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THE AUSTRALASIAN JOURNAL OF PHARMACY. 
THE AUSTRALASIAN 
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With which is incorporated the Australasian 
Chemist and Druggist. 
Published on the 20th of each Month. 
This Journal, which is the only organ of 
Pharmacy in the Australasian Colonies, is 
devoted to the advancement of Pharmaceutical 
knowledge, and to the advocacy of a more 
thorough education and practical training for 
all persons engaged in preparing and dis- 
pen -mg medicines, drugs, and chemicals. It is 
issued gratis to the members of the Pharma- 
ceutical Society of Australasia in 
Victoria, 
New South Wales. 
New Zealand, 
Queensland, 
South Australia, 
Tasmania, 
Western Australia, 
Fiji, 
And to non-members at 10s. (Id. per annum, 
payable in advance. Subscriptions may com- 
mence at any time. 
We guarantee a bona fide circulation of 1250 
copies each month. 
Advertisements, remittances, and all busi- 
ness communications to be addressed to The 
Publisher. College of Pharmacy, Swan- 
ston Street, Melbourne. 
Communications for the Editorial depart- 
ment of this Journal must be addressed to The 
Editor, Swanston Street, Melbourne. 
No notice can he taken of anonymous 
communications. "Whatever is intended for 
insertion must be authenticated by the name 
and address of the writer — not necessarily for 
publication, but as a guarantee of good faith. 
The Editor will be glad to consider any 
suggestions from Members and Subscribers 
regarding the improvement of this publication. 
Contributions of any items of interest are 
invited. 
Advertisements to he inserted in the next 
issue should be received by the Publisher not 
later than the 14th of each month. 
Offices : 
COLLEGE OF PHARMACY, 
SWANSTON ST., MELBOURNE. 
New South Wales : 
Communications for the Editorial or Pub- 
lishing Departments of this Journal may be 
addressed to the Local Agents, Box No. 1103, 
General Post Office. 
Copies of the Journal can he obtained from 
Messrs. Angus & Robertson, Market 
Street, Sydney, 
London Agents : 
Messrs. Francis Forrest & Co., !) New 
Broad Street, E.O. 
American Agents : 
Messrs. McKesson & Robbins, New York, 
U.S.A. 
Headers are respectfully requested to mention 
this Journal when acting on information obtained 
from it. 
THE PAST YEAE. 
With our present issue we complete the first volume of The Australasian 
Journal of Pharmacy, and close our record of a year that will always be 
memorable in pharmaceutical history as that in which for the first time specially 
appointed delegates from the various colonies of Australasia met in friendly conclave 
to discuss the varying conditions of their art, and, if possible, to adopt means 
of bringing these into such, uniformity as would unite Australasian pharmacists 
of the future in one grand federated body, governed by similar laws, animated 
by the same high aims, and entitled by their high, qualifications to take a 
leadin..; position among workers in the fields of science and research. 
The success which attended that important gathering has already been fully 
described in our pages, and we would ill have fulfilled our functions as the 
recognised organ of Australasian pharmacy were it necessary for ns here to enter 
into any lengthy disquisition on the many advantages which the carrying into 
effect of the various resolutions adopted — as a rule, unanimously — by the 
delegates is bound to secure to pharmacists ; or the impetus which would thus 
be given to the future development of their art in this Greater Britain of the 
South. That these resolutions will eventually be put into practical operation, 
and that the high ideals for which we have s' riven in the past will sooner or 
later be realised, we entertain not a particle of doubt. How soon or how .far 
distant that period may be depends very much on pharmacists themselves, and 
we sincerely hope that during the coming year we shall he privileged to record 
much devoted and successful effort in the direction indicated. 
