VoL. ii.. No. 1. THE CHEMIST AND DRUGGIST OF AUSTRALASIA. 
‘ That it be a request to the Registrars of the Australasian 
Pharmacy Boards or Councils to forward copies of their exam- 
ination papers to each Board.’ 
‘ That copies of che resolutions adopted by this Conference 
be fonvarded to the Colonial Secretaries of each colony here 
represented, with a request that Legislative power be given 
effect to in accordance with these resolutions.’ 
‘ That the results of this Conference be transmitted to the 
Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, with a request that 
interchange of certificates be considered.’ 
‘ That it is most desirable that an Intercolonial Phannaceu- 
tical Council should be established, such Council to visit and 
hold meetings in rotation in the various colonies to discuss and 
consider questions relating to intercolonial pharmaceutical 
subjects.^ 
‘ That the rapid increase in the trade of jtroprietary medi- 
cines and secret nostrums is antagonistic to the true interests 
of Pharmacy.’ 
(Signed) JAMES MAYNE. 
B. FREDK. BOZON. 
T. B. MELHUISH.” 
The report was received and laid upon the table. 
Upon the motion of Mr. Bozon, seconded by Mr. Mayne, 
the following highly important resolution was unanimously 
adopted : — 
“ That any kindred society or board acknowledging the 
validity of the New South Wales Pharmaceutical Society’s 
certificate or diploma, the said New South Wales Pharmaceu- 
tical Society hereby agrees to acknowledge in an equal degree 
the certificates or diplomas of such society or board.” 
The following business was then considered : — 
The application of Robert J. Clarke, of South Brisbane, for 
membership, on the ground of his having been in business in 
Sydney prior to 1876, was granted. 
The application of C. de L. Clarke, certified by the Queens- 
land Board of Pharmacy and a member of the Pharmaceutical 
Society of South Australia, for membership was granted. 
The application of Michael John Ryan, of Sydney, and late 
of Victoria, on the ground of his having been in business in 
Victoria prior to 1876, was, in accordance with the agreement 
made between this Society and the Victorian Society, granted 
upon production of certificate and statutory declaration of 
identity. 
The application of W. W, Morris, of Ballina, registered 
pharmaceutical chemist of Great Britain was granted con- 
ditionally upon production of necessary papers and certificate 
of identity. 
The application of Thomas B. Hill, junr., of Newtown, a 
member of the Pharmaceutical Society of New Zealand, for 
membership, was granted conditionally upon the New Zealand 
Society returning a favourable reply to the offer of reciprocity 
made by this Society. 
The application of Victor Edmund R. Dumas, for member- 
ship on the ground of his having been in business in Victoria 
prior to 1876, was granted conditionally upon production of 
the Victorian Pharmacy Board certificate. 
The application of William Padley, M.P.S. Great Britain, 
for membership, was granted. 
The application of Aubrey Turner, of Sydney, M.P.S. Great 
Britain, for membership, was granted. 
The application of Walter J. Cleaver, of Hobart, for mem- 
bership, was granted upon production of a certificate from the 
Court of Examiners, Tasmania. 
The application of Thomas Edmund McDonald, for mem- 
bership, was granted conditionally. 
The indentures of the following apprentices were ordered to 
be registered, viz., John Walter Cook, Peter A. Richardson, 
Henry W. Jacob, W. G. Cains, John Tasker. 
Applications for registration of indentures from the following 
were declined until the applicants shall have passed the pre- 
liminary examination; viz., Arthur Sampson, Percy L. 
Hutchinson. 
The Secretary reported having insured the library and 
laboratory. 
The accounts for the month having been passed, tlv' meet- 
ing adjourned till January 4th, 1887. 
(letter from our own correspondent.) 
Sydney, December 2. 
The resignation of Mr. Larmer, the President of the Phar- 
maceutical Society, after two and a half year’s tenure of that 
office, did not come altogether as a surprise, it being known 
for some time past that owing to the pressure of business 
cares and family sickness, Mr. Larmer would not continue to 
hold the presidency beyond the end of the expiring year. It 
cannot be said that Mr. Larmer has signalised his term of 
office by any great work, or by unusual ability, but I think it 
will be generally admitted that he has had the^ welfare of the 
Society always at heart, and, doubtless, had his time and op- 
portunities been greater, would have left some more enduring 
memorial of his presidency than can be pointed to at the pre- 
sent time. In retiring from the Council, Mr. Larmer will 
carry with him the cordial good Avishes of all members of the 
Society. Although, as I have said, the resignation of the late 
president cannot be regarded in the light of a surprise, the 
appointment of his successor was undoubtedly a surprise to 
all except a very few. Against Mr. Sadler personally not a 
word is to be said ; but he has been in the Council barely six 
months. At the present time, with so many radical changes 
in pharmaceutical matters on the eve of being effected, with 
the Incorporation Act still before the Legislature, and the 
Amended Pharmacy Act yet in abeyance, it was not un- 
naturally thought that some older and more experienced mem- 
bers of the Council would have been invited to accept the pre- 
sidency ; and that gentlemen, of large experience and proved 
ability, should have been passed over in favour of a gentleman 
so recently elected to the Council came as a surprise. Far be 
it from me to advocate the claims of any individual member 
of the Council ; but it must be admitted that if one is to 
apply the ordinary rules of life to these matters, the precedent 
thus set is a bad one. If offices such as these are not to be 
the prize of honourable servitude and proved ability, they at 
once cease to be honourable, or to confer honour upon their 
holders. Mr. Sadler wUl doubtless have the loyal support of 
the Council, and it is, therefore, to be hoped that such matters 
as the Incorporation Act, and the Amended Pharmacy Act, 
will be vigorously taken up by him when Parliament assem- 
bles. 
Mr. Larmer’s resignation, and the elevation of Mr. Sadler 
to the presidency, makes a vacancy in the Council, which the 
newly-elected president will have the privilege of filling by 
the appointment of some member of the Society, until the 
general meeting in June next. The name of the gentleman to 
be appointed has not as yet transpired, but rumour points to 
a member who took a prominent part in the election last June. 
It should not be difficult to select a suitable member, and Mr. 
Sadler has now an opportunity of strengthening the Council 
by the appointment of some gentleman Avith the necessary 
time and ability to forward the Society’s interests. 
Reciprocity. 
As will be seen by referring to the report of the Council meet- 
ing, the Pharmaceutical Society of N.S.W. has formally 
pledged itself to recognise the certificates and diplomas of all 
Pharmaceutical Societies and Boards of Pharmacy recognizing 
the certificates and diplomas of their Society. Mr. Pinhey 
informs me that the resolution referred to has been formally 
communicated to all the Colonial Societies and Boards and 
the Court of Examiners in Tasmania, so that it now remains 
to be seen whether Queensland, Tasmania, New Zealand, and 
South Australia will as formally pledge themselves to what 
has been unofficially expressed by the representatives of those 
colonies. Should this prove th^ case, I take it that Victoria 
may be induced to see the anomaly of her position, as it would 
be simply unbearable for Victorian members to be confined 
nolemvolens within the narrow limits of that colony. Scarcely 
a week passes that does not bring some Victorian members 
making application for membership here, and when informed 
that in consequence of the position taken up by his own 
Society, this Society is unable to admit him, the unfortunate 
applicant is wont to remark somewhat se\’erely upon the 
pOAvers that be in Melbourne. I have conversed with two or 
three Victorian members who have made application here 
lately, and was informed by them that they were under the 
impression that subsequent to the Conference they would be 
admitted in any colony. This, I need hardly say, is far from 
being the case, as the gentlemen in question found. In con- 
sidering this point, a distinction must be drawn between ordi- 
nary members of the Victorian Society and those Avho were in 
business prior to 1876. The latter came under the agreement 
betAveen the Pharmacy Boards of N.S.W. and Victoria, and 
under that agreement are entitled to registration. 
With reference to my remarks on the subject of reciprocity 
with Victoria, in your issue of last month, I fear that a mis- 
