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Mr. Pond thought it was right to appeal to the registered members, to save 
future trouble. 
Mr. Huntsman — Hew Zealand, then, is the only colony seeking for such 
provision. Queensland had the power of making regulations. The Pharmacy 
Boards of the other colonies performed these functions. 
Mr. Mayne — Is the qualification here legal ? Is it recommended P If one 
is not a member of the Society here, can a certificate be granted to open a shop ? 
Mr. Huntsman — Ho. 
Mr. Mayne thought it was different in Hew South Wales. 
Mr. Huntsman — In the other colonies, as far as he knew, the Pharmacy 
Boards performed all the duties of admission, etc., but in Victoria the Board 
administered the Act, issued poisons licenses, prosecuted for infringements of the 
Poisons Act, and conducted the examinations. The Pharmaceutical Council repre- 
sented the members of the Pharmaceutical Society. It did not necessarily imply 
that it represented every pharmaceutical chemist. If a registered pharmaceutical 
chemist did not apply for election and satisfy the requirements of the Pharma- 
ceutical Council, he could not become a member of the Society. Apart from the 
possession of an absolute diploma or educational qualification, it was a sine 
qua non that the applicant should produce a sworn declaration of apprenticeship 
to a chemist and druggist before election. Every chemist was not a member 
of the Pharmaceutical Society, but every member of the Society was a trained 
chemist. The Society took charge of the students. Anyone having the certifi- 
cate of the Pharmacy Board could practice in Victoria without being a member 
of the Society. But this did not give any of the privileges that attached to the 
Society. 
Mr. Melhuish — I suppose you have a great number in business in 
Victoria who are not members of the Society ? 
Mr. Huntsman replied in the affirmative, adding that there was no doubt 
they would be members of the Society if they could conscientiously make a 
declaration of apprenticeship. 
Mr. Potts — Can you explain why it is that the Pharmacy Board can 
register anybody who has been six months .in business prior to the Act of 
1876 becoming law ? I know a registered pharmaceutical chemist here who 
does not know calomel from sugar. (Laughter.) 
Mr. Shillinglaw read Clause 2 of the Victorian Act, as follows : — 
“Chemists and druggists within the meaning of this Act shall consist of all 
persons who at any time before the passing of this Act have carried on the 
business of a chemist and druggist, in the keeping of open shop for the com- 
pounding of the prescriptions of duly qualified medical practitioners ” 
But any person may become resident, and, if furnished with the necessary 
declaration, be registered. 
Mr. Bozon — There is no specified time for being registered? 
Mr. Shillinglaw — Ho. 
Mr. Mayne — If I were to become a member of the Pharmaceutical Society 
here, and bought a business, could I carry it on ? 
Mr. Huntsman — Ho. 
Mr. Potts — In South Australia you can. The Society was the legal body 
there ; the Board the legal body here. 
Mr. Blackett— In Victoria the Pharmaceutical Society had no legal sanction 
beyond voluntary association, and had no legislative power whatever. It could 
not grant, refuse, or rescind certificates. The College of Pharmacy was under 
the auspices of the society, and the Board had the' power of recognising the 
college or not, as it thought fit. He wished to impress upon the delegates from 
