THE AUSTRALASIAN JOURNAL OF PHARMACY. 
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“ * (2.) That one-half of all fees derived from the subscription of members, 
associates, apprentices, and subscribing members be handed over to the council 
of the Pharmaceutical Society of Victoria for general purposes ; the other half 
to be retained by the branch society for local expenditure.* 
“ ‘ (3 ) That all members, associates, apprentices, and subscribing members 
•hall be entitled to the Journal of the society, and shall have it delivered to 
the local secretary free of charge.* 
“I have the honour of sending you herewith a copy of the laws and 
constitution of our society, which will enable you to get all necessary 
information. With regard to your inquiries about honorary members, I beg to 
refer to the last number of the Journal , in which you will find an article headed 
* Notice to Members.* 
“ I heartily wish you success in establishing the South Australian Branch 
Society, and hope the other colonies will follow your example. — I have the 
honour to be, sir, your most obedient servant, 
“JOHN KRUSE, Seo. Ph. S.V.” 
A special meeting of the council was held on the 27th August for the pur- 
pose of considering certain resolutions passed at a meeting of chemists and 
druggists at Adelaide, and a letter from Mr. Parkinson. Unfortunately neither 
these nor the reply made thereto have been recorded in the minute book, and 
we are therefore unable to reproduce them here. It would appear, however, 
from the following extract from an article in the Journal for 1st October, and 
which we give here as illustrative of the kindly feeling existing between the two 
colonies, that no definite decision had yet been arrived at. We quote as follows : 
—“The chemists and druggists of Adelaide, we rejoice to see, are emulating 
their brethren in Victoria, and are endeavouring to form a local association, 
which has our warmest wishes for its success. Whether it will be indepen- 
dent, or will combine with the older one in Victoria, we believe, is not yet settled; 
in either case we wish it well, and would gladly see kindred institutions in all 
the other colonies too.** 
A Medical Bill, introduced by Dr. Embling, was carefully discussed by the 
council during the year, and although some modification of a few of its points 
were thought desirable, its provisions in the main were considered moderate and 
reasonable, and no active opposition was offered to it by the society. The 
minutes of a meeting of the council held on 22nd October record instructions 
given to the secretary u to inquire of Dr. Embling what day and hour would 
suit him to receive a deputation from the council ;** but at the next meeting it 
was announced that the bill had been “ thrown out of the House ** the day 
before that appointed for the visit, thus rendering any further action unnecessary. 
In the meantime, however, the council had not lost sight of the Poisons 
Bill referred to in the first annual report. On 1st April a committee, consisting 
of the president, vice-president, treasurer, and Messrs. Cooper and Croad, was 
appointed to frame a bill, but it seems that, on the matter being submitted 
to a general meeting of members, it was decided to let it stand over for a 
time. 
The question of pharmaceutical reform also received the careful attention of 
the council, who, on 22nd October, appointed a committee, consisting of the 
president, treasurer, secretary, and Mr. Johnson (who, on resigning shortly after- 
wards, was succeeded by Mr. Lewis), to draw up a Pharmacy Bill. As the 
result of their labours was not presented to the members until the following 
year, we postpone dealing with the subject until our next issue. 
The periodical meetings initiated in the previous year were continued, and 
excellent lectures and addresses were delivered by Drs. Mueller, Eades, Messrs. 
