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THE AUSTRALASIAN JOURNAL OF PHARMACY. 
under the same terms as associate members and a paragraph in the Journal 
explains that this resolution was come to by the council in consequence of 
having received pressing applications from gentlemen of undoubted scientific 
talent, and it was felt that such election could not act otherwise than favourably 
for the best interests of the society, by infusing into its ranks some of the 
best talent of the colony. 
A paragraph in the first annual report, it will be remembered, mentioned 
that the establishment of the society had been intimated to the Pharmaceutical 
Society of Great Britain, whose assistance and co-operation had been solicited. 
The result is pleasantly recounted in the following extract from the minutes of 
6th August: — 
“The following donations were announced: — The Journal and Transactions 
of the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain , from the commencement to the 
present date, and presented by the council of the society in London. The 
president, in announcing this munificent donation, thought it merited something 
more than a passing notice, indicative as it was of the kindly feeling felt for the 
welfare of the Australian chemists by the parent society at home, and felt sure 
that all the members present would join in expressing their warmest thanks for 
the same.” Among other donations acknowleged during the year we find the 
following : — Transactions of the Philosophical Institute of Victoria , 2 vols. ; 
Fragmenta Victoria , F. Mueller, presented by the author; Fragmenta Phyto - 
graphicee , by F. Mueller ; Moorewood' s History of Inebriating Liquors, by Mr. 
Wragge ; and Schliedens Principles of Botany , by Mr. Kruse. 
Having thus obtained the nucleus of a library, the council passed a resolution 
instructing the secretary to subscribe to the Cavendish Society of London “ for 
the purpose of obtaining those rare and valuable works for the translation of 
which it was established ;” and, at the same time, deeming it necessary for the 
furtherance of the objects of the society that more eligible premises than those 
then occupied by them should be obtained, decided to take “ the large rooms at 
the residence of the hon. secretary, Mr. J ohn Kruse, 20 Bourke-street East — one for 
a library and reading-room, and the other for lectures and meetings of the society.” 
With the object of keeping alive the interest of country members in the 
society, the council next determined to select local secretaries to transact its general 
business in their respective districts, and the minutes of 8th July record the 
appointment of the following gentlemen: — Mr. Thomas, Geelong; Mr. Berger, 
Ballarat; Mr. Vogel (now Sir Julius Vogel), Dunolly; Mr. Witt, Beechworth ; 
Mr. Fames, Belfast ; Mr. Clowes, Castlemaine ; Mr. Garsett, Sandhurst ; and Mr. 
Ogle, Maryborough. 
Hitherto the scope of the society had been limited strictly to the colony of 
Victoria, but a special meeting of the council was called together on 30th 
July to consider a letter received from Mr. James Parkinson, of Adelaide, 
which opened up the prospect of a wider sphere of action. The text of Mr. 
Parkinson s letter is not recorded, but its purport may be inferred from the 
resolutions to which it gave rise, and the reply made to it, which we give herewith 
in full : — 
“ Ph. S.V. Office, Swanston- street, Melbourne, 30th July, 1858. 
“ Sir, — J am instructed by the council of the Pharmaceutical Society of 
Victoria to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated the 10th of this month, and 
to inform you that a meeting of the council of the society was held to-day, 
at which the following resolutions were passed : — 
" 1 (1.) That this council, recognising the importance of branch societies in 
the neighbouring colonies, recommend their establishment founded upon the 
constitution and adapting the laws of the Pharmaceutical Society of Victoria.’ 
