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of the student founders of the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain. He 
had been able to go to the Antipodes, to realise a competency, to take an active 
part in legislative work, and to become president of the Commission representing 
that great colony, in a comparatively small number of years. During that time 
he had also been able to achieve for pharmacy the great benefit of obtaining a 
Pharmacy Act for the country of his adoption. Those who heard Mr. Graham 
Berry would not forget the glowing terms in which he spoke of Mr. Bosisto. 
He told them that he and Mr. Bosisto had been opposed to each other in 
politics, but they were, nevertheless, exceedingly good friends ; and these two 
representatives of the two sides in Parliament had actually been able, with 
others, to agree in regard to pharmaceutical matters in such a way that the 
Yictorian Legislature not only gave the Society a house, but also made the very 
handsome grant of £1000 for the advance of pharmaceutical education, which it 
was hoped and believed would be given annually. It was very pleasant to hear 
the terms in which Mr. Bosisto spoke of the pharmacists of the old country, 
and the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain in particular ; and it was a 
pleasing duty for him, as president, to be the means of conveying the gratitude 
of his colleagues to Mr. Bosisto for his kind appreciation of the Society and its 
work. Of course, he spoke officially, and desired to represent the whole 
pharmaceutical body in expressing his appreciation of the compliment Mr. Bosisto 
had paid to the Society in asking its executive to partake of his hospitality. 
The vice-president seconded the motion. It had been a great pleasure to 
him to meet Mr. Bosisto, and to see not only the warm interest he took in 
pharmacy generally, but also to know that he did so believing he was benefiting 
human kind. It was very pleasant to observe that the moving power of his life 
seemed to be a desire for the public good. 
Mr. Schacht briefly supported the motion, which was carried unanimously. 
MR WILLIAM BOWEN, J.P. 
It will be of interest to our readers to learn that Mr. William Bowen, J.P., 
president of the Pharmaceutical Society of Australasia, and a member of the 
Pharmacy Board of Victoria, has safely reached London. From a gossipy 
letter, written in his own pleasant way, we learn that our esteemed 
friend has found himself on most excellent terms with our American 
cousins. He says : — “ I have crossed from the Pacific to the Atlantic, only 
witnessing two cases of drunkenness, and have scarcely heard an obscene or 
other objectionable word during the journey. I have experienced nothing but 
courtesy and kindness from all classes, and my sojourn among them will ever be 
recalled with feelings of pride and pleasure. I did not neglect to sound them on 
every convenient occasion upon that grand idea (which originated with one of 
their own countrymen), the federation of the English-speaking race ; and I can 
say that in every case I met with a satisfactory response — indeed, on one 
occasion the question was mooted by one of themselves — and in nearly all cases my 
views were supported with so much enthusiasm as to flatter the hope that the 
realisation of the dream in question is far removed from the impossibilities. I 
have formed a favourable opinion as to the condition of pharmacy throughout 
the States, although California and some other districts have not the advantages 
of Pharmacy Acts. However, the chemists are, in a most praiseworthy manner, 
making every endeavour to promote pharmaceutical education. They have no 
apprenticeship law, but they make up for this by requiring every student, before 
presenting himself for the final examination, to give satisfactory evidence of 
having served with some recognised pharmaceutical chemist for a period of at 
