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therefore earnestly hope that every chemist will do his utmost to enhance the 
prosperity of the association, for without union there can be no strength. Several 
matters of great importance are now being discussed. Any information respecting 
the association can be obtained from the secretary, Mr. J. S. Sayers. 
In the New South Wales Assembly on Friday, the 4th June, Dr. Tarrant 
moved the second reading of the Medical Practitioners’ Act Amendment Bill, 
which was intended to prevent persons other than those who satisfied the 
Medical Board as to their qualifications from practising in medicine. 
PHARMACEUTICAL SOCIETY OF NEW SOUTH WALES. 
The annual meeting of the Pharmaceutical Society of New South Wales was 
held on the 10th inst. in the society’s rooms, Phillip- street ; Mr. H. Farmer 
{president of the society) in the chair. There was a good attendance of members. 
The business for which the meeting had been convened was the election of four 
members of council and the reception of the annual report and balance-sheet. 
The report, which was read by the secretary, was as follows : — 4 4 In 
presenting its tenth annual report your council has reason to be satisfied with 
the annual progress made by the society. Your council has to report that its 
lecturer, Mr. C. Quayle, delivered during the past year two courses of lectures 
-on Chemistry, Materia Medica, Pharmacy, and Toxicology ; and that he has 
been engaged to deliver two more courses (26 lectures), to commence this 
month. In the course of the period embraced by this report 49 students 
presented themselves for examination, of whom 26 passed, and most of them 
obtained a high percentage of marks. The new synopsis of examination will 
now be brought into use, and your council trusts that the examinations 
under it may have the effect of creating a superior class of: chemists, 
because it may reasonably be assumed the more stringent the examina- 
tions the greater will be the value of: the certificates obtained thereby. 
Attention is again being directed to ] the advisableness of bringing about an 
intercolonial pharmaceutical conference, and the matter will be brought forward 
at the next meeting of your council. Steps are being taken to incorporate your 
society, and a bill on the lines of the English Act has been for some time 
m the hands of an attorney, and is now ready for presentation to Parliament. 
When this is passed into law it will place our society on a legal basis. It 
will give to the chemist a social position and professional status ; and, while 
conserving and guarding his interests, it will protect the public against imper- 
fectly educated, self-styled chemists now carrying on business in contravention 
of the 40c. Victoria, No. 9, and who should be compelled to undergo an 
examination or close their establishments. The Amended Pharmacy Act, 
although printed, is still in abeyance. Your council is very desirous of having 
a well-furnished museum and laboratory, in the creation of which a commence- 
ment has been made, and special subscriptions are earnestly solicited in 
aid of this important adjunct. Your council acknowledge with thanks 
gifts of several kinds, especially those from Messrs. Elliott Brothers and 
Messrs. E. Prosser and Co., also the receipt of books and pamphlets from 
friends in the colony, as well as from the American Pharmaceutical Association, 
which has kindly sent a copy of its annual proceedings ; the British Pharmaceu- 
tical Conference, which has presented its Year Book of Pharmacy, and from the 
Australasian Journal of Pharmacy , for copies of their publication. The 
treasurer s balance-sheet will be laid before you. The following members’ seats 
are vacant, viz. : — Messrs. W . Larmer, W. Pratt, J. Mayne, and A. Carter ; and 
the following have given notice as desirous of filling the vacancies : — Messrs. W. 
