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THE AUSTRALASIAN JOURNAL OF PHARMACY. 
Me. Edwaed Weight, connected with, the laboratory of Messrs. Elliott Bros., 
Sydney, has been on a visit to Melbourne to recruit his health and pick up new ideas. 
The business of the late Mr. F. A. Dunn, Burwood-road, Hawthorn, is 
being carried on by his widow, under the management of Mr. H. A. M‘Kay. 
Me. T. B. Jones, for some years past managing assistant to Mr. C. E 
Blackett, Fitzroy, has purchased the business of Mr. B. J. Fullwood, at 59 
Barkly- street, Carlton. 
Me. J. L. Adams, J.P., of Emerald, Queensland, was recently presented 
with an address, signed by 75 of the principal residents of Emerald, on the 
occasion of his leaving that district. 
Me. J. B. Lillie Mackay, a recent arrival in the colony, has been appointed 
teacher of practical and medical chemistry at Trinity College. Mr. Mackay will 
be assisted by Mr. Carl Dyring, B.A. 
The following books have been presented to the library of the Pharmaceutical 
Society by Mr. C. B. Blackett : — Memoires et Observations de Chemie, De B. 
Pelletier (very rare), 2 vols ; Dissertatio Physico-Chemica, B. Lubbock. 
At the ordinary weekly meeting of the committee of management of the 
Melbourne Benevolent Asylum, held on the 4th April, Mr. A. M. Mort was 
appointed dispenser. There were seven applications for the vacancy. 
Hew Insolvent. — Hugh Percy Beach, of Chapel-street, South Yarra, chemist. 
Causes : Ill-health, losses in mining speculations, and adverse judgment in the 
County Court. Debts, £122 15s. 5d. ; assets, £42 ; deficiency, £80 15s. 5d. 
Me. B. M‘Lean, warehouse manager for Messrs. Elliot Bros., of Sydney, 
who recently visited Melbourne, after inspecting the College of Pharmacy 
expressed himself greatly pleased with the excellence of the arrangements for the 
convenience of students. 
The “ Year Book of Pharmacy for 1885” has been received and distributed 
to all the members of the British Pharmaceutical Conference in Victoria. The 
hon. colonial secretary, Mr. H. Shillingiaw, will be glad to hear from any 
member whose copy has not reached its destination. 
Me. Ivey, Agricultural Professor at the Canterbury College, Hew Zealand, 
who is at present in Melbourne, recently paid a visit to the College of 
Pharmacy, Melbourne. Mr. Ivey expressed himself as greatly pleased with the 
library and the general arrangements for the convenience of the students in the 
laboratory. 
We regret to record the death of Mr. Frederick J. L. Pownall, who, for 
some time, was with Mr. Thos. Longstaff, of Ballarat, and more recently with 
Messrs. Martin and Pleasance, Collins-street, Melbourne. Mr. Pownall was the 
second son of the Bev. Wm. Pownall, Shank Hill Bectory, county Kilkenny, 
Ireland, and died at the early age of 32. 
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BIRTH. 
Wheeler. — On the 26th March, at the Rookery, Alexandra, the wife of F. Wheeler, J.P., 
chemist, of a son. 
DEATHS. 
Holdsworth. — On the 4th March, at Mollison-street, Sandhurst, Cate Jackson, infant 
daughter of J. H. B. and Louisa Holdsworth. 
Pownall. — On the 29th March, at Melbourne, Frederick James Lowe, second son of Rev. 
Wm. Pownall, LL.D., of Shank Hill Rectory, county Kilkenny, Ireland, aged 82 years. 
