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THE AUSTRALASIAN JOURNAL OF PHARMACY. 
The Sale and Use of Poisons Act is a separate enactment in Victoria, and is 
administered by the Pharmacy Board. It differs from the Act in operation in New 
South Wales, inasmuch as in Victoria no certificate can be granted to any person to 
deal in poisons unless he is distant at least four miles from any city, town, or borough in 
which a registered pharmaceutical chemist has an open shop. 
Provision is also made in the Victorian Act for the safe custody of poisons in any 
manner the board may direct, and the sale by regulation is also restricted to the person 
licensed to sell, who is not permitted to authorise or allowed to delegate or entrust any 
duty, task, or obligation imposed by the Poisons Act, in connection with the custody or 
sale of poison to any other person under any pretence whatever. 
Clause 2 of the Victorian Act gives to the Pharmacy Board power to declare any 
article a poison, and the 13th Section gives great scope in the prosecution of sales by 
unqualified persons. The penal clauses are the same in New South Wales and Victoria, 
and limit the fine to £20 for illegally selling, and £10 for non-compliance with the 
clauses relating to the entry, labelling, and colouring. 
PHARMACY BOARD OF VICTORIA. 
The monthly meeting of the Pharmacy Board of Victoria was held at the College of Pharmacy 
■on Wednesday, the 10th June. 
Present — Messrs. Blackett, Francis, Tompsitt, Bowen, Holdsworth, and Owen. 
The president (Mr. C. R. Blackett) in the chair. 
The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed. 
An apology was received from Mr. Brind. 
Applications for Registration. 
The following applicants were registered as Pharmaceutical Chemists : — 
Edwin John Nicholson, Police Hospital, passed Major Examination, Victoria. 
John Henry Niemann, Sale, passed Major Examination, Victoria. 
Horace Watson, St. Kilda, passed Major Examination, Victoria. 
Robert Henry Cullen, St. Kilda, Certificate, Pharm. Soc., Great Britain, Modified Examination. 
Stephen John Taylor, Melbourne, Certificate, Pharm. Soc., Great Britain, Minor Examination. 
■C. J. M. Skoglund, Eye and Ear Hospital, passed Major Examination, Victoria. 
Apprentices’ Indentures Registered. 
Samuel Buchholz, apprenticed to Mr. William Bowen, Collins-street, Melbourne. 
Certificates under Sale and Use of Poisons Act. 
The following new certificates were granted — 
Charles Brazier, Drysdale. 
J. C. Hodgson, Pakenham. 
William White, Romsey. 
J. F. Neal, Romsey. 
Erasure of Names from the Pharmaceutical Register of Victoria. 
The names of the following deceased persons were erased from the Register 
Richard H. Jenkyns. 
Geo. S. Allingham. 
Henry S. Fosse. 
William Tweeddale. 
Report of Examiners. 
The following report was received and adopted : — 
Preliminary Examination. — Seven candidates attended ; three passed. 
Examination for the Certificate of the College of Pharmacy. — Six attended ; five passed. 
Practical Pharmacy Examination. — Six attended, and four passed. 
Modified Examination. — The only candidate who presented himself passed. 
In re W. F. G. Nettleton. 
A mandamus having been issued by the Supreme Court calling on the board to restore 
Nettleton’s name to the Pharmaceutical Register of Victoria, it was resolved that his name be 
so restored under the direction and in compliance with the order of the Court. 
The following contributions were received and ordered to be suitably acknowledged : — The 
Pharmaceutical Register of New South Wales ; The Pharmaceutical Register of Queensland : The 
Calendar of the Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland: The Calendar of the Adelaide University ; The 
Pharmacy Act of Queensland. 
