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10. No person shall receive a certificate unless lie shall prove to the 
satisfaction of the said Board that he has been duly admitted a 
Pharmaceutical Chemist by the Pharmaceutical Society of 
Great Britain, or a member or Licentiate of the Apothecaries’ 
Halls of London or Dublin, or has received a certificate as a duly 
medical practitioner, or is entitled to be certified such by law, or 
unless he be a person who shall at the time of the passing of the 
Act be carrying on business as a chemist and druggist in Queens- 
land. 
“Provided always that in places remote from large towns any person 
who shall produce a certificate, according to schedule B, from a 
legally qualified medical practitioner and a police magistrate’ 
that he is a fit and proper person to be allowed to sell poisons in 
such place, shall receive a certificate as a dealer in poison.” 
This section is from the New South Wales Act.] 
11. Rules to be observed in the sale of poisons. 6. 
12. Persons selling contrary to Act to be liable to a penalty of twenty 
pounds. 11 paragraph 2. This clause partly repeats clause 6. 
13. Governor-in-Council may direct the names of unfit persons to be 
erased from the register. 12. 
14. Governor-in-Council may make regulations for the sale of 
poisons. 13. 
15. Owners of poisons not to leave them about unlabelled under a 
penalty. 10. 
16. Appeal allowed to District Court. This section is not in other 
Acts except N.S.W. 
EUCALYPTUS OIL 
The article by Mr. W. Sutherland, which is continued in 
-this issue, and the remarks of Mr. W. Field, which we print at 
its conclusion, give information which should be of great value 
to many of our readers. The publication of The Art of 
Pharmacy in The Chemists’ and Druggists’ Diary for the 
current year comes very opportunely, and we call the attention 
of all would-be Eucalyptus distillers to the information there 
^iven. 
The illustration on page 130 of the Diary includes at the 
right hand a still and condenser which would suit admirably 
for Eucalyptus. Steam would not be required. Any ordinary 
copper fitted with a false bottom and a tinned iron still-head 
Sind worm with a barrel for condenser would suit very well. 
Figure 37 on page 139 is what is used by the peasantry in 
France for distilling, audit seems a good idea for Eucalyptus 
work. In working without steam what the operator has to 
take care of is to prevent the leaves touching the bottom of 
Tthe boiling vessel, and that there is only enough water to send 
up a constant current of steam through the leaves, which of 
course carries the oil with it. The prevention of all burning 
is a very important point, for if dumosa leaves are under 
treatment, and care is used, the first distillation will he in the 
best condition and no further treatment will be needed. We 
will refer to this point again. 
Now as to the most profitable species for treatment. From 
Mr. Field’s remarks it will be seen that there is a demand for 
dumosa oil among soap makers, for which there is no corres- 
ponding supply. It is stated that most of the dumosa oil on 
the market is a mixture of dumosa and amygdalina oils. A 
sample of dumosa oil sent to England by Mr. J. Braddock of 
Adelaide has been submitted to Mr. Field, who declares it 
just what he wants. 
Amygdalina oil is equal to dumosa oil for industrial purposes, 
and some think it better so far as odom? is concerned. Much 
of the oil of both kinds now on the market has been re- 
distilled. This process separates much of the heavier con- 
stituents, and it so happens that these bodies contain most 
of the odorous jpi'iiiciples, and at the same time are some 
what antiseptic. 
It will be among soap makers that an immediate sale for 
Eucalyptus oil will be found. If small makers turn their 
attention to it they should distil dumosa oil ; probably their 
best plan would be to send their supplies to an agent in one of 
the capitals. Anyone who could supply a few cwt. at a time 
might communicate with Mr. Field with advantage. These 
oils will not he used for pharmaceutical purposes. 
THE PHARMACEUTICAL SOCIETY OF 
AUSTRALASIA. 
The election of the Council of this Society is fast approach- 
ing, and the candidates’ names are already being mentioned. 
The ballot for retirement has thrown out Messrs. Harrison, 
Hooper, and Kingsland. It is understood that Mr. Harrison 
will offer himself for re-election. Mr. Hooper intends to 
retire. Mr. Kingsland’s intentions are unknown to us ; but 
further changes in the Council are prognosticated. Mr. 
Bowen has announced his intention to retire from both Phar- 
macy Board and Pharmaceutical Council. He is now living 
at a distance from Melbourne and finds himself unable to de- 
vote to the affairs of these bodies the attention which he feels 
they deserve. His connection with the Society dates almost 
from its birth, and he has served as Councillor and President 
for more than ten years. There is a further possibility that 
another gentleman who has seats both on the Board and 
Council may resign the latter office to devote his attention to 
other public duties. 
The gentlemen mentioned for the two certain vacancies 
are Mr. C. Pleasance and Mr. H. \V. Potts. Requisitions 
signed by most of the influential pharmacists in Melbourne 
have been i>resented to these gentlemen. Mr. Potts has inti- 
mated his compliance with the request. His record shows 
that he is a born public man, Ipswich, Brisbane, Chiltern, 
all bear testimony to his useful work. He has plenty 
of faith in the future of pharmacy, and is not inclined to re- 
serve all his efforts to filling his own pocket. 
Mr. Pleasance has not yet arrived at a decision. He is well 
known in Melbourne, and indeed all over the colony. He is 
on the directorate of several building societies, is an active 
member of the Committee of the Melbourne Cricket Club, and 
is a square-headed, far-seeing man. There is a hint that his 
homceopathic principles may prejudice some against him, 
but we should be much readier to believe this of Britons 
than .of the broader minds of Victorians. 
For the doubtful vacancies hinted at above the names of 
Mr. Andrews, of St. Kilda, and Mr. William Blackett, of Wil- 
liamstown, have been mentioned. Mr. Andrews nine years 
ago was a student at the School of Pharmacy, and if elected 
will be the first of his race to attain to a seat at the Council- 
table. He has shown his metal as a public character at 
Ararat, where he has been in business. 
Mr. William Blackett, of Williamstown, is, we believe, twin 
brother to Mr. C. R. Blackett, and has a good record. 
It would be hard to say that the Council will gain by any of 
