VoL. i., No. 1. THE CHEMIST AND DRUGGIST OF AUSTRALASIA. 
A further meeting was held at Jackman’s Booms, King 
Wilham-street, on Tuesday, Deeemher 1st, at 9 the 
President, Mr. H. Harrison, in the chair. 
The future rules of the Society were carefully gone into, 
and alterations made where necessary. 
It was agreed that the rules, as passed, should be printed, 
and as soon as possible distributed amongst the members and 
associates. 
The Society will commence its first financial year on 
January 1st, 1886, and all applicants after that date must be 
prox^osed and balloted for, according to rule. 
The Society is looking out for a suitable room for its future 
meetings, and hopes soon to be in a position to give its 
junior members an opportunity of gaining full information 
(from books and s| 3 eeimens) of the various preparations of the 
British Pharmacopoeia. 
The subscrixition was fixed at 21s. per annum for members, 
and 10s. 6 d. for associates, which includes a cox^y of The 
Chemist and l)ru(f(fist, of Great Britain ; The Chemist and 
Druggist of Australasia-, and The Chemists^ and Druggists^ 
Diary, at the end of the year, forwarded x^ost free to each 
member and associate as early as possible after January 1st, 
1886. 
It was decided that a preliminary examination for students 
or appi'entices, and a xnofessional examination for assistants, 
should be held half-yearly. 
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Division No. I. 
Practical Pharmacy. 
Time allowed, Two hours. 
Render the following in good Latin, without abbreviation, 
and translate into English : — 
Quin. Sulx>h. gr. i 
Acid. Sul}ih. Dil. gi _ 
Tr Nuc. A"om, 5 
Vin. Pex^sin. g 
Syr. Aurantii 5ss 
Aq. Chlorof. ad 9vi 
AI cap. coch. i mag. po^^ jentac. et post x’l’and. 
quotidie. 
Laet. Vac. Oi 
Sinax"). Sem. Contus. 3i 
Coq. simul donee pars cas. in coag. abier.; 
deinde colet serum, et hujus sumat cyath. 
subinde. 
Read and exx:>lain the four autograi:)h prescriptions sub- 
mitted. 
Dispense, at counter, one of the above. 
Describe the best methods of preparing Syrupus Zingiberis, 
Syrupus Ferri lodidi, and Syrupus Scillas and state 
prox^ortions of ingredients in each. 
Detail the processes of x^ercolation and maceration, and 
state advantages of one contrasted with the other. 
Name the Official Enemata and Inhalations, stating pro- 
PHARMACY BOARD OF NEAV ZEALAND. 
A meeting of the Pharmacy Board was held at AVellington 
on 25th November, 1885. 
The minutes of the previous meeting were read and con- 
firmed. 
APPLICATIONS FOR REGISTRATION. 
The application of Messrs. A. H. Gillman and J. Fitz- 
patrick were deferred for further information. 
An application of Air. A. C. Smyth to be registered on the 
certificate of the Society of Apothecaries, London, was re- 
used, as the certificate is not recognised by the regulations, 
and until these were altered the Board had no power to aceex^t 
it. 
portion of active ingredients in each. 
7. Enumerate, first, the Official Extracts prepared from the 
juice of the fresh herb, and second, the Official Extracts 
prepared with boiling water. 
8 . What is an Emulsion? Describe the method of manixoula- 
tion by characteristic example. 
Note — Candidates must only attempt to answer six of the above 
questions, hut numbers 1, 2, and 3 are compulsory.^ 
No Candidate shall pass unless he show skill in reading and 
dispensing prescrix:>tions, and a reasonable degree of neat- 
ness, dexterity, and despatch in his other xnactical work. 
Subject to these conditions maximum marks will be 
awarded as follows : — 
No. 1 30 
Nos. 2 and 3 20 each 
The remainder 10 each 
reciprocity with the pharmaceutical SOCIETY OF NEW 
SOUTH WALES. 
A letter was read from the Pharmaceutical Society of New 
South Wales, suggesting reciprocity and an interchange of 
certificates. After some discussion it was resolved to reply — 
(1.) That a similar communication from the Board to the 
Society in November, 1884, had met with no answer. 
(2.) That with every desire now to discuss the matter of 
reciprocity, the Board has not the power to accept New South 
Wales certificates, until by amendment of the law, regulations 
can be made. 
examinations. 
At the fourth standard examinations on October 21 there 
were six candidates; two only passed, viz.: — 
Percentage of 
possible marks. 
Mactauren, J. S., Auckland . . . . 90’0 
Walker, Wm., Christchurch . . . . 89*3 
The four following failed to satisfy the examiners : — 
R. D. Hanlon, Dunedin. 
A. G. S. Maxwell, Auckland, 
F. G. Coox^er, Auckland. 
S. Donaldson, Auckland. 
GOLD MED.AL PRIZE. 
It was announced that only one competitor, from Auckland, 
had entered for this x^rize. It was therefore resolved that 
there could be no award without competition ; also that the 
prize should be again offered to competition in 1886 ; that the 
subjects should be as before; that the minimum number of 
candidates for the colony should be four. The conditions are 
to advertised as before in the Pharmaceutical Register of New 
Zealand for 1886. 
The Board then adjourned. 
Pharmaceutical Examinations, New Zealand. 
FOURTH STANDARD. 
Subjoined are the questions given in the Fourth Standard 
Examination, 21 October, 1885. 
Division No. II. 
Materia Medica and Botany. 
Time allowed, two hours. 
1. Indicate those drugs derived from the animal kingdom. 
Give the official names, whence obtained, natural order, 
and habitat. 
2. Describe Aconite of the Pharmacopoeia, giving natural 
order and habitat, the proportion of Alkaloid, and state 
official preparations with formulae. 
3. Name the official Gum Resins obtained from the Umbel- 
lifer£e. Give botanical name. Briefiy describe the 
drug and state Pharmacopoeia prex^arations. 
4. Cinchona Bark, name the recognised kinds, describe ap- 
pearance, and give x^i'oportion of quinine yielded by 
each. 
5. State source whence Meconic Acid, Benzoic Acid, Hydro- 
cyanic Acid, and Salicylic Acid are obtained, and give 
their medicinal uses. 
6 . Sx^ecimens Nos. 1, 2, 3, and 4 submitted. Give official 
names and x^i’eparations. 
7. Lead — Enumerate the official j^i'^parations with x^i’opoi'- 
tionate strengths. 
8 . What is Diastase? Pancreatine? Sugar of Milk? and 
Oleic Acid ? Describe properties of each. 
'Aote.— Candidates must ordy attempt six of the above questions, 
and shall receive for comxfiete answers maximum marks 
as follows : — 
Nos. 1, 3, 5, 6 and 7 17 each 
Nos. 2 and 4 15 each 
>^ 0.8 20 each 
Division No. III. 
Chemistry. 
Time allowed, two hours. 
1. Give a short descrix^tion of Dialysis and its uses in x^i’actice. 
2. State what reaction takes x^l^-ce on the admixture of 
MnOa + 2 NaCl -t- 3 H 2 SO 4 and give results in notation 
3. Describe the formation and i^roperties of the Cupric Am- 
monium Sulphates, 
