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THE AU STEAL ASIAN JOURNAL OF PHARMACY. 
THE AUSTRALASIAN 
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With which is incorporated the Australasian 
Chemist and Druggist. 
Published on the 20th of each Month. 
This Journal, which is the only organ of 
Pharmacy in the Australasian Colonies, is 
devoted to the advancement of Pharmaceutical 
knowledge, and to the advocacy of a more 
thorough education and practical training for 
all persons engaged in preparing and dis- 
pensing medicines, drugs, and chemicals. It is 
issued gratis to the members of the Pharma- 
ceutical Society of Australasia in 
Victoria, 
New South Wales, 
New Zealand, 
Queensland, 
South Australia, 
Tasmania, 
Western Australia, 
Fiji. 
And to non-members at 10s. 6d. per annum, 
payable in advance. Subscriptions may com- 
mence at any time. 
We guarantee a bona Jide circulation of 1250 
copies each month. 
Advertisements, remittances, and all busi- 
ness communications to be addressed to The 
Publisher, College of Pharmacy, Swan- 
ston Street, Melbourne. 
Communications for the Editorial depart- 
ment of this Journal must be addressed to The 
Editor, Swanston Street, Melbourne. 
No notice can be taken of anonymous 
communications. Whatever is intended for 
insertion must be authenticated by the name 
and address of the writer — not necessarily for 
publication, but as a guarantee of good faith. 
The Editor will be glad to consider any 
suggestions from Members and Subscribers 
regarding the improvement of this publication. 
Contributions of any items of interest are 
invited. 
Advertisements to be inserted in the next 
issue should be received by the Publisher not 
later than the 14th of each month. 
Offices : 
COLLEGE OF PHARMACY, 
SWANSTON ST., MELBOURNE. 
New South Wales : 
Communications for the Editorial or Pub- 
lishing Departments of this Journal may be 
addressed to the Local Agents, Box No. 1103, 
General Post Office. 
Copies of the Journal can be obtained from 
Messrs. Angus & Robertson, Market 
Street, Sydney, 
London Agents : 
Messrs. Francis Forrest & Co., 9 New 
Broad Street, E.C. 
American Agents : 
Messrs. McKesson & Robbins, New York, 
U.S.A. 
Readers are respectfully requested to mention 
this Journal when acting on information obtained 
from it. 
A DISPUTED TITLE. 
In the last issue of the trade journal which has appropriated a title claimed by 
right to belong to the proprietors of The Australasian Journal of 'Pharmacy , a 
note of triumph is sounded on the withdrawal of the action brought to restrain 
it from the use of the title in question ; and, while admitting that “ the final 
stages have only been completed a few days,” considerable capital is attempted 
to be made out of the fact that no announcement had appeared in our columns 
on the subject. Our contemporary might have spared its heroics. There was 
do intention on the part of the proprietors of this journal to shirk announcing 
that, while still holding firmly to the justice of the claim on which that action 
— under the best legal advice in the colony — was initiated, they have felt 
compelled, in consequence of certain unforseen technical difficulties in the produc- 
tion of evidence, to withdraw from its further prosecution ; and we now give 
the fact that “ publicity,” the anxiety displayed for which can scarcely fail to be 
gratifying to our advertisers. 
Briefly stated, we were called upon to prove “ special damage,” and, inasmuch 
as we could not show that our reputation, either with readers or advertisers, had 
suffered, or was likely to suffer, from any competition with the local offspring 
of the publication in the possession of which Messrs. Morgan Bros, have 
pecuniarily prospered, it was considered advisable to discontinue an action which, 
while promising a recognition of our demand, seemed unlikely to be accompanied 
with a monetary return of the outlay necessarily attendant upon a protracted 
