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THE AUSTRALASIAN JOURNAL OF PHARMACY. 
in Hew Zealand the question of pharmaceutical education will be one of great 
difficulty. There are at least four towns of sufficient importance] JtoS warrant the 
establishment of a College of Pharmacy, and yet if any available funds for such 
a purpose were divided between four schools, instead of being concentrated in 
one, all would suffer in the matter of equipment, professors, etc: 
In parts of the country districts to the north of Auckland the fields and 
roadsides are in places completely covered with what people living in those 
districts speak of as pennyroyal. It certainly is one of the mints, and as such 
goes to show the suitability of the climate and soil to the cultivation of at 
least some herbs and leaves of value to the pharmacist and perfumer. Mr. 
Piesse, when visiting the Melbourne Exhibition, gave some lectures on flower 
culture as a paying industry, and it would be of interest to many of our 
readers here if a resume of Mr. Piesse’s remarks could be presented to them. 
Many settlers are certainly favourable to some industry of the kind, for the 
product, when manufactured, would not be unduly bulky, Jj and would be 
sufficiently costly to leave a good margin after deducting reasonable expenses 
of carriage, &c. In the case of ordinary products the railway charges are so 
excessive that farmers and others find it pays better to give their fruit to the 
pigs than send it into market. 
On the last Sunday in March the census of the colony was taken, and, as 
far as any returns have at present come to hand, shows an increase in the 
number of the population. This is, so far, satisfactory, and, no doubt, if a 
vigorous immigration policy were initiated, and a more liberal policy of land 
settlement carried out, a self-reliant rural population could be established. 
At an inquest on the body of Charles John Barry Murray, who was found 
dead in his bed at Christchurch recently, the jury returned a verdict that 
deceased had committed suicide by taking chlorodyne while in a state of temporary 
insanity. The coroner, Mr. Beetham, called attention to the fact that chlorodyne 
was not m the list of poisons of which chemists were obliged to keep a record of 
sale. 
It is announced that the Wellington Hospital trustees have decided to try 
and obtain the drugs required at the Hospital locally, instead of importing 
them, as has been hitherto done. 
Hr. Frank Ogston, whose appointment as lecturer on hygiene and medical 
jurisprudence in the Otago University was chronicled in last month’s issue, had 
previously accepted an offer to settle in the Mackenzie country. According to 
the Timaru Herald , Hr. Ogston has selected Hr. Henry Angus, of Aberdeen 
University, for the latter appointment. 
A man named William Robert Hoyle was poisoned recently at Auckland 
through taking carbolic acid as a sleeping draught. He had been drinking. 
On 17th ultimo an inquest was held at Eden Terrace, Hew Horth Hoad, 
Auckland, on the body of John Hoyle, a carpenter, aged 58. The deceased 
had been of intemperate habits, and had informed a neighbour that he had 
taken laudanum, carbolic acid, and arsenic at different times, with a view of 
inducing sleep. A small phial, containing about an ounce, labelled ‘‘Hr* 
Tennant’s Hispensary. Carbolic Acid. Poison. Hose, one drop,” was found in 
the room in which the death occurred. The post mortem showed the deceased’s 
stomach to have contained about three ounces of carbolic acid and rum, and 
the cause of death was poisoning by carbolic acid. A verdict was returned 
to this effect. 
Mr. Hyatt, Master of the Cambridge West School, Waikato, has lately 
given a course of lectures on chemistry to his pupils, and succeeded in creating 
a considerable interest in the subjects treated upon. 
