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THE CHEMIST AND DEUGGIST OF AUSTEALASIA. 
May 1 , 1887 . 
These proposals are the outcome of the recent conference 
between two representatives of the BoanT ©f Technical Educa- 
tion, viz., Mr. Norman Selfe, acting president, and Dr. Bel- 
grave, and two rej)resentatives of the Council of the Pharma- 
ceutical Society, viz., Messrs. Sadler and Abrahams. 
Below the proposals are given in e.vtenso : — 
Proposals of the Board of Technical Education. 
To be called “The Sydney Phart^iaceutical CoLLECrE.’* 
I. To be managed by a council of nine, consisting of four 
nominees of the Board of Technical Education, and four 
elected by ballot, by members, from among members of the 
Pharmaceutical Society of N.S.W. ; the president to be also 
elected by ballot by the entire body of members. Ballot 
papers to be sent to members residing' beyond ten miles from 
Sydney. 
II. Buies regulating the Council and the College to be 
transmitted within 24 hours of adoption to the Board ; but to 
be of full force unless, and until, vetoed by the Board of 
Technical Education. 
III. All the expenses of the Pharmaceutical College to be 
paid by the Board of Technical Education, including the 
salaries of all teachers and officers, until the College funds 
proper, accruing from gifts, bequests, and every other volun- 
tary or business source, are sufficient to defray every expense. 
_ All moneys derived from class fees and certificates, and 
diplomas, shall be taken account of and paid into the College 
banking account in a bank distinct from that of the Tech- 
nical Board, and from that of the Pharmaceutical Society. 
All moneys given or bequeathed to the Pharmaceutical 
College to be enjoyed by it alone, i.e., not by the Pharma- 
ceutical Society, nor by the Technical Board, but to be still 
subject to the negative consent or unexpressed sanction of 
the Board. 
The Board of Technical Education to pay the Pharma- 
ceutical Society the cost for present plant. 
IV. The Council of the Pharmaceutical Society to pre- 
scribe examination papers, suiiervise examinations, nominate 
professors (?) and teachers, and conduct all the business of 
the College, and be invested with all its property, being liable, 
however, in all its work, to the possible veto of the Board. 
V. The President of the Pharmaceutical Society to be 
elected every third year, and to be ex officio a member of the 
Board of Technical Education, subject to the approval of the 
Minister for Public Instruction. 
VI. The Board of Technical Education to ajipoint assessors 
at examinations when deemed necessary. 
VII. The “ Act of Incorporation ” of the Board of Technical 
Education to contain powers to enable it to establish more or 
less autonomous special colleges, rendering it unnecessary 
for the latter to obtain each a distinct Parliamentary charter. 
Euture Special Colleges. 
College for Dentistry. College for the Sciences as 
Pharmaceutical College. 
Applied Fine Arts College. 
Mechanical Engineering Col 
lege. 
Architectural College. 
Commercial College. 
College for 'Women and Do 
mestic Economy. 
applied t ) Trades. 
College of Agriculture. 
College for Veterinary Science. 
Floating College for Navi- 
gation. 
Local Technical College. 
After reading the above Mr. Pinhey placed before the 
Council the following criticisms on the different clauses. 
Clause I. The members are to be noviinated on behalf o: 
the Technical College, but elected hy ballot to represent tin 
Society. 
Why not nominated by the Council of the Pharmaceutica 
Council ? 
The President of the Society is to be elected by ballot by the 
entire body of members, and members residing beyond 10 
miles from Sydney are to be allowed to vote by proxy. 
By what right do the Technical Board seek to dictate as to 
how the President of the Society shall be elected, and upon 
what ground do they seek to alter the existing bye-laws ? 
Can the Technical Board instance any case of a similar 
Council which does not elect its own President ? 
Clause II. The rules, Ac., made by the proposed Council of 
9 are to be subject to the veto of the Technical Board. 
If the Technical Board are to possess this power of veto 
what real authority will the proposed Council of 9 possess ? 
^And what may not the Council of the Society claim to exer- 
cise the power of veto ? 
Clause III. Why are fees for certificates and diplomas as- 
members of the Pharmaceutical Society to be paid in to the 
account of the proposed [college ? Class fees certainly, and 
also certificates of having passed examinations, but why fees 
for membership diplomas ? 
^ Why are the Board of Technical Education to exercise a 
discretion as to moneys bequeathed or given to the proposed 
Pharmaceutical College; and why is the Pharmaceutical 
Council not to exercise an equal right ? 
^ Clause IV. gives the Pharmaceutical Council a nominal 
right to prescribe examination j>apers, supervise examinations, 
nominate professors (?) and teachers ; but the power of veto 
being in all eases reserved Isy the Board of Technical Educa- 
tion, the real power must remain with the latter. 
The clause also states that the Council of the Pharmaceuti- 
cal Society is “ conduct all the business of the College, and be 
vested with all its property.” 
If this is to be so what position will the proposed Pharma- 
ceutical College Council of 9 occupy, and what will be their 
duties and powers ? 
Clause V. What right has the Technical Board to stipulate 
that the President of the Pharmaceutical Society shall be 
elected for three years, and what is the motive for so 
doing ? 
Clause VI. If the Board of Technical Education is to appoint 
assessors at examinations, why is the Council of the Pharma- 
ceutical Society not to possess an equalright ? 
Clause VII. practically stipulates for the withdrawal of the 
Society’s Act of Incorporation, which has been approved of by 
a select committee, and by the present Minister for Public In- 
struction, in favour of the “ Act of Incorporation” of the 
Board of Technical Education, which has already been con- 
demned in unqualified terms by the Minister for Public In- 
struction, who has also condemned the whole scheme of estab- 
lishing a number of autonomous special colleges as ill-con- 
sidered and umvorkable. 
Further, what motive can the Board assign for seeking to 
prevent the Society obtaining a legal status ? 
In conclusion Mr. Pinhey made a suggestion that as two 
members of the Council were absent, and others might not 
have fully considered the matter, that it would perhaps be as 
well to refer the whole matter, pro forma, to a committee of 
three to report upon. This suggestion, however, met with no 
support, and it was then moved by Mr. Bozon and seconded 
by Mr, Mayne that the proposals be declined in toto. 
An amendment was thereupon moved by Mr. Melhuish and 
seconded by Mr, Abraham, that the whole matter be post- 
poned until the next ordinary monthly meeting, chiefly, it 
was understood, that a full Council might deal with the pro- 
posals. Upon the casting vote of the President, who dis- 
claimed all sympathy with the proposals, the amendment was 
carried. 
NEW SOUTH WALES. 
(feoji our own correspondent.) 
Sydney, April 27. 1887. 
THE RECENT CONFERENCE WITH THE TECHNIC.AL BOARD. 
The Conference between two members of the Board of 
Technical Education and two members of the Council of the 
Pharmaceutical Society has duly taken place, and as a result 
of this Conference the Board of Technical Education has 
submitted to the Council probably the most extraordinary set 
of proposals this or any other Council was ever called upon 
to deal with. What actually took place at the Conference I 
am not in a position to state, and I am informed that no 
official statement has been furnished to the Council by its 
delegates. At the same time it is generally understood that 
Messrs. Sadler and Abraham pursued a merely passive policy, 
preferring that any proposals should come from the Board af 
Technical Education. As will be seen from the report of the 
special meeting of the Council, held on the 19th instant, the 
Technical Board has proposed to some purpose, and one does 
not know whether to admire the cool audacity of their pro- 
posals, or to be lost in astonishmont at their absurdity. To 
understand this matter aright it is necessary to consider the 
history and origin of the proposals. During the past two 
years the efforts of the Society to constitute itself a teaching 
body have been so far successful that the attendance during 
last year at the Society’s lectures and practical classes was au 
