VoL. ii., No. 4 
THE CHEMIST AND DRUGGIST OF AUSTRALASIA. 
93 
PHARMACY BOARD OF QUEENSLAND. 
Wakefield’s Buildings, 
Edward-st., BRISBANE. 
President— C. H. F. YEO. 
Treasurer— EDWARD TAYLOR. 
Other Members of the Board— A. W. FIELD, J. H. FITZ- 
GIBBON, T. W. THOMASON and D. J. CLARK. 
Secretary and Registrar— FRANK TAYLOR. 
Board of Examiners-A. W. FIELD, Botany and Materia Medica; 
D. J. CLARK, Pharmacy and Practical Dispensing; T. W. 
THOMASON, Chemistry. 
E XAMINATIONS— The Preliminary Examination is held nuarterly’ 
in the first week of the following months, viz., March, June, 
September, and December. 
Examiner, J. S. Herman Schmidt. Fee, £3 3s. 
r j I HE Professional Examination is held quarterly as above. Fee 
£3 3s. A candidate not passing in all sub.jects may xiresent him- 
self again within six months on paynnent of half fee, viz., £1 Hs. 6d. 
^REGISTRATION— Persons holding certificates from the Pharma- 
ceutical Society of Great Britain, or of Ireland, or of New South 
Wales may be registered in Queensland on payment of the fee of £2 2s.» 
and persons holding certificates from the Pharmacy Boards of New 
Zealand, or in Victoria may be provisionally registered under the Act 
until tlie 1st of May, 1887. Fee, £2 2s. 
Other Registrations of Chemists, £1 Is. 
Registration of Indentures of Apprenticeship, 10s. Cd. 
QOPIES of “The Pharmacy Act, 1884” and the Regulations can be 
obtained from the Registrar. Price, Is. 
Registrar, FRANK TAYLOR. 
PHARMACEUTICAL SOCIETY OF QUEENSLAND. 
President— EDWARD TAYLOR. 
Vice-President— J, H. FITZGIBBON. 
Hon. Secretary — C. H. F. YEO. 
Treasurer— WALTER TAYLOR. 
JJ^EETINGS— Last Thursday in each month. 
J^^EMBERS— Applications for Membership must be made to the 
Secretary. The applicant must be nominated. 
Annual Subscription, £1 Is. 
^SSOCIATES— Applicants for election as Associates must send in 
their applications to the Secretary. 
"PRIVILEGES— Votes at Annual Meetings and General Meetings 
and for election of Council and Officers. 
"pi AOH Member is supplied with “THE CHEMIST AND DRUGGISt” 
(London), weekly. “THE CHEMIST AND DRUGGIST OF 
AUSTRALASIA.” monthly. “THE CHEMISTS’ AND DRUGGISTS 
DIARY.” annually. 
THE PHARMACY BOARD OF QUEENSLAND. 
The i^ual monthly meeting of the Board was held at the 
onmes, Edward-street, Brisbane, on Tuesday, March 8, 1887. 
Present, Mr. Yeo (President) in the chair, Mr. Edward 
Taylor, Mr. D. J. Clarke, Mr. A. W. Field, and Mr. T. W. 
Thomason. 
The minutes of the previous meeting were read and con- 
nrmed. The Registrar then read the correspondence both 
outward.s and inwards. 
The Board accepted the certificate of the University of 
bydney of the Junior Public Examination in lieu of the 
Prehminary Examination, in the following cases, viz ; 
George J. Mackay, Brisbane, and Patrick James Dillane, 
Maryborough. 
® report of the quarterly examination held on 
he 7th and 8th of March, instant. 
The following are the names of the candidates who passed:— 
Preldiinaev Examixatiox, 8th March. 
Heinrich Schmidt, South Brisbane. 
F. C. Montgomery, Brisbane. 
Peofessioxal Exavix.viiox, 7th March. 
Oscar Jens Erasmus Bancke passed in all subjects, and J, 
P. J . Gordon passed in pharmacy only. There were four can- 
didates for this examination. 
The following gentlemen, having satisfied the Board as to 
their qualification, have, in accordance with the provisions of 
“The Pharmacy Act of 1884,” been registered as ixharma- 
ceutical chemists in the colony of Queensland : — 
Olaf Frederick Sayer Beichmann, of Roma. Passed the Pro- 
fessional Examination, Queensland. 
John Nugent Harris, of Wiuton. Certificate of membership 
of the Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland, No. 271, dated 5th 
August, 1885. 
Hubert Tracey, of Burketown. Certificate of membership'of 
the Pharmaceutical Society of New South Wales, dated 14th 
November, 1882. 
Francis Parminter Trounson, of Mitchell. Certificate of 
membership of the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, i 
Oliver Davis, of Normanton. Certificate of membership oi 
the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain. 
Certificates of qualification for registration were granted to 
Johann Carl George Jurs. 
Alfred Scowan. 
Robert M. Tranent. 
Oscar Jens Erasmus Bancke. 
EXAMINATIONS HELD ON MONDAY, 7TH MARCH,11877, 
The following are the papers given : — 
PHARMACY". 
(Time allowed— One Hour and a-half.) 
Examiner . . . . Mr. D. J. Clarke. 
1. Explain the terms : — 
Maceration, Percolation, Dialysis. 
2. (n.) A sample of Spt. Vin. Rect. is 61® over proof; how much 
water is to fee aclclccl to reduce it to proof spirit ^ 
(6.) How is Absolute Alcohol prepared? 
3. Name the ingredients in : — 
Tinct. SeniiEB Co, 
T. Rhei. 
Pil. Coloc. Co. 
^^^.^NametheofficialWines of the P.B., and give the aetive strength 
_ 5. Give the names of two or three Extracts which are inspissated 
.luices, and also a few prepared by exhausting the drug and evaporating 
the menstruum. i 
miitments of the P. B., 1885, are prepared with Paraffin. 
Molle, and Paraffin Durum ? 
BOTANY. 
(Time Allowed — One Hour and a-half.) 
1 XT ^ l^xaminer .. .. Mr. A. W. Field. 
1. Name the organs of nutrition in plants. 
parts^^^* meant by the Gyneecium ? Mention and describe J-it's 
3. Define a Rhizome, and give examines. 
4. How is a tuber proved to be a kind of stem ? 
5. Desenbe the pericarp in the Apple, Pear, and Walnut. 
0. What IS Cinenchyma ? 
MATERIA MEDICA. 
(Time allowed— One Hour and a-Half.) 
1 />• ^laminer .. .. Mr. A. W. Field. 
4* Give the botanical name, natural order, geographical source, and 
parts employed in B.P. preiiarations of the following : — 
Copaiba, Camphor, Elemi, Sarza, and Scilla. 
2. Name the more important medicinal plants that are either indi» 
geiious to, or cultivated in Britain. 
3. Give the characteristics of Deadly Nightshade and Thorn Apple 
Leaves. 
4. What is Exogonium Purga? Name the B.P. Preparations into 
which it enters. 
5. Name the official preparations containing Cinnamon. 
6. Name the B.P. Plants of the natural order Leguminosa;. 
CHEMISTRY". 
(Time allowed— One Hour and a-half.) 
, ... .. Mr. T. W. Thomason. 
1. Citric Acid from what is it obtained? Give equation showing 
chemical changes that it undergoes in manufacture. 
2. What B.P. Solution is produced by neutralising Carbonate of Am- 
monia with Acetic Acid? Give equation showing reaction. 
8. Frcm what is Salicylic Acid obtained ? Give formula. 
4. Su i'liates of Magnesia and Zinc are Isomorphous. How can vou 
distinguish them? 
5. Why is sugar used in Mist. Ferri Co. ? 
6. Give the f ormulee for Perchloride of Mercury, Subchloride of Mer- 
cury, Nitric Acid, and Acid Tartrate of Potassium. 
