June, 1882. 
THE CHEMIST AND DEUGGIST. 
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cases considered were those of Edward Fisher, Sandhurst, and 
J. T. Weaver, who appeared to have their indentures registered 
although more then twelve months had elapsed since their 
execution. 
The board decided that the indentures were illegal, and 
could not therefore be recognised. The applicants would 
require to pass the preliminary examination and enter into 
new indentures. 
Names erased from the register : — The names of the follow- 
ing deceased persons were erased from the register — F. B. 
Spicer, Thomas Cox, H. E. E. Bewley, R. D. Murray, and F. 
Wilkes. 
The gold medal of the Pharmaceutical Society. — The 
examiners recommended that the gold medal given by the 
Pharmaceutical Society should be awarded to Mr. William 
Lowe. 
Financial and general business brought the meeting to a 
close. 
It was decided to hold the annual meeting at the board-room 
on the evening of the 14th of June. 
A letter was read from Mr. Edward Row, resigning his seat 
on the board. The resignation was accepted with great 
regret, and a unanimous vote of thanks was passed to Mr. 
Row for his past services. 
The meeting then was brought to a close. 
Two druggists have suffered loss from fire during the past 
month, one on Tuesday, 25th April, at Messrs. Marshall Bros., 
of Market- street. A bottle of alcohol took fire and burst in 
consequence of being stood near a gas-stove. By the prompt 
and courageous action of one of the proprietors the fire was soon 
quenched and a heavy loss averted. The second case was a 
Chinese apothecary in Goulburn-street, supposed to be caused 
by fireworks kept in stock. The damage would have been 
comparatively small had it not been for the quarrelling of the 
firemen and the reckless use of water. The loss is estimated 
THE PHARMACEUTICAL SOCIETY OF VICTORIA. 
The monthly meeting of the council was held at the rooms, 
100 Collins-street, on the 2nd June. Present — Messrs. Bowen, 
Baker, Gamble, Nicholls, Thomas, Hooper, Best, Huntsman, 
Swift, Jones, and Shillinglaw. 
The president, Mr. Wm. Bowen, in the chair. 
from the calyx petals red ; pod hairy. Habit, calyx, and fruit- 
valves almost of Bossiaea ; calyx also much like that of the 
section Euchilus of Pultenaea; affinity to Sphaerolobium more 
distant, the habit and foliage being quite different, the calyx 
dissimilar in form and not spotted, the bracteoles far removed 
for the calyx, the style thinner less twisted and without any 
appendage, the ovary hairy and the pod not spherical. From 
all these genera Euchilopsis is moreover separated by its 
dimorphous anthers, by which characteristic it approaches 
Templetonia and Hovea, thus connecting the tribe of Podaly- 
riea3 with a portion of that of Genisteas by an intermediate 
genus. Among Indian plants, recently added as indi- 
genous to the Australian flora, are also some Leguminosae, 
for instance, Desmodium reniforme, obtained at Carpentaria. 
at £1000. 
The committee of the School of Arts have appointed Mr. 
John Henderson, late British Vice-Consul at Hamburg, to the 
office of secretary. 
Mr. W. A. Dixon, F.C.S.. F.I.C., is delivering a series of 
chemistry lectures at the Technical College. These lectures 
are free, and attended by audiences varying from one to three 
hundred. What this lecturer lacks in eloquence he makes up in 
tt the sound scientific teaching which distinguishes his utterances 
from the childish prattle that is so often palmed off upon the 
b< Sydney public under the name of “Popular Science.” 
it The Technical College Committee have all the machinery 
ready for a School of Pharmacy, but it is feared that want of 
oi patronage will cause the scheme to be a failure. Not a single 
oi pupil has been registered for the botany class, 
as The resignation of Mr. Edward Row from the Pharmaceutical 
a^ Council is received by the trade with very great regret, Mr. 
Row having been widely known and highly esteemed by the 
thprofession. 
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QUARTERLY EXAMINATIONS OF THE PHARMACY 
BOARD. 
The examinations were held as follows : — 
The Major Examination, on 6th June. 
Sidney Victor Say, Sf. J£il4a - **}SW&i'ueain lueaicla 
ruwue, may ; Geological Survey of ^ by . 
Decade 2, 4, 5, and 6; Analyst, Aprn j xizu.niaceutical 
Journal , March ; Elements of Agricultural Chemistry and 
Geology , Johnson and Cameron ; European Mail, April ; 
Messrs. Burgoyne, Burbridge and Co.’s Circular , April ; 
Australian Veterinary Journal, June ; Australian Medical 
Journal , May ; Catalogue of Microscopes , Objectives and 
Accessory Apparatus ; the Melbourne University Calendar, 
1881-1882 ; New Remedies , April and May ; Scientific American, 
April ; Therapeutic Gazette , March and April. 
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NEW ZEALAND. 
S Y D N E Y. 
PHARMACEUTICAL SOCIETY OF NEW SOUTH WALES. 
The monthly meeting of the Pharmaceutical Council was 
held at the board-room, Philip-street, on Tuesday, 16th May, 
1882, at 11 a.m. 
Present — Mr. A. J. Watt, in the chair, and Messrs. Turner, 
Row, Guise, and Abraham, the president arriving towards the 
close of the meeting. 
The minutes of last meeting were read and confirmed. 
Letters were read from Mr. Fred. Wright regarding 
the society’s lectures, and the proposals therein contained 
were entertained ; and from Mr. Josiah Parker, of Orange, 
applying for the registration of his son’s indentures of 
apprenticeship to himself, which was granted . 
The applications for membership from Mr. H. A. Rose and 
F. C. Rose were granted on condition of their complying with 
clause 5 of the constitution. Mr. Alex. Daglish was admitted 
a member, he having been for many years in business prior to 
the passing of the Act. 
The application of Mr. C. G. Steedman from New Zealand 
was postponed for the examination of the candidate, and the 
date of the next examination was fixed for 1st June. 
PHARMACY BOARD OF NEW ZEALAND. 
A meeting of this board was held in Christchurch on the 
10th May, with daily sittings throughout the week. Present : 
Messrs. C. D. Barraud (Wellington), president ; G. Aickin 
(Auckland), J. V. Ross (Christchurch), T. M. Wilkinson 
(Dunedin), and J. A. Allan (Wellington), secretary. 
The president, in his opening remarks, stated that up to the 
present time there had been 234 chemists and druggists regis- 
tered under the Pharmacy Act of New Zealand ; and that 
as soon as examinations were established in the four centres 
proceedings would be instituted against all unregistered 
chemists carrying on business. It was determined to hold 
examinations simultaneously at Auckland, Wellington, Christ- 
church, and Dunedin, the first to be held the first week of 
July, due notice of which would be given to intending appli- 
cants for registration. It was resolved “ that the modified 
examination of the British Pharmaceutical Society be adopted 
for the present standard, and that a higher standard, the 
syllabus of which was arranged, should come into operation, in 
whole or part, with the new elective board in January, 
1884.” It was agreed to communicate with the pharmacy 
boards of Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland, and Tas- 
mania, ascertaining the standard of efficiency necessary to 
insure mutual recognition. A series of text-books for the use 
of students in pharmacy was approved, and it was ordered 
that the conspectus of education required by the board should 
be printed and circulated through the local registrars, and 
that every facility should be given to place pharmaceutical 
education on an efficient and permanent footing. The official 
register of registered chemists for 1883 will be bound up in 
pamphlet form with the Pharmacy Act of 1880, the Sale 
of Poisons Act, 1871, and the syllabus of education, text- 
books, &c. 
The resolutions adopted will no doubt convince the chemists 
throughout the colony, as well as the public, that the pro- 
visions of the Pharmacy Act, 1880, are being energetically 
carried out, so far as circumstances permit ; and also afford 
some guarantee that the future pharmacist in New Zealand 
shall, at all events, possess a good education, and be thoroughly 
efficient in his profession . — New Zealand Times, 22nd May. 
