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and also for his interest in the welfare of the college, especially as regarded his 
desire — and that of Dr. Willmott also — to see the medical students of the 
University trained in pharmacy and descriptive materia medica in the College 
of Pharmacy. During the past few years he had visited most of the laboratories 
and colleges, both in the old world and in the new, and bearing in mind the 
specimens and apparatus with which the college was to be further enriched, he 
had no hesitation in declaring that the facilities for the training of pharmacists 
were at least equal to those of any other institution, and he looked forward 
with pleasure to teaching students who would do credit to the college and to the 
pharmacy of Australasia. He also looked onward to the time when not only 
intercolonial certificates would be reciprocal, but when there would be Imperial 
reciprocity. To attain that end he would direct attention to the humorous yet 
weighty speech of the gentleman who occupied the chair, not to give too much 
attention to the butter and cheese question, but to aim at a high standard 
of qualification, rather than just such a smattering of information 
as would enable a man to pass the easiest examination in the shortest time. 
He hoped the Conference would keep in view a high ideal of the education 
and examination, as well as the privileges and responsibilities of the profession, 
which they so ably represented. The increasing potency and standardization of 
medicines, the use of active principles and pure chemicals in place of crude 
drugs, and the requirements of the physician to have only the active portion of 
a drug prepared in the form best suited for administration, combined to render 
more necessary than ever that thorough training of the pharmacist which i 
was the object of the college to afford. (Applause.) 
Mr. H. Brind, of Ballarat, proposed the toast of the visitors, which was 
replied to by Mr. S. Fripp and Mr. Francis Forrest. The former expressed 
sincere regret that domestic affliction * had prevented Mr. H. T. Tompsitt from 
taking part in the conference and the festivities connected with it. Mr. 
Tompsitt was one of the principal movers in the inauguration of the conference, 
and its deliberations would doubtless have his keen attention and best wishes, 
(Applause.) 
Selections of vocal and instrumental music ended a^pleasant evening. 
FESTIYITES. 
The festivities to the delegates to the Intercolonial Pharmaceutical 
Conference and their friends were continued without interruption during the 
whole time they were in Melbourne. At the conclusion of the business on the 
first day of meeting (27th October), they were entertained at lunch at the Maison 
Doree, and were afterwards shown over the Melbourne University, Parliament Houses, 
Public Library, the Town Hall, etc. In the evening the inaugural banquet was 
held in the Pharmaceutical Society’s Hall, and was in every way a success, 
representatives of medicine, science, art, and letters being all present. 
On Thursday, the 28th October, after luncheon, they inspected the 
Aquarium, Exhibition Building, and Zoological Gardens, and, after dining 
together, visited the Bijou Theatre. 
At the conclusion of the business on Friday, the 29th October, the delegates 
accepted an invitation to lunch with Mr. F. S. Grim wade, at his residence, 
Balaclava, when a most sumptuous repast was served. In the afternoon a drag 
was provided, and the guests were driven through the principal southern suburbs, 
including Toorak, Hawthorn, Kew, Studley Park, etc., returning to Melbourne 
to dinner. The day being beautifully fine, a pleasant afternoon was spent, and 
in the evening the visitors were present at the recital given by Mr. Locke 
Richardson, at the Athenaeum. 
