th 
March, 1886. 
The Board then adjourned the meeting until the following day, when they 
met at 4 p.m. 
Present— Dr. Hill, Dr. Ellison, Messrs. Taylor, Yeo, and Fitzgibbon. The 
president (Mr. Edward Taylor) in the chair. 
A letter was read from Mr. C. H. Ward, pharmaceutical chemist, respecting 
persons already apprenticed who have not yet passed the preliminary examination, 
and wishing to know whether they will now have to pass the said preliminary. 
It was resolved that persons apprenticed before the gazetting of the regulations 
may pass the examination at any time during their apprenticeship, provided 
always that the preliminary examination be passed before presenting themselves 
for the professional examination. 
This addition is now awaiting the approval of the Governor. 
Mr. T. F. Baumgardt's letter enclosing his Swedish papers, and requesting 
to be registered as a pharmaceutical chemist in Queensland, was, after consider- 
able discussion, allowed to stand over for the present. 
Mr. G. H. Pickburn also made application by letter to be placed on the Queens- 
land register, and presented his certificate from the Pharmaceutical Society of Great 
Britain. He has been informed that he will be registered on payment of the 
usual fee. 
DEATHS. 
The Deputy Registrar-General reported the following deaths, viz : — 
Thomas Henry Hughes, died 25th January, 1884; John Clowes, died 
29th March, 1885; and James Williams, died 5th June, 1885. These names 
were ordered to be erased from the register. 
The reading of letters from various other gentlemen respecting registration, 
and seeking information respecting examinations, then brought the meeting to a 
close. 
The Board held another meeting on Tuesday, the 6th April, when the 
following gentlemen were present, viz. : — The president (Mr. Edward Taylor) 
in the chair. Dr. Ellison, Messrs. C. H. F. Yeo, A. W. Field, and J. H. 
Fitzgibbon. 
The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed. 
APPOINTMENT OF EXAMINERS. 
A good deal of discassion took place respecting the date for holding the 
first examination, and the appointment of examiners, when it was resolved 
that Dr. Ellison, Mr. Yeo, and Mr. Field be elected examiners for the 
current year, ending the 31st December, 1886, but the date for holding the 
first examination was not fixed. 
The Board then adjourned, and agreed to meet again on Tuesday next, 
the 13 th instant. 
A list of the regulations made by the Pharmacy Board of Queensland, and 
approved by the Governor-in-Council, was published in the Gazette of 20th 
March. 
The Townsville Herald devotes a column to an account of “ the new shop 
which has been built in Fliniers-street for Mr. W. Clayton, the well-known 
chemist.” If the description is not overdrawn, Townsville has every reason to 
