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THE CHEMIST AND DEUGGIST OF AUSTEALASIA. Feb. 1st, 1880. 
less to protect us, and with combination, and a good organ to 
advise ns of everything to our interest, we could put in men 
who \vould do their utmost to assist us. 
Apologising for the length of this letter, but trusting the 
importance of the subject may cause some friends of the pro- 
fession to make a move, 
I remain, Sir, 
Yours obediently, 
A VOICE EROM THE COUNTRY. 
A FEW OPINIONS AS TO “THE CHEMIST AND 
DRUGGIST OF AUSTRALASIA.'’ 
South Australia. 
“ The specimen copy reached me a few days ago, and I must 
congratulate you upon this, your first issue. The paper will 
be of great value to our trade, and ought to be very largely 
supported. I am surprised to see the amoiuit of Information 
it contains as to colonial affairs, and feel sure your enterprise 
will be a most successful one. Wishing you every success.” 
“Your valuable journal will be of immense value to the 
many chemists and druggists scattered throughout Australasia, 
and I am sure we all hope that the enterprising proprietors 
will meet with the success they deserve in their undertaking.” 
Sydney. 
“Just received your Extra Edition, and thank you, . . . . 
containing as it does the most recent information in our line 
of business.” 
EXCHANGE COLUMN. 
We propose to devote part of our space each month to a feature 
which has proved very useful and interesting to all British 
readers of “The Chemist and Druggist” under the title 
of “Exchange Column,” All pharmacists are familiar with 
the accumulations of small quantities of goods, which a tem- 
porary demand has led them to stock. The change of fashion 
has left these articles as so much useless lumber on their 
hands. But it is the constant exi3erience that a demand may 
exist in some localities, for the very goods which are utterly 
unsaleable elsewhere. Our “ Exchange Column” will provide 
a ready means of communication between those wlio would be 
willing to buy, and those who would be glad to sell. 
This column is especially for the advantage of the retail 
i)harmacist. It would be entirely against the spirit in which i 
it is designed to allow a manufacturer or importer to use it to 
advertise his business. All announcements with that ten- 
dency will be rigidly excluded, and the space allotted will be 
devoted to advertisements of surplus and second-hand goods. 
Terms.— Announcements arc inserted in tliiS column at the rate of 
one halfpenny per word, on condition that name and address are added 
Name and address to be paid for. Price in figures counts as one word. 
If name and address are not included, one penny i)cr word must be 
paid. A number will then be attached to the advertisement by the pub- 
lisher of “ The Chemist Drugoist OF Austr.\l.asia,” and all cor- 
respondence relating to it must be addressed to the “ Publisher of The 
Chemist AND Druggist of Australasia, Normanby Chambers, Mel- 
bourne,” the envelope to be endorsed also with tlie number. Tlie pub- 
lisher will transmit the correspondence to the advertiser, and with that 
his share in the transaction will cease. Stamps of any colony will be 
accepted in payment, and all advertisements must be paid for in advance. 
An English chemist has several valuable recipes collected 
during fifteen years experience in London and the provinces, 
upwards of 100 reliable formuhe specialities, perfumery, and 
toilet preparations. Prices will range from Is to os each ; 
marked lists on application. Special terms for number. B. 
A. Atwell, 97 Elizabeth-street, Hobart. 
Corns are not confined to the feet. A newly anived chi- 
ropodist says: “he has removed corns from several of the 
Crowned heads of Europe.” 
Must.\rd Plaster that will not Blister. — If the mustard 
be mixed with the white of an egg instead of water, the plaster 
will draw thoroughly without blistering the most delicate skin. 
^.Icrsonnfities. 
OBITUARY, BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, CHANGES OF 
ADDRESS. 
(Announcements, properly authenticated, are inserted in 
this column, free of charge.) 
Mr J. C. Sharland having retired from the firm of Sharlancl 
and Co., manufacturing chemists, &c., Auckland, N.Z., the 
business will in future be conducted by F. C. Sharland, C. 
Sharland, and J. F. Churton, under the style of Sharland and 
Co. We are informed, liowever, that this change will not 
cause any difference in the ordinary routine, as the last named 
gentlemen have conducted matters for some time past. 
Messrs Sharland and Co., of Auckland, N.Z., have been 
appointed New Zealand agents for Este’s American Turned 
Wood Boxes. 
Mr James Mayne, of 208 Oxford-street, Sydney, was elected 
a member of the Society of Arts, London, at a meeting held 
by that Society, Dec. 4, 1885. 
Mr Charles Ekin, Pharmaceutical Chemist, Woodend, Vic- 
toria, has been appointed chemist to His Excellency the 
Governor at the summer residence of Sir Henry and Lady 
Loch at Macedon. 
Mr H. J. Fowles, chemist, disposed of his business at River- 
ton, South Australia, in June last, and shortly afterwards 
oxiened at The Pharmacy, Glenelg, S.A. 
The general introduction to the official handbook of the 
Indian and Colonial Exhibition will be written by Professor J. 
R. Seeley. 
At the meeting of the Victorian branch of the British Medi- 
cal Association held at the Royal Society’s Hall on the 27th 
January, Drs. Iredell and Fulton, of Melbourne, were elected 
members. 
An undergraduate of the Sydney University, Mr A. 0. Tre- 
beck, was on Monday, 11th January, apx^ointed dis^ienser at a 
meeting of the Rockhampton Hospital committee. 
The Assistant-Government Geologist of South Australia, 
Mr H. G. Woodward, whose three years engagement has ex- 
l^ired, will return to England in May. 
Creditors in the estate of the late Mr George Adams, eye 
lotion manufacturer of Geelong, must forward their claims to 
the executors on or before the 27th inst. 
In consequence of the Adelaide Health Officer, Dr Robert- 
son, having refused to accexit a reduction of salary, the Local 
Board have decided to disxiense with his services, and the 
Central Board of Health have agreed to their doing so. 
Mr Cleland, the late registrar-general of South Australia, 
having resigned at the request of the Government, the chair- 
man of the Board of Health, Dr. Whittell, lias been appointed 
registrar-general of births, deaths, and marriages, and will 
fill both positions. 
The director of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens, Dr. Schom- 
burgk, has prejiared for the Indian and Colonial Exhibition, 
an herbarium containing a magnificent collection of native 
grasses. 
Previous to Mr Bosisto’s departure for Europe, he was en- 
tertained at the Maison Dorce, Melbourne, by tlie Pharmacy 
Board of Victoria. 
On 18th January the Fakir of Oolu xiassed away from us, 
Melbourne being the scene of his closing days. Dr. Sylvester 
was a fine true-hearted and genial gentleman, whose illusions 
were ever the delight of both old and young. He was a mem- 
ber of the Pyrotechnic Institution of London, and the majority 
of his most famous illusions were the xiroduction of his own 
ingenious brain. 
Our Queensland correspondent hears that Mr Mai'tin, of 
Queen-street, Brisbane, has been appointed chemist to His 
Excellency the Governor of Queensland. 
The same writer also informs us that Mr Rutter, A.P.S.G.B. 
is opening up a new business at Kangaroo Point. 
Mr Clement Wragge, F.R.G.S., lias returned from a tour in 
Queensland. He is so charmed with the tropical scenery 
about the Johnstone River that he declares it excels even 
Ceylon. 
The death is announced in London of Miss F. Helen Pri- 
deaux, M.B., from dixitheria, after a week of severe illness. 
Miss Prideaux was one of the most distinguished of the 
women who have graduated in medicine at the University of 
London. 
