THE CHEMIST AND DEUGGIST OF AUSTKALASIA. 
April 1, 1887* 
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utmost possible retrenchment, the request for a subsidy to the 
Ihiarmaceutical Society could not, at the present juncture of 
public affairs, be favorably entertained. 
I have the honor to be, 
Sir, 
Your most obedient servant, 
(Signed) U. Millee, 
Acting Under Secretary.] 
W. T. Pinhey, Esq., J.P., 
Secretary, Pharmaceutical Society.”] 
The IxcoRPoiuTiON Bill. 
A letter was read from the Society’s solicitors, informing the 
Council that in consequence of the recent dissolution of Par- 
liament, it would be necessary to commence the proceedings 
re the Act of Incorporation de novoy and that the usual adver- 
tisements had been inserted in the newspapers. 
Leave oe Absenxe. 
A letter was received from Mr. Edward Thornton, applying 
for two months’ leave of absence, as he was about to leave 
the colony for the benefit of his health. The leave of absence 
was granted. 
Eeciprocity with Queensland. 
The following letter from the Registrar of the Queensland 
Pharmacy Board was read : — 
“Pharmacy Board, Queensland, 
Brisbane, 9th February, 1887. 
have the honour, by direction, to acknowledge the 
receipt of your letter of the 9th of December last, enclosing a 
copy of a resolution passed by the Pharmaceutical Society of 
New South Wales to the effect that your Society would re- 
ciprocate with any kindred Society or Board to an equal 
degree in the matter of registration. 
In reply, I am to inform you that the restriction enforced 
in the case of chemists registered in New South Wales, 
Victoria, and New Zealand, to the effect that they will be re- 
cognised provisionally only until the 1st of May, 1887, will in 
the ease of New South Wales be withdrawn by a fresh regu- 
lation made before that date. 
I have the honor to be. 
Sir, 
Y^our obedient servant, 
(Signed) Frank Taylor, 
Registrar. 
W. T. Pinhey, Esq., 
Secretary of the Pharmaceutical Society, Sydney. 
Reciprocity with South Australia. 
The following extract from a letter received from Mr. W. J. 
Main, honorary secretary Pharmaceutical Society of South 
Australia, will also be of general interest : — 
At the last meeting held a vote of thanks was passed to the 
Society of New South Wales for their endeavours to reciiiro- 
cate, and a notice of motion w^as tabled to the following 
eiiect — “ That any kindred Society or Board acknowledging 
the validity of the South Australian Society’s certificate or 
diploma, the said Society of South Australia agree to receive 
in an equal degree the certificate or diploma of such Society.” 
SPECIAL MEETING. 
Negotiations with the Bo.ard of Technical Educ.ation. 
A special meeting of the Council w’as held on Tuesday, 
March 8, the following members being present, viz. : — Messrs. 
H. W. Sadler, T. B. Melhuish, James Mayne, Edward Thorn- 
ton, and W. H. McCarthy. Mr, Pinhey, the secretary, Avas 
also present. 
The Secretary announced that the object of the meeting was 
to take into consideration the following communication from 
the Board of Technical Education : — 
“ Board of Technical Education of New South Wah^s, 
“ 129 Phillip-street, Sydney, 2nd March, 1887. 
“ Sir — I have the honor, by direction of the Board of Tech- 
nical Education, respectfully to inquire if the Council of the 
Pharmaceutical Society is prepared to appoint two of its 
members to confer with Mr. Norman Selfe (Acting-President) 
and Dr. Belgrave respecting a suggested scheme by the in- 
structor in pharmacy for imparting instruction in pharmaceu- 
tical subjects at the Sydney Technical College and elsewhere. 
“In the event of the Pharmaceutical Society agreeing to 
nominate two gentlemen to represent it in the proposed Con- 
ference, a meeting could be arranged for at its office or on 
these premises, at a time to be hereafter fixed. 
“ I have the honor to be, Sir, 
“ Your most obedient servant, 
“ (Signed) Edwd. Doweling, Secretary. 
“ W. T. Pinhey, Esq., Secretary Pharmaceutical Society of 
New South Wales.” 
Upon the motion of Mr. Melhuish, seconded by Mr. i 
M‘Carthy, the President and Mr. Abraham were appointed to \ 
represent the Council in the Conference. 
DEPUTATION FROM THE PHARMACEUTICAL 
SOCIETY OF NEW SOUTH WALES TO THE 
MINISTER FOR PUBLIC INSTRUCTION. 
In accordance with the decision arrived at by the Council 
at their usual monthly meeting, held on March 1, a deputation 
consisting of the president, Mr. H. W. Sadler, Mr. Janies 
Mayne, F.R.M.S., Mr. Edwin Quayle, F.C.S., and Mr. W. T. 
Pinhey, J.P., the secretary, waited upon the Minister for 
Public Instruction, the Hon. James Inglis, on Friday, March 4, 
Mr. Melhuish also intended to have formed one of the depu- 
tation, but unfortunately mistook the place of meeting, being 
under the impression that the interview would take }place at 
the Treasury. 
The deputation was introduced by Mr. Sydney Burdekin, 
M.L.A., who briefly stated the grounds upon which the interview 
was sought. 
The Minister expressed his pleasure at receiving the depu- 
tation and desired that all formality might be dispensed with, 
and that the matter might be discussed in a friendly way, 
Mr. Pinhey briefly referred to a deputation from the Society 
having waited upon the former Minister for Public Instruction, 
regarding the Society’s Act of Incorporation, and stated that 
upon that occasion Dr. Renwick had expressed himself very 
favourably disposed towards the Act sought. The present 
deputation, howevei, had a twofold object in view, namely, 
to ask the Minister’s favourable consideration towards the 
Act referred to (since it was about to be re-introduced into 
Parliament), and also to seek assistance from the Government 
in carrying on the educational work of the Society. He de- 
sired to state at the outset that the Society was, and ahvays 
had been, an educational body, and it was upon this ground 
solely that it was desired that the usual subsidy to educational 
institutions should be granted to the Society the deputation 
represented. In order to saA'e time he would, with the Min- 
ister’s permission, briefly state the considerations which had 
induced the Society to seek that intervieAv. They were as 
follows : — 
1. The Society had been in existence nearly 11 years, and 
it had hitherto been entirely self-supporting. 2. From its 
inception, with the exception of a short period only, it had 
carried on the education of xiharmacy students. 3. It had 
established a library of some 500 volumes of standard scientific 
and educational works, a materia medica museum, containing 
upwards of 600 specimens, and a chemical and pharmaceutical 
laboratory, wherein practical instruction is regularly given, j 
4. It had spent upwards of £2,000 on the library, miiseum, : 
and laboratory, payment of lecturers, and general working ex- , 
penses. 5. It had also conducted examinations under the | 
Board of Pharmacy for certificates under the Sale and Use of | 
Poisons Act, 40th Vic., No. 9 ; and although half the examin- 
ation fees had been paid to the Society, such moiety had not ; 
sufficed to pay the attendant expenses. 6. Despite the ex- ^ 
jienditure of a considerable sum annually for fitting students 
for examination, the entire fees for certificates under the Act 
referred to go to the Government; some £540 having been ’ 
thus far paid in that way. 7. The Society have noAv fully es- 
tabltshed a School of Pharmacy, under the direction of Mr. 
Edwin Quayle, F.C.S., of the Sydney University, assisted by 
Mr. H. A. B. Leipner, F.C.S., at which the annual average 
attendance last year was 28. 8. In consequence of the ex- 
penses of thus carrying on a x)urely educational Avork, the 
funds were no longer large enough to kee^) pace Avith the in- 
creasing number of students, and greater facilities were 
demanded — the more especially since it Avas becoming 
necessary to hold the lecture and jiractical classes more 
frequently, in consequence of the standard having been assim- 
iiated Avith that of Great Britain. 9. A great effort was now 
