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THE CHEMIST AND DEUGGIST OF AUSTEALASIA. 
8. — Any two members may nominate another member for the Council 
Members thus nominated as candidates must signify their intention to 
act, if elected, in writing to the secretary twenty-eight days before the 
day of election, and the secrrtary shall duly advertise the names of such 
intending candidates by circular or jmblio advertisement at least 
twenty-one days before such election. This rule to apply after the 
election of the first Council. 
9* — The Council, of whom three shall form a quorum, shall meet 
monthly for the admission of members and Associates, and for the des- 
patch of business, and shall keep a fair record of their proceedings ; but 
special meetings may be held on the requisition of the President or any 
three members of Council. 
10. -— Any member of Council absenting himself for three consecutive 
meetings without cause or notice thereof shall be liable to disqualifica- 
tion, and the Council shall appoint a member as substitute for the fur- 
ther time of such disqualified member at the next meeting after the dis- 
qualification is declared. 
11. — The Council shall make such bye-laws as shall be requisite, and 
avail themselves of all iiractical means in x^romoting tlie general in- 
terests of the Society and protecting its members. 
12. — The funds of the Society shall be derivable from donations to 
general purposes and subscriptions of members, associates, and appren- 
tices. 
13. — All annual subscriptions shall become due on the 1st day of 
January, and if not paid within three months from that date the defaul- 
ter shall be liable to lose his membership ; but the Council shall have 
power to re-admit upon a reasonable explanation. 
14. — The Council shall have power to control and disburse the funds 
of the Society in payment of all necessary expenses. 
15. — All moneys or other property shall be vested in the Council, and 
shall not be disposed of or otherwise dealt with except in pursuance of and 
by an order of the Council signed by one member, the secretary and 
■treasurer. 
16. — A general meeting of the memhers of the Society shall be held 
during the holding of the Exhibition in Brisbane, or during the month 
of July, to receive the report of the Council and to discuss any matters 
of importance which may require the attention of the body at large ; at 
which meeting the Council and auditors shall be elected by ballot for 
the twelve months next ensuing. 
IV*— The President or Vice-President shall act as Chairman of all 
public meetings ; or, in their absence, the members then present shall 
elect a chairman from among themselves. 
18* — The Council shall call a special general meeting of the members 
of the Society wdienever they shall see fit, or, on the requisition of live 
members entitled to vote, and the Council shall give aiux)le notice of 
tlie said meeting and of the business to be considered. At such special 
meeting the only business after the chair is taken shall be the consi- 
deration of the special matter for which the meeting is called ; but no 
member shall vote in any meeting if his subscription is in arrear. 
19. — Any five members, duly qualified, desirous of expunging or alter- 
ing a law, or proposing a new one, must deliver to the Secretary the 
proposition in writing, with their signatures attached, at least twenty- 
' eight days before any meeting called for the consideration thereof ; or 
any one member may do so by giving fourteen days’ notice before the 
annual general meeting, which question shall then be decided by such 
meeting; and the Secretary shall give seven days’ notice of such propo- 
sition to the members of the Society. 
20. — Members without the boundary of the City of Brisbane who may 
be unable to attend at the annual general meeting shall have the privi- 
lege of voting by xiroxy for the election of the Council. Proxy xJapers, 
signed and numbered, shall be forwarded by the Secretary twenty-one 
days prior to the day of meeting, and must be returned to him, duly 
signed, marked “ Proxy for Voting,” and the Secretary shall hand them 
•over to the Scrutineers for examination at the election. The person 
voting must sign his name and address. Before the voting takes x^lfice 
the persons forming the meeting shall ai)X)oint two scrutineers from 
among themselves. Telegrams will be accepted in lieu of proxy-xiaxiers 
from members residing more than 500 miles from Brisbane, or in cases 
of interrux>ted mail communication — in which case an arbitrary sign for 
the identification of the telegram shall be used. 
Amended Rples 
Submitted and axqu'oved at a general meeting of the members of the 
Society, held on the 22nd day of November, 1880. 
EDWARD TAYLOR, President. 
CHAS. H. F. YEO, Secretary. 
(prom our own correspondent.) 
Brisbane, March 1887. 
Business continues very dull all over Queensland ana 
grumbling is the order of the day. Some chemists are re 
ported to be lowering their x^rices, thinking, no doubt, to 
increase their business, but it is a very short-sighted policy, 
and does them much more harm than good in the end, for 
they will never he able to educate their customers to take 
two black draughts or two doses of castor oil when they only 
require one, even at half prices. 
BOARD OF PHARMACY. 
The ^ Board of Pharmacy held an examination at the 
beginning of the month. There were four candidates, but only 
‘One succeeded in passing, viz., Mr. J. E. Bancke. There 
were also two candidates for the iireliminary, H. Schmidt and 
A. Montgomery, both of whom passed. 
PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION, 
In reference to the preliminary examination I think it is not 
generally known that candidates can be examined without 
incurring the expense of coming to Brisbane, providing that 
they give sufficient notice to the registrar of their wish to be 
examined (and send fee, £3 3s.), so that arrangements can be 
made for the papers to be sent to some competent person 
residing near the applicant to superintend the examination. 
The examinations are held the first weeks in March, June, 
September and December for the preliminary and final 
examinations, but all candidates for the final must come to 
Brisbane. 
VICTORIAN CHEMISTS IN QUEENSLAND. 
j\Ir. Hubert Tracey, who is registered xirovisionally until May 
next on a Victorian certificate, made apxilieation to be regis- 
tered on a N.S.W. certificate. There are other Victorian men 
on the register, and I am afraid they are not so well off as Mr. 
Tracey, but will have to jDresent themselves for examination 
before they can get permanently registered. I understand 
that Mr. H. Tracey, of Burketown, had his joremises blown down 
during the recent cyclone ; he is already re-building. 
Mr. T. W. Thomason, Examiner in Pharmacy, and dispens- 
ing to the Pharmacy Board of Queensland, w^as a candidate, 
with Professor Pepper, for the j^osition of Public Analyst for 
Brisbane. The voting was equal, but the Mayor gave his 
casting vote^ in favour of Professor Pexix^er, as better known 
ill the capacity of analyst. 
Mr. 0. F. S. Beichmann, late assistant with Mr. Cardell, of 
Koma, has purchased the business of Mr. Richardson, of 
Charleville, lately carried on successively by Mr. Morris and 
Mr. Monteith. 
PHARMACY IN QUEENSLAND. 
To the Editor of The Chemist and Druggist of Ausfralasia. 
Dear Sir, — In the October issue of this journal I addressed 
a strong appeal to my fellow-pharmacists in Queensland to 
resuscitate the Pharmaceutical Society. 
It was gratifying, indeed, to find this apjieal so liberally 
resj)onded to, as was evinced in the numerous letters which 
apxieared in subsequent issues of the journal from all iiarts of 
the colony in favour of renewed activity, and with jileasing 
and genuine jiromises of support. 
Our friends in Brisbane, however, have not displayed that 
interest in this matter we hoxied to see. A few meetings have 
certainly been held, but no active measures have been taken to 
Xilacethe society on a xiroxier basis. In making this assertion 
I am guided by the fact that no election of council or officers 
has taken since 1881, and the council at that time 
elected nominally hold office now. Four members of that 
council are away from the colony. 
I do trust that some of the younger and active members of 
our craft in Brisbane will seriously take this matter in hand 
and endeavour to infuse some life and interest into Pharmacy 
affairs. 
I enclosed a cheque for £1 Is. with my October letter, but 
have never received a receijpt for it or seen it acknowledged in 
your journal. 
Yours faithfully, 
QUEENSLAND PHARMACIST. 
I The last sentence in our corresiDondent’s letter requires an 
exx^lanation from us. His cheque and several others are 
lying in our cash-box awaiting a claimant. Some months 
ago we wrote to the Secretary of the Queensland Pharma- 
ceutical Society that we su^iposed him to be the x^roj^er person 
to receive the money, and on receix:>t of a note to the effect 
that he agreed with us, and requesting us to do so, we were 
Xirepared to hand the money over to him ; but, although 
other matters have been dealt with, this has not, and we are 
still unwilling trustees for our correspondents. But the report 
of the last proceedings of the Society on page 94 shows that 
stexis have this month been taken in the direction suggested. 
— Ed.] 
The Queensland Pharmaceutical Reoisters. — The Pharma- 
ceutical List of Queensland has been gazetted. It contains 
183 names of registered pharmaceutical chemists, and ten of 
chemists xji’ovisionally registered until May 1. In spite of 
the short time that has elapsed since the circulars were issued, 
ten of the persons registered are either dead or removed. 
