304 THE AU STEAL ASIAN JOUENAL OF PHAEAIACY. 
meetings, but, as stated above, bave undergone revision and alteration in order 
to make them more suitable to present requirements. The most noteworthy are 
those that refer to admission and examinations. At the foundation of the society 
it was decided to admit as members all those who were in business on their own 
account in South Australia, or as recognised managers, prior to 1st January, 1886, 
and all assistants, as associates, who were 21 years of age, and had been for four 
years engaged in practical pharmacy. This date was subsequently extended in order 
to admit a few procrastinating individuals whom the society, in its charity, did 
not wish to shut out. It was then felt by many to be somewhat of a hardship 
that those assistants who had been for many years connected with the trade, and 
who were thoroughly qualified, should be excluded from membership, and a special 
rule was passed admitting, during the first three months of the year, all those 
assistants who had been for ten years engaged in dispensing. But it is 
felt, now that these special cases have been provided for, that entry should 
be by examination only, and some of the most important rules passed 
at the above meeting provide that they only shall be eligible for membership 
who have passed the examination of a recognised Pharmaceutical Society 
or Pharmacy Board, and that on and after 1st September, 1886, all 
applicants desiring to become members or associates (presumably those who 
have not passed an examination elsewhere) must, to gain membership, pass the 
major examination, which also confers the Jtitle of pharmaceutical chemist, and 
can only obtain associateship by passing the minor. The subscription of members 
is fixed for the present at one guinea, and of associates at half a guinea, the 
entrance fee of each respectively at ten ski 1 lings and five shillings, and every 
applicant is expected to sign a written declaration stating his willingness to 
comply with the regulations of the society. 
The office-bearers are fixed as : President, vice-president, secretary, and treasurer 
who, with three members, form a council for the management of the society's 
business. These are to be elected annually, and such election is to take place 
at the first general meeting in January each year. The members of the 
present council are Mr. Harrison, president; Mr. Grundy, vice-president; Mr. 
Main, hon. secretary ; Mr. Poole, hon. treasurer ; Messrs. Grummett, G. A. 
Parker, and White. The general meetings are to be held as heretofore on the 
first Tuesday, and the council meeting on the last Thursday in each month, aud 
none but a member is deemed qualified to vote or nominate. 
The examinations will certainly not err on the side of leniency, as they are 
to be a copy of those held in Great Britain. The preliminary is to take place 
half-yearly, and successful candidates are to be registered students of the society. 
The minor and major will be held as occasion requires. The fee for the prelimi- 
nary is fixed at one guinea, for the minor, two guineas, and for the major, three 
guineas, half the fee to be returned to unsuccessful candidates in the case of 
the two latter examinations. The other rules relate to the management of meetings, 
election matters, &c., and are similar to those in general use. 
Dr. Davies Thomas has returned from England, and has brought from Cey- 
lon a collection of native curios, which he intends to divide between the public 
museum and the museum of economic botany. 
Sir Henry and Lady Loch, with their two daughters, accompanied by his 
Honour the Chief Justice (the Chancellor), paid a visit to the University on 
Monday. The visitors, under the guidance of the Chancellor, were shown over the 
building, and took great interest in certain experiments in acoustics and electricity, 
which were shown by Professor Bragg. Professor Bennie received the vice-regal 
visitors in the chemical laboratory, and explained certain processes for extracting 
