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by 70 ft., fitted with jiolished cedar show cases for brushware, 
sundries, &c., are being constructed, which will extend the 
■whole length of the fiat. The second floor is devoted entirely 
to patent medicines, sundries, earthenware, etc. The third 
floor is used partly as a manufactory of specialties, juvenile 
labour being here employed, and partly as a store for corks 
and soda water maker’s materials. The fourth and fifth floors 
are used at present for the storage of bulk goods. A covered 
■way, 30 ft. by 40ft. connects the two buildings. The laboratory 
is on the top floor of the Loftus-street store ; it is fireproof, 
and is fitted up with the most modern appliances. 
On the roof is a drying and bleaching floor, 40 ft. by 40 ft. ; 
from here grand views of the city can be obtained. The lower 
floors are fully stocked with goods. A fireproof room in the 
yard holds the stock of ether collection, Ac., a small quantity 
only being kept on the premises. 
"We may perha 2 :>s mention before concluding this article that 
the firm was established in the year 1856 by Dr. G. E. Elliott, 
and his brother Mr. F. W. Elliott, who purchased the business 
of W. and E. Youngman. Ten years ago it was formed into a 
private conp^any, and lately into a limited liability comy)any. 
The business was first carried on in a small store at the back 
of Messrs. Thom^^son and Giles’ i)remises in Pitt-street ; this 
becoming too small, in 1860 the new 2 >remises just built by 
W. Vickery, and then looked upon as being one of the finest 
stores in the city, were taken. After twenty years occupation, 
the buildings which form the subject of the present article 
were occip^ied. 
Twelve years ago the attention of the firm was drawn to the 
fine field offered in Queensland, and a branch business was 
successfully started in large premises erected by the firm in 
Eagle-street. The whole speaks well for the energy of Messrs. 
Elliott Bros, Limited, and their faith in the future of the drug 
trade of New South Wales. 
THE INDIAN AND COLONIAL EXHIBITION. 
Mr H. H. Hayter, Government statist, has j^repared for the 
exhibition an interesting table of fiscal and ethnical matters, 
showing the relative proportions of the colony of Victoria and 
the United Kingdom. Our readers will find the subjoined 
com 2 )arisons an interesting study : — 
In the iDOpulation returns we find that the yearly deaths per 
10.000 living persons in a series of years averages 213 in 
England and Wales and 157 in Victoria. The infantile mor- 
tality is larger in Victoria than might have been ex 2 )ected con- 
sidering the better conditions of life, the deaths being 120 x^er 
1000 under 12 months of age as against 146 in England and 
Wales. For every 100 x^^-rsons who quit the world in Eng- 
land and Wales annually, 157 are born into it, and Victoria 
222. The causes of death bear pretty much the same in relative 
X)rox)ortion in both countries, the princix^al sx>ecified disease 
being consumption, the proportions being 249 to 125 x^^i’ 
100.000 every year, averaged from a series of years. Zymotic 
diseases come next, and heart disease figures largely in both 
countries, the x^rox:>ortions being 102 to 85 x^g^’ 100,000. The 
numerous ailments classed as developmental diseases carry off 
346 in England and Wales per 100,000 annually, as against 
198 in Victoria. 
Fiji sends a very small quota of exhibits to London, there 
being a x^i’ejudice against the “ shoAv” on account of its 
official character, so far as the new colony is concerned. 
There will, however, be a magnificent disxflay of sugar, esx^e- 
cially the exhibit of the Mago Coinx^any. 
Dr. Schomburgk, the director of the Adelaide Botanic 
Gardens, has forwarded a sx^lendid collection of x^lants. 
Amongst the fern trees is the trunk of one weighing over 
SOOlbs. 
Mr J. W, C. Swain, of the Dye Works, Brunswick Street, 
Brisbane, has forwarded samples of wool he has dyed from 
native dyes, to the Commissioners, to be sent to the Indian 
and Colonial Exhibition. They are beautifully and richly 
coloured, and are in four different shades of red and yellow. 
Her Majesty the Queen has graciously consented to become 
X:>atrGn of the Indian and Colonial E.xhibition. 
The various Government dex)artments have prepared 
numerous interesting exhibits for the Indian and Colonial 
Exhibition in London. The Public Whrks Dex^artment have 
forwarded maps showing the various water-races, harbour im- 
provements, lighthouses, and the railway and telegraphic 
systems of the colony. The Survey department supply maps 
which have been specially prepared for the purpose of giving 
valuable information to intending immigrants. Special dia- 
grams have also been prepared illustrating the trade of the 
colony, showing the x^roduct of mines, fisheides, forests, manu- 
factures, and the agricultural and pastoral industries. 
We have been informed that it is the intention of the 
National Temperance League, London, to hold a temxierance 
congress during the progress of, and in connection with, the 
Indian and Colonial Exhibition. Arrangements have been 
made to hold the Temperance Congress immediately on the 
close of the commercial congress which is to be held in London 
during July, so as to give delegates from a distance an oppor- 
tunity of attending both meetings. Delegates from _ the 
various Australian Temperance organisations are specially 
invited. 
A meeting was held on the evening of the 26th of January 
at the Town Hall Hotel, Bridge Eoad, Richmond, of about 60 
of the friends and supx^orters of Mr. Josex>h Bosisto, M.L.A., 
for the purpose of bidding that gentleman good-bye on the 
occasion of his dex^>artureby the “ Valetta” on the 28th Janua,ry 
for England, to represent Victoria at the Indian and Colonial 
Exhibition; Mr. George Alexander x^resided. The health of 
Mr. Bosisto was proposed by the chairman. Mr. Bosisto, in 
rising to resx^ond, said that he had been selected to rexu’esent 
Victoria at the Indian and Colonial Exhibition in London in 
consequence of his knowledge of Australia, as he would be 
able to give information regarding the inhabitants, manufac- 
tures, and products of the colony of Victoria, and the soil and 
formation of Australia generally. He expressed his regret 
that he had to leave before the forthcoming election, but 
stated he was not going home merely to show himself, as it 
was his intention to visit all the scientific societies and bring 
the xu'oducts and resources of this colony more prominently 
before their notice. 
(TonTspontente. 
We do not hold ourselves resj^onsible for the opinions of our Correspondents. 
To the Editor of the Chemist and Drufigist of Australasia. 
Sir, — K indly allow me as a country chemist, to heartily 
congratulate you on your entei'XJrise for planting in Australian 
soil a slip from the parent stem of such a live journal as 
The Chemist and Dru<f(jist of England. 
I feel confident that all fair-thinldmi chemists in this colony 
will thank you, as I do, most fervently. 
Excellent as are both the Pharmaceutical Society and the 
Pharmacy Board in their way, it is self-evident that our inter- 
ests — the country interests — must not be allowed to drift into 
the hands of a very few well-to-do gentlemen, who belong to 
one or the other, or even both, of the said bodies, esx)ecially if 
the only paper in which we can air our grievances is their 
organ, in their hands, edited by one of themselves, and actu- 
ally started in a moment of “x^iflue,” caused by a misunder- 
standing. 
We have a grievance, we country chemists, and one that 
requires to be dealt with vigorously, if we are to hold our 
own. 
The Pharmacy Board and the Pharmaceutical Society re- 
quire stirring up. They must justify their existence by pro- 
tecting the country interests, or else we must organise an 
association for the \)urpose. They are very fond of doing a 
little prosecuting here and there — within a comfortable dis- 
tance of Melbourne, or an occasional jerk into the country ; 
but that does very little good. 
We want every x^lace, large and small — 
small, visited, not once, nor even twice, but repeatedly, until 
the practice of the stores selling prohibited articles shall be 
stox^ped effectually. 
At x^resent, the Act is a huge farce in most xdaces. Every 
little huckster’s shop, as well as all stores, dabbles in medi- 
cines, and I contend that until we can get a law passed to 
prohibit the sale of medicines by anyone else but chemists, or 
persons specially licensed, we could do a very great deal 
towards producing the same result, if proper, consistent, 
vigorous, and repeated action were taken in the matter. 
The gentlemen forming the Pharmacy Board and Pharma- 
ceutical Society executive have little or nothing to fear at 
present from the country chemists, as they are isolated, and 
their x')Ower consequently weak. W’^ith combination, we could 
turn the whole lot out at the next elections, if they are power- 
