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THE AUSTRALASIAN JOURNAL OF PHARMACY. 
PHARMACY BOARD OF VICTORIA. 
The monthly meeting of the Pharmacy Board of Victoria was held at the College 
of Pharmacy, Swanston-street, Melbourne, on Wednesday, the 14th July, 1886. 
Present— Messrs. Blackett, Brind, Owen, Francis, Strutt, and Tompsitt. 
The president (Mr. C. R. Blackett) in the chair. 
The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed. 
APPLICATIONS FOR REGISTRATION. 
The following persons, having made the necessary declaration, were registered 
as pharmaceutical chemists : — 
Frederic Robert Tyler, Pyrmont, Sydney, an assistant in Victoria before 
the passing of the Act. 
Robert Reid M‘Xean, Port Melbourne, passed the Major Examination, 
Victoria. 
APPRENTICES’ INDENTURES REGISTERED. 
Valerio Brunetti, 250 Nicholson-street, Fitzroy, apprenticed to Mr. Thomas 
Huntsman. 
Alexander Cathie, Beaufort, apprenticed to Mr. Albert Andrews, Beaufort. 
Frank E. Harsant, Donald, apprenticed to Mr. Thomas Harsant, Donald. 
SALE AND USE OF POISONS ACT.— RENEWAL OF CERTIFICATES. 
Edward Blake, Ballan. 
Harry John Olle, Penshurst. 
Several special applications for registration were considered, and in the case 
of G. A. Dimock, who is applying to the Supreme Court for a mandamus to 
compel the Board to issue to him a certificate that he is eligible for registra- 
tion as a pliarmaceutical chemist, it was resolved that the Registrar be authorised 
to take necessary steps to defend the action. 
In the case of Michael William Butler, of Sandhurst, who appeared through 
his attorneys (Messrs. Brown and Ellison, of Sandhurst) for a certificate that 
he is qualified for registration, the Board, after giving careful consideration to 
the application, did not feel justified in acceding to the request. 
Other communications were dealt with from Messrs. H. Wright, White, 
Andrews, Rogers, Plummer, J. J. M‘Loughlin, Gieve, the Secretary Court of 
Medical Examiners, Hobart, &c. 
NAMES ERASED FROM THE PHARMACEUTICAL REGISTER OF VICTORIA. 
John Warrington, Echuca (deceased). 
Thomas Lidwell Smith, Rushworth „ 
Charles Gray M‘Farlane, Fitzroy „ 
THE HALF-YEARLY BALANCE SHEET. 
The balance-sheet to the end of the financial year, 30th June, was submitted 
by the treasurer. 
Police reports and other confidential business brought the meeting to a close. 
The personal estate of the late James Stannes, chemist and druggist, of 
Tavistock, who died in December last, has been valued at £13,000. Among the 
legacies are £1000 to the South Devon and East Cornwall Hospital, and £1000 to the 
benevolent fund of the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain. 
