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VoL. ii., No. 4. THE CHEMIST AND DRUGGIST OF AUSTRALASIA. 
The adjourned meeting of the Board took jolace on Friday, 
the 18th March. Present : The President (Mr. Ross), and 
Blessrs. Bonnington andSkog. 
It was resolved to change the night of the Board’s meet- 
ings from the second Friday to the first Friday in each month. 
COREESPONDENCE . 
A communication from the Pharmacy Board of Victoria, 
enclosing copies of last examination held in Melbourne. — The 
Registrar was directed to acknowledge the receipt of the letter. 
Arthur Maxwell, Auckland, gave notice to present himself 
at the April examination, and asking to be exempted from the 
examination in Botany and Materia Medica, having obtained 
the required number of marks in that division at a former 
examination. — Application granted, in accordance with late 
Board’s resolution, passed at their meeting of September, 
188b. 
Letter from Arthur E. Green, of Nelson, giving notice of 
his intention to sit at the next examination, and applying for 
exemption from paying fee on account of having paid the fee 
in Sei^tember, 1886, and not presented himself at the October 
examination. — Application granted. 
Deputy-Registrar, Auckland, asking the Board’s opinion 
upon the case of Mr. R. S. Fannin, who failed to pass at the 
last examination.— Registrar directed to say that Mr. Fannin 
would be allowed to sit at the examination a second time 
without further fee. 
The papers for the examination in Practical Pharmacy, 
Materia Medica, and Botany for the April examination were 
laid before the Board and approved of. 
Seven or eight candidates are expected to sit at the April 
examination. 
The next ordinary meeting of the Board will take place on 
Friday, April 1, 1887. 
(from our owx correspondent.) 
Auckland, 10, 1887. 
The New Phar:jl\cy Board. — Messrs. Jas. A. Pond (Auckland) 
Geo. Bonnington, John V. Ross, Emil C. Skog, Chas. J. 
Wilson (Christchurch), Geo. Mee (Wellington), and Thos. M. 
Wilkinson (Dunedin) — hold their first examination on the 
third Wednesday in April. The examinations are held simul- 
taneously in the four most important towns of New Zealand; 
these are, Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, and Dunedin, 
a special supervisor being appointed to conduct the examina - 
tion at each local centre. Mr. Graves Aickin will probably be 
the gentleman asked to perform the office here. Mr. Jas. A. 
Pond, Homceopathic Chemist and Colonial Analyst, will set 
the paper in Chemistry for this examination, as he has done 
for previous ones ; the other papers will be evolved in the 
South. The number of candidates presenting themselves in 
April promises to be unusually large, this, perhaps, may be 
accounted for by the fact that, in all likelihood, a new Phar- 
macy Act will become law next session, in which a preliminary 
examination will be made compulsory, for it is only too certain 
that the pharmaceutical alumni are deplorably weak in 
“ general knowledge,” and if an arts examination were made 
compulsory, the majority of young men would require at least 
two years study before they could pass it. That such an exam- 
ination must come all are pretty well agreed, for in a learned 
trade it is only fit that its members should posess some 
culture other than Attfield and the B.P. 
John Edward Owen was charged at the 2 >olice court on the 
24th of last month, with using provoking language to James 
Polybank King. Mr. King who isa J.P., and proprietoi* of 
the London Pharmacy in Queen-street, in his evidence before 
the Magistrate, evinced some power of re}Dartee. It appears 
that Mi’i Owen, when paying a bill wliich Mr. King had apj)lied 
for, and over which the trouble arose, said, “You must be a 
poor mean fellow to write the letter you did.” Mr. King 
rej)lied that he was poor enough, but he claimed his rights, 
and, subsequently, went on to say that Mr. Owen was evidently a 
had lot. It appears that what partially angered the defendant 
was that Mr. King, in the bill which was sent to defendant’s 
brother, threatened that, if the account was not j^aid, he 
would bring the matter under the notice of the brother’s 
employers, a company in the South Island. Ultimately, the 
case was dismissed, the costs being jmid by Mr. Owen. 
There have been some changes in the jDersonnel of the 
working stafi in two of the pharmacies here. Mr. Philip S. 
Morgan, who has managed for Mr. Graves Aickin for some 
time, is now with Mr. Hudson, of Victoria-street, the jMoprie- 
tor of “ Hudson’s Baking Powder,” he is assisted by Mr. John 
H. Douglas, formerly of Christchurch. 
Mr. Thos. H. Hustwick, pharmaceutical chemist by exami- 
nation, has disposed of his business in Blenheim to Mr. Henry 
L. Jackson, who is on his way out from England, he himself 
having accei:>ted a position on the staff of Messrs. Sharlanp 
and Co., wholesale druggists of this city. 
Mr. Syms, chemist, of Marlborough, contemplates leaving 
Marlborough to commence business in Woodville. 
Business must be good in our suburbs, as Mr. A. J. Bloom- 
field, of Ponsonhy, has greatly improved his place of business 
by throwing his own and the next shop into one, making most 
commodious and handsome premises. 
On March 13, Mr. Charlton Robert Aickin, eldest son of 
Mr. William Graves Aickin, and cousin of Mr. Graves Aickin 
of this city, aged 23, died at the residence of the latter. 
Young Mr. Aickin, who was making a trij) to the colonies for 
the purpose of recruiting his health, which was much broken 
down by travelling in the West Indies, had only been in 
Auckland a few weeks, but from the time he arrived but little 
hope was entertained of his recovery, and with intervals of 
only a few hours during the whole period he has been in 
Auckland was confined to his bed. 
Mr. William Powell of Hobson-street, chemist and druggist, 
has been removed from the roll of Justices of the Peace. 
Mr. F. S. Ansted, the new Registrar of the Pharmacy 
Board, is a registered chemist, but is now following the calling 
of a schoolmaster. 
(from our own correspondent.) 
Christchurch, March 1, 1887. 
The Pharmacy Board, with Christchurch for its head- 
quarters, is now fully organised, the Registrar appointed, and 
offices established in the centre of the city, in what are known 
as the Grain Agency Buildings. The originally intended ap- 
pointment to the Registrarship was not made. The individual 
whom it was generally thought would occupy that i^osition 
retired, to save the new Board any peiq^lexity which 
might arise, it having transpired that the member of the 
Board for Auckland took exception to the aj^pointment, and 
threatened resignation if such appointment were made. From 
current opinions, we understand the Board have made a ju- 
dicious selection. The new Board commence their labours by 
courteously acknowledging, with a vote of thanks, the efforts 
of their predecessors, for their efforts were great, and deserved 
a richer reward than they received. Their ofi’spring, the 
“ Amended Pharmacy Act and the new Poisons Bill, were 
promising children, and worthy of more affectionate reception 
than was accorded to them in the House of Representatives. 
They now become the adopted children of the new Board. 
We are not aware vvhat the Board’s intentions are with regard 
to these bills. To attempt to put both through in one session, 
would, it is considered, bring about a rei^etition of the miser- 
able failure under the late Board. It is a little surprising how 
very few members of our pharmaceutical circle are even aware 
that such proposed measures as an “Amended Pharmacy Act or 
Poisons Bill ” are in existence. We trust, before the expira- 
tion of the term of office of the present Pharmacy Board, that 
these measures may become accomplished facts, and have 
places in the statute hook of the colony. 
The Board of Examiners are Messrs. Ross, Skog, and Pond, 
who will prejjare the papers for the April Examination. It 
has not yet been officially announced which Pharmacopoeia 
the Board will examine u^wn. We presume the 1867 edition, 
with the 1874 additions, will still be in force. 
Mr. F. S. Grimwade, of Felton, Grimwade and Co., Mel- 
bourne, sjpent a few days in Christchurch last month, and, 
accomiDanied by a member of his family, is making a toiu 
through New Zealand. 
Mr. R. H. Roe, of Messrs. Stearns, of “ Non-Secret 
Remedy ” fame, is making a trip through Canterbury in the 
interests of his firm. 
A Fountain of Liq. Ammoni.e Fort. — The volatility of Liq. 
Ammoniffi Fort., 880, was indicated in a somewhat unusual 
manner during the warmer weather in Ashburton recently. 
Upon opening a Winchester of the Liquor (which was not 
filled above the usual height), violent ebullition took place, 
and within a few seconds the bulk of the contents of the Win* 
