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December, 1882. 
THE CHEMIST AND DRUGGIST. 
Tub Month 
The Annual Dinner of the Pharmaceu- 
tical Society of Victoria 62 
Sydney 64 
New Zealand 64 
Pharmacy Board 64 
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Sandhurst School of Mines 64 
Notes on Leguminous Plants 64 
Obituary— Charles Ogg 65 
Examination of Vaseline 65 
Preservation of India-Rubber 66 
Reminiscences of a Pharmacist 66 
page 
Preliminary Examination 67 
Notes and Abstracts 67 
Some Remarks upon Modern Pharmaceu- 
tical Study 67 
Fire at Messrs. Hemmons, Laws & Co.’s 68 
INDEX TO LITERARY CONTENTS. 
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PUBLIC NOTICE. 
M ESSRS. HEMMONS, LAWS & CO. desire to notify 
that business will be carried on as usual at 55 & 57 
Russell-street, Melbourne. 
MARRIAGE. 
Anderson— Ogle.— On the 2nd December, at the residence of the bride, 
by the Rev. E. H. Du Bois, William Ross Anderson, receiver, paymaster, 
and clerk of courts, Maryborough, to C. Florance Ogle, daughter of Mr. 
Fredk. Ogle, chemist, Maryborough. 
DEATHS. 
Ogg.— O n the 10th December, at his residence, Walsh-street, South Yarra, 
Charles Ogg, chemist, of this city and South Yarra, in his fifty-sixth 
year. 
Pulling.— On the 24th November, at Coburg, Alexander Frederick, aged 
forty-three years, chemist, eldest son of the late Charles Pulling, whole- 
sale druggist, Melbourne. 
Stephens.— On the 30th November, at Footscray, William Bell, only son of 
William Stephens, chemist, aged fourteen months. 
<jJtc Jfionth. 
The council of the Pharmaceutical Society of Victoria have 
concluded the purchase from the Government of the building 
at present in the occupation of the County Court in Swanston- 
street . The purchase is deemed in every respect a very satis- 
factory one for the society. 
We regret to announce that a meeting of the creditors of 
Messrs. W. Hood and Co., wholesale chemists, Elizabeth-street, 
Melbourne, was held on Tuesday, 19th December, at Scott’s 
Hotel, and an approximate balance-sheet was presented, 
showing liabilities amounting to £6413. The assets are set 
down at £7561, leaving a surplus of £1148. The estate was 
assigned to two of the principal creditors, Messrs. M‘Lean and 
Gotch, and Messrs. Davey, Cole and Flack were appointed 
accountants. 
The diaries for the year 1883 are shortly expected, and will 
be distributed as soon as possible after arrival. 
Special attention is drawn to the arrangements for the elec- 
tion of the new Pharmacy Board made by the returning- 
officer. 
The following amounts have been received for the Benevo- 
lent Fund from members who did not attend the dinner 
Dr. J. E. Neild, £1 Is.; R. S. D. Morgan, £1 Is.; Henry 
Francis, £1 Is.; Geo. Lewis and Sons, £1 Is.; W. A. Stokes, 
£1 Is.; E.L. Marks, £1 Is.; C. Marston, £1 Is.; A. B. Clemes, 
£1 Is.; Dr. Jas. Robertson, £1 Is.; T. H. Walton, £1 Is.; 
John Jackson, 10s.; A. Wallworth, 10s. 
The C. F. Cook Fund. — Mr. Bowen desires to acknowledge 
the following sums received for this fund J. A. Hicks, 
Brighton, £1 ; F. Reeve, Queensland, £1 Is.; J. B. Mummery, 
5s. 
The last of the winter course of lectures in connection with 
the Technological Museum was delivered by Mr. Dunn on the 
4th December in the lecture-hall of the institution. The 
course has been under the superintendence of Mr. Cosmo 
Newbery, and has included classes in practical chemistry and 
metallurgy for advanced pupils, and elementary chemistry for 
beginners. The later lectures have been well attended. 
Another course will commence in March next. 
The following legally qualified medical practitioners have 
been registered under the provisions of the Medical Practi- 
tioners Statute, 1865 Samuel William Brierley, Yarra Bend ; 
Charles Rooke. Germanton, New South Wales ; John Brett, 
Melbourne; William Henry Dutton, Castlemaine ; Jeremiah 
M‘Kenna, Emerald Hill. 
Mr. J. C. Goold, of Kyneton, has disposed of his business at 
Kyneton to Mr. Queale. Mr. Goold is now managing for 
Messrs. D. R. Long and Son, Bourke-street. 
Mr. C. E. Towl has been recommended by the Board of 
Examiners for the gold medal of 1882. In their report they 
give him great praise for his papers. 
The business for some years past carried on by Mr. T. 
Norris at 70 Chapel-street, Prahran, has been transferred to 
Mr. T. M. Dalton. 
We are requested by Mr. Rivers Langton to state that he 
has undertaken the agency of Messrs. Lynch and Co., Alders- 
gate-street, London, in all the Australasian colonies. 
Messrs. Warner and Scott, Sturt-street, Ballarat, have pur- 
chased from Mr. J. T. Macgowan the business formerly carried 
on by him at Ballarat. 
Mr. Edward L. Holdsworth, son of Mr. John Holdsworth, 
J.P., of Sandhurst, has commenced business on his own account 
at Long Gully. Mr. Holdsworth is well known in the district, 
having been with his father for a number of years. 
The obituary of the month contains the names of Mr. 
Charles Ogg, the esteemed and well-known chemist of Collins- 
street and South Yarra ; Mr. A. F. Pulling, Coburg ; Mr. F. P. 
Sheehy, who died at Wellington, New Zealand ; and Mr. 
William Cornish (formerly of Chapel-street, Prahran), who died 
in Sydney from an overdose of chloral. 
The business of Mr. Tom Luke at Shepparton has been pur- 
chased by Mr. Alexander A. Morrison, lately an assistant to 
Mr. Wylie, of Hawthorn. 
