May, 1882. 
THE CHEMIST AND DRUGGIST. 
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Mr. Fred. Cherry, formerly traveller for Messrs. Hemmons, 
Laws and Co., has purchased Mr. H. C. Armstrong’s business 
at Hay, N.S.W. 
The Pharmacy Act and regulations, and the Poisons Act and 
regulations for the sale and custody of poisons, have just been 
published in a neat and handy form— price, one shilling ; by 
post in Victoria, Is. 6d.; neighbouring colonies, Is. 8d. They 
can be obtained at the office of the Pharmaceutical Society, 
100 Collins-street. 
PHARMACEUTICAL SOCIETY OF VICTORIA. 
The monthly meeting of the council of the Pharmaceutical 
Society of Victoria was held at the rooms, 100 Collins-street, 
on Friday, the 14th April. 
Present— Messrs. Bowen, Hooper, Blackett, Nicholls, Thomas, 
Jones, Best, Baker, Huntsman, Ross, and Shillinglaw. 
The president (Mr. Wm. Bowen) in the chair. 
The minutes of the previous meeting were read and con- 
firmed. 
The first business, after the confirmation of the minutes, was 
the election of office-bearers for the year 1882-3. 
President. 
Mr. C. R. Blackett said that he thought they could not pay 
a higher compliment to the retiring president than to re-elect 
him to the position he had so ably filled during the past year. 
The interest and attention Mr. Bowen had given to affairs of the 
society was well known to all the members, and he had, there- 
fore, great pleasure in proposing the election of Mr. Bowen as 
president for the ensuing year. 
Mr. Bowen, while thanking the members of the council for 
their kind expression of feeling, said that he thought that 
some other member might aspire to the office of president. 
He was, however, quite willing to leave the matter in their 
hands ; and if it was their unanimous wish that he should retain 
the position, he would be happy to accept it. The motion was 
then seconded by Mr. J. C. Jones, and carried unanimously. 
Vice-President. 
Mr. B. Baker said he had much pleasure in proposing the re- 
election of Mr. J. Turner Thomas as vice-president. The 
motion was seconded by Mr. Hooper, and carried unanimously. 
Mr. Thomas briefly returned thanks. 
Treasurer. 
On the motion of Mr. Huntsman, seconded by Mr. Best, 
Mr. Henry Gamble was unanimously re-elected treasurer. 
Mr. Bowen remarked that the office of treasurer was one 
that should be changed as seldom as possible. They must all 
feel grateful to Mr. Gamble for the admirable manner in 
which he managed the finances of the society, which were now 
in an exceedingly satisfactory condition. 
Honorary Secretary. 
Mr. Bowen said he had great pleasure in moving the re- 
election of .Mr. Harry Shillinglaw. His duties as president 
had been very much lightened by the valuable assistance he 
had received from Mr. Shillinglaw. The motion was 
seconded by Mr. Blackett, and carried unanimously. 
The ordinary business was then proceeded with. 
Election of New Members.— The following were duly elected : 
—John Opie, Melrose, South Australia ; A. E. Bilton, Police 
Depot, St. Kilda-road ; C. Harrison, Chapel-street, Prahran ; 
H. B. Given, Milparnika, N.S.W. 
Nominations— R. S. D. Morgan, Wood’s Point ; Thos. Luke, 
Shepparton ; John Warrington, Echuca. 
Apprentices Elected.— A. C. Lock, Fitzroy ; C. L. Henshall, 
Seymour. 
On the motion of Mr. A. T. Best, a special vote of thanks 
was recorded to the members of Legislative Assembly, Messrs. 
Zox, Cook, Macgregor, Laurens, and Blackett, for their valu- 
able assistance in connection with the application to the 
Government for a site for a museum, school, and laboratory. 
Correspondence , fyc .— A letter was read from Mr. H. A. 
Glyde, of Deniliquin, New South Wales, resigning his member- 
ship. The resignation was accepted, subject to Mr. Glyde 
returning his diploma, which, on ceasing to be a member, 
reverts to the society. 
The following letters were also read : — 
“ 5 Collins-street East, 4th May, 1882, 
“Gentlemen — Allow me to congratulate you, and the mem- 
bers generally, on having obtained so favourable a site for the 
proposed new ‘ school of pharmacy,’ and trust no time will be 
lost in erecting a suitable building. My object in writing 
is to suggest that a direct appeal be made to the trade tor 
donations to a building fund. If we can only raise a few 
hundred pounds, it would be a grand thing to open our new 
school free from debt.— I am, yours, &c., . “Geo. Lewis. 
“To the Council of Pharmaceutical Society of Victoria. 
“Melbourne, 30 Collins-street East, 19th April, 1882. 
“H. Shillinglaw, Esq., hon. sec. Pharmaceutical Society of 
Victoria. _ .. . 
“ My Dear Sir— Will you kindly convey to the council ot 
the Pharmaceutical Society my appreciation of their vote of 
thanks, and to assure them that my services will always be 
placed at their disposal when required?— I remain, my dear 
sir, yours faithfully, L - Zox - 
Appointment of - Lecturer on Pharmacy at the Melbourne 
University . — Moved by Mr. Blackett, and seconded by Mr. Best 
— “ That as it is understood that the council of the University 
have it in contemplation to reconsider the advisability of 
appointing a lecturer on pharmacy, the council of the Phar- 
maceutical Society beg to respectfully intimate to the council 
of the University, that in the event of the appointment of a 
lecturer being decided upon, they have the honour to recom- 
mend Mr. E. L. Marks as a fit and proper person to undertake 
the duties appertaining to the aforesaid lectureship.” . 
Financial and general business brought the meeting to a 
close. 
Boohs <fec., Received.— Australian Veterinary Journal, 
May ; American Journal of Pharmacy , March ; Pharmaceu- 
tical Journal , March ; Year -Booh of Pharmacy, 1881 ; the 
Druggists'' Circular, New York, April ; Messrs. Burgoyne, 
Rurbidges and Co.’s Monthly Circular , March 5 European 
Mail, March ; Analyst, March ; Messrs. Sleeman and Co.’s 
Drug and Export Chemical Circular, February. 
SCHOOL OF MINES, BALLARAT. 
A very successful term has just been brought to a close by a 
conversazione , in which councillors, lecturers, old and new 
students, governors, and subscribers joined. Several lecturettes 
were given, with experiments, and a number of the philoso- 
phical apparatus belonging to the school exhibited and ex- 
plained, including the school’s microscopes, with a number of 
slides, illustrative of each branch of natural history. The 
classes have in each case been well attended ; in the chemical 
laboratory every place was taken. One of Dr. Usher’s 
students presented for examination in materia medica, and 
passed well. This is the first examination under the Pharmacy 
Board ; but as the school is exceedingly well provided with 
the means of instruction in this branch, there will doubtless 
be many more candidates before long. 
In the telegraphy class thirteen presented for examination, 
of whom nine passed, two with credit. The museum, with 
its very varied contents, is resolving itself into splendid 
order under the able hands of Professor Krause, and will be a 
means of educating the student and the general public such 
as is not often found outside a metropolis. It is already of 
great importance to the class in mineralogy and geology. The 
classes in mathematics are growing in importance, as are also 
those in mechanical drawing. These subjects are not valuable 
to the miner only, but are specially applicable to the wants 
of the artisan and the workman in every department of labour. 
In the chemical and metallurgical departments the labora- 
tories are open day and evening, except Wednesday evening, 
for practical work, when pharmacy, mining, agricultural, and 
general students may attend. In addition to the evening- 
class lectures a lecture is given on Tuesday afternoons to 
pharmacy students (who are also exercised in the whole of 
“Attfield”); on Wednesday afternoons to 150 State-scholars 
of upper forms in chemistry, to be followed by other subjects 
(the Council have resolved to award some free scholarships in 
connection with this class); on Saturdays for State-school 
teachers from eleven to twelve o’clock in chemistry, from ten 
to eleven o’clock being devoted to practical work. During the 
term a dozen lectures on chemistry and electricity have been 
delivered by the laboratory assistants to the various mutual 
