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“ amendment.” The Pharmaceutical Society, he said, deserved every credit 
for what they had done ; but there were certain difficulties connected with the 
bill which should be brought under the notice of the House, more particularly 
that portion of the bill having reference to the power to be granted in connection 
with examinations and the granting of diplomas. There were at present three 
boards which taught and examined. There could be no objection to the bill 
so far as the question of incorporation was concerned, but there would be 
danger with regard to the question of giving authority to grant certificates 
unless the matter was very carefully considered. If his hon. friend would 
postpone the matter he would render him what assistance he could in 
connection with it. The motion was agreed to, and leave was given to the 
committee to sit on the following Monday, so that I am unable to give you any 
definite information on the subject in my present letter. In the meantime, 
however, the opponents of the bill continue to carry on their crusade against 
it in the Press, and it is evident that a strong effort will be made to throw 
it out, or to so emasculate it as to render it worthless to the society. 
(From an Occasional Correspondent.) 
Sydney, 14th October. 
The doings in the Legislative Assembly during the past month have been 
watched with considerable interest by the druggists of this city. The fact that 
the Medical Bill has been passed by the Assembly without the promised 
amendment re the druggist has given rise to considerable comment. At a recent 
meeting of the Druggists* Trade Association of this city it was agreed to 
represent the views of pharmacists to the introducer of this measure and to gain 
his consent to an amendment in the wording of this clause, and it was under- 
stood that the consent of the member in charge of the bill was obtained. 
However, the bill has come before the House and has been passed without 
alteration, and it is feared that the Upper House will pass the measure as it 
stands, as the Hon. Charles M‘Kellar and Dr. J. Mildred Creed have both 
expressed themselves very strongly upon the advisability of some such Act being 
in force in this colony. It is difficult to say in what way it is intended to cause 
this Act to materially affect those druggists who simply engage in what every 
druggist deems his right, viz., counter practice ; nor can it affect those who 
have a consulting-room attached to their shops, which in several instances in this 
city is let to a medical man during certain hours of the day ; but it is thought 
that the only druggists who will be affected by this measure are those 
who visit patients at their own houses and who privately assume the title of a 
medical man. Fortunately for the pharmacists of this colony this class of persons 
is not very numerous, and the Act introduced by Dr. Tarrant professes not to 
interfere with the druggist in the lawful practice of his profession. 
The Pharmaceutical Society Incorporation Act was brought forward in the 
Assembly for the second reading, on the 8th inst., by Mr. Burns, but was 
referred back again to committee, on a motion of Dr. Renwick, who stated that 
there were three schools in Sydney who laid claim to the power to grant certi- 
ficates to pharmacy students, viz., the Pharmaceutical Society, the Board of 
Technical Education of Hew South Wales, and the School of Medicine of the 
Sydney University, and he desired to see the claims of all persons concerned 
fairly and fully recognised. It is greatly to be regretted that the council of the 
society do not see their way clear to make some arrangement with the other 
bodies engaged in teaching the same subjects, in order that all might be united 
under a joint management for the mutual advantage of all parties. If certain 
