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Mr. Shillinglaw stated that there was no reason why the names should not 
be given, although it was not desirable they should be made public. 
Messrs. Abraham, Melhuish, and M‘Carthy agreed with the remarks of 
Mr. Sadler that the matter required no discussion ; they were granting only 
what they received. 
Mr. Sadler said, in order to test the feeling of the meeting, he would 
move — “That the Pharmacy Hoard of New South Wales are willing to grant 
certificates under 40 Tie., No. 9, to those persons who have been in business as 
chemists and druggists in Victoria prior to January, 1877, on condition that the 
Victorian Pharmacy Board recognises in an equal degree the certificates of the 
said New South Wales Board.” 
The resolution — which was seconded by Mr. Melhuish — was written out by 
the secretary, and read by the chairman. 
Mr. Mayne proposed an amendment — “ That the matter be postponed for 
further discussion.” 
Seconded by Mr. Bozon. 
Mr. Sadler pressed for a vote to be taken at once. 
The chairman then read the resolution as proposed by Mr. Sadler, which 
was put and carried, Messrs. Sadler, Abraham, M‘Carthy, and Melhuish voting 
for it, and Messrs. Bozon and Mayne against. The chairman did not vote. 
The chairman desired to know how it was proposed to deal with persons 
who had passed examinations in New South Wales. 
Mr. Shillinglaw stated that he was instructed to furnish the fullest details 
of the nature and subjects of the examinations required under the Pharmacy 
Act of Victoria, and that the Board would reasonably ask similar details as 
to the New South Wales examinations to be submitted to them. The three 
papers he submitted to the meeting were a fair sample of the whole course, 
from the preliminary examination to the final examination in practical 
pharmacy, giving all the questions and answers. 
A conversational discussion then ensued, during which reference was made 
to the proposed Intercolonial Pharmaceutical Conference. Reference to this matter 
was ruled out of order, as the meeting was sitting as the Pharmacy Board, and 
not as the Pharmaceutical Society. The meeting shortly after terminated, with 
the understanding that a special meeting should be held on Friday, the 13th 
August, to determine whether delegates should be sent from New South Wales 
to the Conference. 
We since learn by telegram that the special meeting was held on the 13th 
August, and that, on the motion of Mr. M‘Carthy, it was resolved that New 
South Wales should be represented at the Conference, provided that at least 
two-thirds of the Australasian colonies send representatives, and that Messrs. 
Melhuish and Mayne be appointed delegates from New South Wales. 
Parliament has been dealing with several matters of considerable interest 
to pharmacists of this colony. On the 13th ultimo Mr. Burns moved for 
leave to bring in a bill to enable William Larmer, W. Pratt, W. H. M‘Carthy, 
B. F. Bozon, J. Mayne, W. Parker, and A. J. Watt to form a company, known 
as the Pharmaceutical Society of New South Wales, into a body corporate by 
the style and title aforesaid, with perpetual succession and a common seal ; 
with power to sue and be sued, and to acquire and hold property ; to examine 
and decide upon the admission and rejection of members, and to grant diplomas 
to qualified persons, and to define the liability of members of the aforesaid 
body corporate. The motion was carried, and the bill was brought in and 
read for the first time. 
