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THE AUSTRALASIAN JOURNAL OF PHARMACY. 
IN EE G. A. DIMOCK. 
The Board having heard and determined as to whether the applicant was 
employed as a dispensing assistant, in an open shop, for the compounding and 
dispensing of the prescriptions of legally qualified medical practitioners, do not 
find the fact established, and therefore refuse to grant the certificate. 
IN THE MATTEE OF M. W. BUTLEE. 
It was resolved to hear and determine the evidence in support of this appli- 
cation at the next meeting of the Board, on the 8th December. 
APPOINTMENT OF EXAMINEES. 
The following gentlemen were appointed examiners for the College Certificates 
at the December examinations : — Chemistry, Mr. C. R. Blackett (acting) ; materia 
medica, Mr. H. Francis ; botany, Mr. D. M‘ Alpine. Mr. A. H. Jackson wa* 
also appointed, ex officio , examiner in each subject. 
THE PHARMACEUTICAL SOCIETY OF AUSTRALASIA. 
The monthly meeting of the Council was held at the College of Pharmacy, 
Swanston-street, Melbourne, on Friday, 12th November, 1886. 
Present — Messrs. Brinsmead, Nelson, Baker, Harrison, Huntsman, Kingsland* 
and Tompsitt. 
The vice-president, Mr. J. Brinsmead, in the chair. 
The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed. 
Apologies were received from Messrs. Blackett and Gamble. 
ELECTION OF NEW MEMBEES. 
The following new members were balloted for and duly elected : — 
Henry De Baere, Beaufort. 
J. T. Ernst, Brunswick-street, Fitzroy. 
NEW MEMBEES NOMINATED. 
G. Bonnington, Christchurch, New Zealand. 
J. A. Pond, Auckland. 
C. Pye, New South Wales. 
W. H. Sowter, Adelaide, South Australia. 
Joseph Smith, Numurkah. 
Mr. E. J. Tookey, of North Adelaide, forwarded his resignation, and also 
the certificate of membership, which were accepted. 
THE INTEECOLONIAL PHAEMACETJTICAL CONFEEENCE. 
Mr. Huntsman, the delegate to the Conference from the society, laid on 
the table a report of the resolutions agreed to at the meeting, which will be 
discussed at the next meeting of the Council. Mr. Huntsman reported that 
the whole of the programme, as laid down by the provisional committee, had 
been carried out in a highly successful manner. 
PEESENTATION FEOM THE DELEGATES. 
The hon. secretary reported that the sum of ten pounds had been subscribed 
by the following delegates : — Messrs. Pond, Bonnington, Potts, Fairthorne, Ash, 
Sowter, Scammell, Melhuish, Mayne, and Bozon, and handed to the society for 
the purpose of purchasing a presentation of books for the library in commemora- 
tion of the Conference. 
THE DEFENCE FUND. 
A letter was read from Mr. Chamberlain, hon. secretary of the South 
Suburban Chemists* Association, urging on the Council the urgent necessity of a 
fund being formed to be applied to the protection of the trade interests, and 
also stating that the South Suburban Association would give all the assistance 
in their power. 
