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THE AUSTRALASIAN JOURNAL OF PHARMACY. 
Mr. Bozon — Yet you will not recognise ours. You will not register them, 
and that we complain of. 
Mr. Blackett said they had fairly settled the question of preliminary examina- 
tions at the first day’s sittings, and they really had now only to be careful that 
nothing clashed in the various Acts to hinder the desired interchange of certifi- 
cates. 
Registration. 
In connection with registration, Mr. Blackett read Clause 10, Amended Act : 
— “The Board shall from time to time cause the names of all persons certified by the 
Board as duly qualified for registration. . . He was not aware of any 
definition in the New South Wales Act of the word “person,” or of anything 
preventing a corporation carrying on business. 
Mr. Bozon— Yes; in the Amendment Act. 
Mr. Potts informed the Conference that under the Queensland Act, Clause 
27, corporations could not represent themselves as chemists unless the business 
was conducted by a pharmaceutical chemist. 
Mr. Blackett thought it did not go nearly far enough, and anybody might 
open a shop and engage a competent manager to carry it on. 
Mr. Mayne quoted from the New South Wales Act the clause having 
reference to corporations, and the fines that could be imposed if a single 
person connected with it was an unqualified and not properly registered chemist. 
Mr. Blackett thought nothing short of the French system would suit. There 
was no such thing known as the delegation of responsibility there. A man was 
obliged to have a qualified partner for every shop he held. 
Mr. Blackett referred to the case of the Pharmaceutical Society in London 
versus The London and Provincial Supply Association, in which it was held that 
there was no definition of the word “person,” and this gave rise to the inclusion 
of the word “ corporation ” in the Victorian Amended Act. There could be no 
doubts of the intentions or the meaning of the Act now. 
Mr. Pond was inclined to think the other colonies should adopt the Victorian 
clause too. 
Mr. Blackett then moved — 
“That Clause 10 of the Amended Pharmacy Act of Victoria, or words of 
similar import, be adopted by this Conference.” 
Mr. Potts seconded the motion. He thought it most desirable. It was a 
monstrous thing that stores could dispense, and carry on the business of pharma- 
ceutical chemists. 
Mr. Mayne intimated that it would be made punishable in New South 
Wales when the Amended Act passed. 
After some further discussion the motion was carried. 
The Sale and Use of Poisons. 
Mr. Mayne moved the next resolution, as follows : — 
“ That uniformity in the Laws relating to the Sale and Use of Poisons and 
the Regulations for their custody is desirable, where practicable.” 
Mr. Pond seconded the motion, remarking at the same time that he did 
not think it could be put into practical effect at present. 
Mr. Blackett did not like the words “ desirable, where practicable.” It 
would be far better to adopt the resolution as it appeared on the business paper 
or reject it in toto. Those qualifying terms were most weakening and destruc- 
tive, and the duty of the Conference was to carry its business through in a 
manner which would gain them the respect of the professions. Quite recently 
power had been given them in Victoria to add several poisons, including carbolic 
acid, to Part 11 of the first schedule to the Poisons Act. A very large number 
