THE AUSTRALASIAN JOURNAL OF PHARMACY. 
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The Pharmacy Boards. 
Mr. Blackett’s suggestion that the clauses in the Victorian Act should form 
a basis for discussion met with approval, and he entered upon the task. The 
first question was the constitution of a Pharmacy Board ; should it be composed 
of pharmaceutical chemists or medical men? For his own part, he thought medical 
men should have no more to do with Pharmacy Boards than chemists with Medical 
Boards. Their knowledge was not of the same character, and they could not 
possibly have sympathies in common with each other. If a medical man had 
both qualifications, of course there could be no objection, and there need be no 
disqualification; but it seemed to him that it should be agreed upon to exclude 
all but pharmacists. 
Mr. Potts said that in Queensland they had two medical men registered 
pharmaceutical chemists of G-reat Britain, while the others were simply nominated 
by the Governor-in- Council temporarily. 
Mr. Blackett moved — 
“That no person shall be elected or appointed president or member of any 
Pharmaceutical Board of the Australasian colonies unless he be a pharmaceutical 
chemist.” 
Mr. Pond— I am afraid you will destroy any hope of reciprocity by that 
motion, because New South Wales and other colonies have decided to keep two 
medical men on the Boards. 
Mr. Melhuish feared the motion could not become effective. 
Mr. Mayne said it was the wish of the New South Wales G-overnment that 
two] medical men should sit upon their Board. 
Mr. Melhuish said he would like to add the words “ where practicable. 
Mr. Pond supported this, and asked the President if he thought it desirable 
to have the motion pressed. In Tasmania it was absolutely needed that medical 
men should sit upon the Boards. In New South Wales the pharmacists would 
have seven representatives and the G-overnment two, and the presence of the 
latter mattered little on the Board. 
On the suggestion of Mr. Pond, Mr. Blackett withdrew the motion, and the 
matter dropped. 
Mr. Blackett went on to Clause 2— “ Interpretations of ‘chemists and 
druggists.’ ” He thought it advisable for the different colonies to strike out the 
name of each colony as Victoria had done, and moved accordingly 
“ That in the interpretation clause of the various Acts of the various colonies 
the name of the colony be omitted.” 
Mr. Pond seconded this, and it was carried nem. con. 
Mr. Shillinglaw remarked that there need be no question as regarded Section 
18, Clause 3, which was to the effect “ That no person shall receive from the Board a 
certificate that he is duly qualified for registration as a registered pharmaceutical 
chemist unless he shall have attained the age of 21, and hold a certificate or 
diploma of competency as a pharmaceutical chemist or as a chemist and druggist 
or homecepathic chemist from the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain or 
any College or Board of Pharmacy recognised by the Board under any regulations 
made under this Act.” This was altered by the Amending Act, which provided 
that any person becoming domiciled in A ictoria, and within Sections 1, 2, 3, could, 
be registered. 
Mr. Potts— Is it proposed that that clause should also become the law of 
the other colonies ? 
Mr. Shillinglaw— New South Wales has adopted it. 
Mr. Mayne — We have always recognised your members. 
