Vol. ii., No. 6. 
THE CHEMIST AND DRUGGIST OF AUSTRALASIA. 
151 
PHARMACY BOARD OF NEW ZEALAND, 1887. 
OFFICIAL NOTICES. 
Grain Agency Buildings, Christchurch. 
President — ^JOHN V. ROSS, Christchurch. 
Members — GEO. BONNINGTON, Christchurch; EMIL. C. 
SKOG, Christchurch ; CHAS. J. WILSON, Christchurch; 
JAS. ALEX. POND, Auckland; GEO. MEE, Wellington; 
THOS. WILKINSON, Dunedin. 
Registrar — F. SMITH-ANSTED, Christchurch. 
Deputy Registrars— Auckland, H. N. GARLAND; Wellington, 
Hy. BRITTAIN; Dunedin, R. P. BAGLEY. 
jy^EETINGS are held on first Friday evening in each month. 
XAMINATIONS are held on the third Wednesday ]in April and 
October, at Wellington, Auckland, Christchurch, and Dunedin, 
provided a sufficient number of candidates make application throughout 
the colony. 
Fee for Examination, £33s.; payableSO days prior to Examination. 
Fee for Registration, £1 Is. 
^HEMISTS registered in Great Britain, and resident in New Zealand, 
aie entitled to registration, on application to the Board in proper 
form, accompanied by their certificate of qualification, and the regis- 
tration fee. 
/CHANGES OF ADDRESS — By section 15 of “The Pharmacy Act,” 
^ every registered Pharmaceutical Chemist on changing his place of 
business is required to intimate the same to the Board. 
NEW ZEALAND. 
PHARMACY BOARD OF NEW ZEALAND. 
(official repoet.) 
A meeting was held at the Office, Christchurch, May 6th, 
1887. 
Present Messrs. Ross, (president), Skog, Wilson, and 
Bonnington. 
Minutes of last meeting read and confirmed. 
Question of furnishing The Chemist anclDruggistof Austral- 
asia with reports of meetings, &c., was considered. 
It was resolved that the request be granted. 
Letter from the Deputy-Registrar, Wellington, was read re 
the registration of Mr, Cooper, and forwarding a copy of his 
certificate from the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain. 
It was resolved to ask Mr. Cooper to forward the original 
certificate. 
Moved by Mr. Wilson, and seconded by Mr. Skog, “That the 
President be requested to go to Wellington, if necessary, re 
Pharmacy Amendment Act, and that the Board defray ’ex- 
penses.” 
SEVENTH STANDARD EXAMINAlioN, AprIL 20, 1887. 
DIVISION I. 
Practical Pharmacy. 
Time allowed :—Two hours. 
1. Render the following in good Latin, without abbreviations, and 
translate into English: — ’ 
I^ Acid Salicyl. dr.ii 
Potas. Bicarb, drai 
Tinct. Aconit. dr.ss 
Syr. Aurant. oz.i 
Aq. Cinnara. ad oz. viii. M.f.m. 
Sig. Cochl. med. alt. hor. ex aq. sum. 
Pulv. Extr. Coloc. gr. xxiv 
Ext. Belladon. gr.iii 
Ext. Nuc. Vom. gr.ii 
m.f. mass. pil. Div. in pil. xii. 
cum. fol. arg. s. art. obduc. 
Cap. i. noct. maneque s.o.s. 
2. Read and explain the four autograph prescriptions submitted 
3. Dispense one at counter. 
4. State the method of preparing Pyroxylin, and the subseouei 
making of Collodion and flexile Collodion. sequel 
5. What are the doses of and antidotes to;— Chloral Hvdea«! tl 
M orph. Hydroch. P. B. 1867, Acid. Hydrocyan. Dil., and Cupri sSlph ? 
6. Give the metric equivalents of ozs.iv dr.ii grs.xxiv Troy, and 
fl.ozs.xv. 
7. Describe the methods of preparing Pil. Scammon. Co. and Syr. Ferri 
Phosph. State proportion of ingredients in each. 
8. Recognise the official Tinctures marked 1, 2, 3 and 4, and the Succi 
marked 5, 0 and 7. Give the usual doses. 
Note. — Candidates must only attempt to answer six of the above 
questions, but Nos. 1, 2 and 3 are compulsory. 
No Candidate shall pass unless he show skill in reading and dispensing 
prescriptions, and a reasonable degree of neatness, dexterity and dis- 
patch in hifi other practical work. Subject to these conditions, maxi- 
mum marks will be awarded as follows: — 
No. 1 — 30. Nos. 2 and 3 — 20 each. The remainder — 10 each, 
DIVISION II. 
Botany and Materia Medica. 
Time allowed: — Two hours. 
1. Recognise the green specimen submitted, give its botanical name, 
natural order and active principle. What official preparation is obtained 
from it ? 
2. Describe the above specimen, giving the botanical names for itg 
different parts. 
3. Define the botanical terms Rhizoma, Cormus, and Bulbus; give an 
example of each. 
4. Give the principle characteristics of the order Polygonacese and 
name an official plant belonging to this order. 
5. State natural order and habitat of the following xjlants and what 
may be obtained from them respectively; Podophyllum Peltatum, Citrul- 
lus Colocynthis, Ipomasa Purga, Uncaria Gambir, Secale Cereale, 
Cassia Acutifolia and Salix Alba. 
6. Give the sources of the following Acids and their different uses: — 
Tartaric, Oleic, Citric and Phosphoric. 
7. Scamraony. How and from whence is it obtained ? How is adulter- 
ation with starch or chalk detected? State approximate proportion of 
Scammony Resin in loz. of a fair sample. 
8. Recognise specimens marked 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12. 
^ Note.—Caudidates must only attempt to answer six of the above ques- 
tions, and shall receive for complete answers maximum marks as 
follows : — 
Nos. 1, 3 and 5—15 marks each ; Nos. 2, 4, 6, 7 and 8—17 marks each. 
DIVISION III. 
Chemistry. 
Time allowed : — Two hours. 
1. Estimate in grains the amount of CaSO^ obtainable from 2.78 
grammes of CaO. 
2. Ferri Arsenias B.P.— Describe fully method of preparaton, appear- 
ance, tests, symbol, and uses. 
3. What is meant by the following terms ? Give examples of each 
Amtrphous 
Isomorphous 
Bivalent 
Quadrivalent 
4. Describe the appearance and properties of Veratria, and the mode 
of preparation and uses. 
6. Explain the difference chemically and physically of Sucrose (cane 
sugar;, Glucose (grape sugar), Lactose (milk sugar). 
_ 6. Superphosphate, explain its preparation by symbols, and say why it 
IS of special value as a manure. 
weight of a litre of Hydrogen being 89*578 milligrammes at 
O'^C and a pressure of 760 mm.; give the weight of a litre of Nitrogen, 
Oxygen, and Clilorine at same temperature and pressure. 
8. Disinfectants, explain their practical value, action occurring in dis- 
infection, and give a list of the most useful ones. 
^ Note.— Candidates must only attempt to answer six of the above ques- 
tions, and shall receive for complete answers maximum marks as 
follows : — 
No. 7 — 20; Nos. land 5—17 each ; No. 6 — 16; the remainder 15 each. 
THE PHARMACY ACT AMENDMENT BILL. 
Proceedings in P.a.rliament. 
In the Legislative Council on May 3, the Colonial Secretary 
moved the first reading of the Pharmacy Act Amendment 
Bill, which was agreed to. 
On the following day he moved the second reading. He 
explained that inadvertently another injustice had been done 
to Ireland in the framing of this Bill, as the draughtsman, or 
whoever had drawn it up, had omitted the words “or of Ire- 
land” after the words “Pharmaceutical Society of Great 
Britain.” The Bill was to provide for the omission which had 
debarred members of the Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland 
from being registered in New Zealand without undergoing ex- 
amination. 
Dr. Pollen, in a humourous manner, supported the principle 
of the Bill, but he expressed the opinion that if instructions 
were given to the authorities on the matter in New Zealand, 
it would obviate the necessity for cumbering the Statute Book 
with another Act on the subject. 
Mr, Menzies moved the adjournment of the debate till May 
6, to enable members to ascertain the full effect of the Bill, 
and whether it was approved by the Pharmacy Board. He 
understood that members of the Pharmaceutical Society of 
Ireland were not recognised in England. 
The motion for adjournment was agreed to. 
The debate on the second reading of the Pharmacy Act was 
resumed by Mr. Menzies on May 6, who stated that he had 
moved the adjournment of the debate to enable the Council 
to obtain further information on the matter. He had since 
