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opium, contrary to the Pharmacy Act, 1894. Sergt. Carroll 
conducted the cases for the prosecution, and Mr. Roe 
defended. In both cases the defendants pleaded guilty and 
the magistrate, after taking into consideration that the Act 
had only come into force in March last, and the defendants 
had sold the poison in ignorance of the illegality of so doing, 
inflicted the fine of £1, with costs amounting to 11s, 6d. in 
each case. Mr. Roe, on behalf of the defendants, said he 
would make formal application for a license to enable his 
clients to sell opium, but the G.R. ruled that the applica- 
tion must be sent to the Pharmaceutical Council, and that 
the Act stated specifically that no person residing within 
20 miles of a certificated chemist could be licensed to sell 
poisons under the Act. Mr. Roe said they intended to re- 
present the matter to the Government as the importers of 
opium had introduced a quantity of the poison into the 
district before the Act came into force, and it was hard 
upon them that they should be debarred from disposing of 
what they had imported prior to the enactment of the law 
dealing with this matter, in which latter remark the Govern- 
ment Resident concurred. 
[Why do not the chemists buy up all the stocks in the place 
and so relieve the holders of this grievance. — Editor.] 
SOUTH AUSTRALIA. 
(from our own correspondents.) 
PHARMACY BOARD OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA. 
September 19, 1895. 
Present — The President (Mr. F. E. Grundy) and Messrs. 
Hutton, Mair, Radcliffe, Hill, and Young. 
Minutes of last meeting were read and confirmed. 
Correspondence. 
Copies of letters sent were read and approved. 
Letters received from Dr. R. D. Macgregor, Sydney, and 
Mr. John Mann, were read and discharged. 
Finance. 
The monthly financial statement was presented, and 
accounts for £8 Is. 6d. were passed for payment. 
Poisons. 
The Commissioner of Police, in replying to the Board’s 
letter, reported that the letter had been handed on to the 
Chief Secretary to deal with. 
The Examinations. 
The half-yearly examinations were held on September 12. 
There were seven candidates for the preliminary, and the 
examiner (Mr. G. Sutherland, M.A.) recommended three 
passes; — Arthur Kent Newbury, Rose Park; Robert Owen 
Fox, Goodwood; Bertram Dickson Jolly, Adelaide. 
There were four candidates for the qualifying, but the ex- 
aminer (Mr. H. Whitbread) reported that he could not 
recommend any of the candidates for a pass. 
The reports of the examiners were approved. 
Exchange. 
Examination papers of Victoria and Queensland. 
The meeting then closed. 
PHARMACEUTICAL SOCIETY OF SOUTH 
AUSTRALIA. 
Council Meeting, September 12, 1895. 
Present — The President (Mr. W. J. Mair) and Messrs. 
Hutton, Radcliffe, Porter, and Young. 
Minutes of last meeting were read and confirmed. 
Correspondence. 
Copies of letters sent were read and approved. 
Lesters received from Mr. R. Lethely, Wallaroo ; from 
Mr. C. B. Flint, offering microscopical slides for the con- 
versazione ; from Mr. A. Grant, Holder Settlement, on re- 
admittance to the society. The replies to these letters were 
read and approved, Mr. F. J. Eyre, North Adelaide, wrote 
asking if the Council could grant Mr. Geo. F. Birk, now in 
New Australia, a certificate that he had been a member of 
the society? The Council resolved that certificate could 
only be issued to members. 
Finance. 
An account for 15s. was passed for payment. 
Pernicious Advertisements. 
In reply to the Council’s letter, W. Swift, the honorary 
secretary of the British Medical Association (S. A. branch), 
wrote suggesting that, under existing circumstances, the 
matter should be held in abeyance. 
The meeting then closed. 
Opium Poisoning’.— A woman named Eliza Hartman, 
aged 33, living at Prospect, was admitted to the Adelaide 
Hospital suffering from poisoning, the result of having 
taken an overdose of opium. It is said she has been in the 
habit of taking opium, and She is likely to recover. 
Adelaide Provident Dispensary.— This is an insti- 
tution which offers advice and medicine for 2s. 6d. From a 
report of a police court case the doctor is paid £2 weekly 
and a quarter of the gross proceeds, which doesn’t always 
come regularly, apparently, as the doctor had to sue for an 
amount due to him. 
The Examinations.— The unusually large number of 
seven candidates presented themselves for the preliminary, 
of which number three passed. Four gentlemen attended 
for the qualifying, but the examiner was unable to recom- 
mend any of them for certificates. The work of some of 
them was very indifferent, and in one case woefully mis- 
directed. Mr. Whitbread again draws the Board’s attention 
to the want of facilities for instructing students. 
Noxious Drugs. — In the Gazette, in the report of the 
Commissioner of Police, the following paragraph occurs 
“ There is a large increase in the city of persons whose 
principal occupation consists in tbe salc of noxious drugs, &c. 
I made strenuous attempts some months ago to put them 
down, but owing to legal points was unsuccessful. This is 
much to be regretted, as I have every reason to believe that a 
strong impetus has been given to an illegal and abominable 
practice. 
Simultaneous Examinations,— The first of these 
examinations of licensed surveyors was this month held in 
Adelaide, and in all the capitals of the Australian colonies. 
This is one of the first fruits of the recent intercolonial con- 
ference of surveyors lately held in Melbourne, the object 
being to secure one standard for Australia, following which 
will be reciprocity of licenses. The method adopted is that 
the papers are to be prepared by one of the Boards in each 
colony by turn, and sent under seal to each Board throughout 
Australia, and after the examination to be returned to the 
place of issue. The Board will then award the marks and 
forward them to each colony. This plan, it is hoped, will 
give general satisfaction, and do away with the possibility 
of the assertion being made that one colony had a higher 
standard than another. In a conversation with Mr. 
Packard, the Hon. Secretary of the South Australian 
Institute of Surveyors, that gentleman said this was the first 
attempt to give effect to the conference of 1892. This year the 
papers are set in Sydney. Candidates in each colony appear 
before a Board which conducts a viva voce examination, and 
values the written work. These are sent to the issuing 
colony, and the Australian diploma is granted there. As to 
existing certificates, Mr. Packard believes they will be 
recognised, but only conditionally. For example, a surveyor 
from South Australia presents his credentials to another 
Board, which, if it has reason to doubt the applicant’s 
knowledge, has power to subject him to examination. But 
Mr. Packard thinks there will not be much difficulty on 
this point, bills are being passed in the various Parliaments 
to permit this reciprocal agreement. This is interesting to 
pharmacists, being in substance Mr. Shillinglaw’s idea of a 
means of reciprocity, an idea worthy of much consideration. 
BIRTH. 
Nelling.— On September 8, at Port Germein, the wife of 
J. J. Nelling, of a son. 
MARRIAGE. 
Forster — M‘Dougall. — On August 22, at the residence of 
the bride’s parents, Park-street, Brunswick, Victoria, by 
the Rev. A. M‘Vean, Grafton, C. D. Forster, only son of 
C. C. Forster, chemist, late of Stawell, to Mary Helen, 
youngest daughter of Ghas. M^Dougall, J.P. 
