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THE CHEMIST AND DRUGGIST. 
February, 1882. 
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The quarterly examinations of the Pharmacy Board will be 
held on the 2nd and 6th of March. The examinations to 
be held are the preliminary on the 2nd, and the modified and 
practical pharmacy on the 6th. In addition to these the 
examination for the certificate of the School of Pharmacy 
will also take place on the 6th of March. 
The annual cricket match, Wholesale v. Retail Chemists, 
was held on the Melbourne Cricket Ground on the 26th 
January. There was a much better attendance than on 
previous occasions, and Mr. J. Hemmons having taken the 
matter in hand, the wholesale firms agreed to close at one 
o’clock, so as to allow their employes to be present. At the 
lunch the toast of the wholesale chemists was proposed by Mr. 
Blackett, M. P., and responded to by Messrs. Grimwade and 
Hemmons. We hope to see this gathering increase every 
year in popularity. A full report of the match is given else- 
where. 
Messrs. Felton, Grimwade are the successful tenderers to 
supply the Government with phosphorus. 
Mr. James Clezy, M.A.,has been appointed by the Pharmacy 
Board to conduct the preliminary examination required by the 
Pharmacy Act. 
We are glad to be able to state that Mr. A. Felton is slowly 
recovering from the effects of his late accident, and it is 
expected that he will be shortly able to be brought to Mel- 
bourne. 
The council of the Pharmaceutical Society have appointed 
Mr. John Kruse director and lecturer to the School of Phar- 
macy. The next session will commence on Monday, the 6th 
March. 
The nominations for members of the council of the Phar- 
maceutical Society closed on the 15th February. There were 
five vacancies, and the following are the gentlemen nominated : 
— Messrs. A. T. Best, Robert Nicholls, Henry Gamble, J. C. 
Jones, and John Ross. There will not, therefore, be an elec- 
tion. 
Members of the Pharmaceutical Society are reminded that 
the annual meeting takes place at the rooms on Wednesday, 
the 8th March, at eight p.m., when the President will deliver 
his annual address. 
A small fire occurred at the shop of Mr. W. Bowen, chemist, 
43 Collins-street, on the 22nd January. An employe of 
Messrs. Kilpatrick and Co. observed smoke issuing from the 
rear of the premises, and after throwing a few buckets of water 
on it gave the alarm at the metropolitan brigade station, the 
members of which soon extinguished the 6 re. It is supposed 
that one of the tins of phosphorus which were stacked in the 
yard had become ignited by spontaneous combustion. 
A young man, fashionably attired and of good address, 
styling himself Dr. Watson, went into Mr. Rand’s chemist 
shop, Wagga Wagga, on the 4th February, and wrote out a 
prescription. The medicine was made up, and a cheque for 
£5 was presented, for which the doctor received the change. 
After this he hired a buggy and pair and left the town. Sus- 
picion being afterwards aroused a warrant was issued for his 
apprehension. He was arrested at Old Junee, and was 
brought before the local bench and remanded till the 9th 
inst. It is said that he came from Melbourne. 
Shortly after two o’clock on the 26th January a fire broke 
out in the shop of Messrs. Brown Bros., chemists, at the 
corner of Clarendon and Raglan streets, Emerald Hill, by 
which a large portion of the stock was damaged and destroyed. 
During the day a quantity of benzine was accidentally spilt on 
the floor, and when lighting the gas the assistant thoughtlessly 
threw the match on the floor, and the place almost immediately 
broke out in flames. The local brigades were promptly in 
attendance, and succeeded after some little trouble in extin- 
guishing the fire. The damage was covered by insurance. 
T Mr. Kruse, Hanover-street, Fitzroy, requests us to state that 
he will be glad to supply small quantities of any of the fol- 
lowing seeds : — Aconitum Napellus, Aspidium filix mas, 
Leontodon taraxacum, Actaea spicata, Colchicum officinale, 
Sorbus aucuparia, Hyorcyamus niger, Angelica archangelica, 
Helleborus niger, Delphinium staphisagria, Juniperus Sabina, 
Conium macreatun, Leviatioum officinale, and Matricaria 
chamomilla. 
New Insolvent.— John Frederick Faulkner Grace, of 
Spencer- street, Melbourne, druggist and chemist. Causes of 
insolvency — Losses sustained by fire, insufficiency of profits to 
pay expenses, and want of employment. Liabilities, £366 
19s. 10d.; assets, £26 17s. 9d.; deficiency, £340 2s. Id. Mr. 
Cohen, assignee. 
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THE PHARMACY BOARD OF VICTORIA. 
The monthly meeting of the board was held at No. 100 
Collins-street, on the 8th February, 1882. Present — Messrs. 
Bosisto, Bowen, Blackett, Lewis, Ploldsworth, and Owen. An 
apology was read from Mr. Brind. 
The President (Mr. Bosisto) was in the chair. 
The minutes of the previous meeting were read and con- 
firmed. 
Applications for Registration as Pharmaceutical Che- 
mists. — The following were registered : — Sarah Bundle, Wan- 
garatta. Frederick Henry Morris, Drummond-street, Carlton, 
passed modified examination. The name of John Henry Reed, 
67 Swanston-street, was restored to the register. The appli- 
cations of Thomas Hewson and Abel James were postponed. 
Renewals of Certificate under Sale and Use of Poisons 
Act. — J. T. Player, Mansfield ; Sam Lee On, Omeo. 
Examinations. — The following are the arrangements for the 
next examination : — The preliminary, on 2nd March, at eleven 
a.m. The modified, on Monday, 6th March, at ten a.m. The 
examination for the certificate of the School of Pharmacy, on 
Monday, the 6th March, at noon. The practical pharmacy 
examination before the board, on Monday, the 6th March, at 
noon. 
The following is the syllabus for the examination : — 
Practical Pharmacy. 
Section I.— -Dispensing. — Examiners, Messrs. Brind and Lewis. 
Reading prescriptions without abbreviations, translating 
directions literally as well as appropriately, practical dispensing 
(including the preparation of pills, plasters, emulsions, &c.), 
writing directions and wrapping packages, incompatabilities 
and other difficulties, doses, poisons, antidotes, metric system ; 
general management of dispensing, counter dispensing, con- 
veniences, and whatever will fairly test the candidate’s 
knowledge and fitness for this department of his calling, neat- 
ness and care being specially noted. 
Section II. — Materia Medica . — Examiners, Messrs. Bosisto, 
Bowen, and Holdsworth. 
Recognition of drugs and chemicals by their appearance, 
taste, smell, form, and other physical characteristics ; use of 
