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THE AUSTRALASIAN JOURNAL OF PHARMACY. 
“Your council, thinking it advisable to have an office in a central part of 
the city, which could also be used as a lecture-room and to hold meetings of 
the society in, decided upon renting the room we are now assembled in, at the 
rate of £50 per annum. They have, however, made arrangements with another 
society whereby this amount will be greatly reduced during the ensuing year. 
“Your council has sustained a severe loss during the past year in the 
death of Mr. Archer, of Geelong, as he was one of those very active in the 
formation of the society, and one whose advice and assistance was at all times 
of great value. 
“ As it was obvious to your council that a medium was wanting for the 
periodical interchange of ideas among the members of the society, and also as 
a means of making country members acquainted with what was doing by the 
council and society in town, it was resolved, after much deliberation, to estab- 
lish a Pharmaceutical Journal , somewhat after the plan adopted by the society in 
England. They determined to publish the Journal only quarterly at present- 
Messrs. Bosisto and Johnson were appointed editors. The first number was 
published on the 1st January, and forwarded gratuitously to each member and 
associate of the society. 
“ The necessity for the introduction of a bill into the Legislative Assembly 
to regulate the practice of pharmacy in Victoria has been under the 
consideration of your council ; but, owing to the] unsettled state of politics at 
the present time, they have refrained from pushing the matter forward. 
“ In conclusion, your council would earnestly impress upon the members 
of the society the necessity for supporting them in the arduous duties 
awaiting them during the coming year. Let each individual member feel as if 
the success of the society depended upon his own individual exertions, attend 
the lectures, and communicate with the editors of the Journal. Surely some new 
facts must be continually presenting themselves to your notice worth 
communicating to your fellow-members ; and let us endeavour, by a consistent 
unity of action, to raise the standard of the profession we have adopted, and 
to establish the Pharmaceutical Society of Victoria upon such a firm basis that 
it may eventually be one of the leading institutions of the colony.” 
The treasurer’s balance-sheet showed — Receipts, £217 10s. lid. ; expenditure, 
£145 18s. 4d. ; balance, £71 12s. 7d. 
Heedless to say, a vote of thanks was passed to the council for the exertions 
by which they had in so short a space of time achieved such wonderful results. 
Confident hopes were expressed on all sides that, satisfactory as was the 
progress already made, the benefits arising from the society would ere long be 
exhibited and acknowledged in the greater degree of interest taken in it by the 
trade. Whether this confidence was or was not justified will be seen in our next 
instalment. In the meantime, to complete our history of the year under notice, 
we may add that Messrs. Ford, Blackett, and Glover having retired by rotation, 
and Mr. Archer’s seat having become vacant through death, Messrs. Wragge, 
Dunstone, O’Connor, and Thomas were elected to the council, and Messrs. Best 
and Blair were appointed auditors for the ensuing year. 
(To he continued.') 
To disguise the taste of quinine, Dr. Hugo Engel recommends a mixture 
with one grain of quinine of one grain of chloride of ammonium and four 
grains of powdered liquorice root. The same proportion of chloride of ammonium 
must be used for larger doses, but ten grains of the liquorice will suffice for 
ten grains of quinine. 
