Vol. X., No. 10. 
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THE CHEMIST AND DRUGGIST OP AUSTRALASIA. 
VICTORIA. 
PHARMACEUTICAL SOCIETY OF AUSTRALASIA. 
The ordinary monthly meeting was held at the College of 
Pharmacy, Swanston-street, on September 5. 
Present— Messrs. George (in the chair), T. B. Blackett, 
Mar^ston, E. G. Owen, Pincus, Simpson, Tompsitt, and 
Apologies were received from Messrs. Lock and O’Kearney. 
Ihe minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. 
Election of New Mejibers. 
The following new members were ballotted for and 
elected:— W. C. Sutton, Bendigo; Thos, J. Swain, St. 
Kilda. 
Examination for the Certificate of the College of 
Pharmacy. 
The Examiners forwarded their report of the examina- 
tion. None of the candidates succeeded in satisfying the 
Examiner. The report was received and adopted. 
Application for Assistance from the Benevolent Fund. 
An application for assistance was received. The appli- 
cant having already received assistance from the fund, it 
was resolved that a reply be sent, regretting that in conse- 
quence of so many calls upon the fund, the Council were 
unable to vote any additional sum. 
The Report of the Education Committee. 
A lengthy report was submitted by the committee which 
dealt with the disorder in the chemical class; the committee 
had suspended the whole class for one week. The action of 
committee was indorsed by the Council. 
The Retiring Members’ List. 
It was resolved that a bye-law be framed to provide for 
the placing of the name of any member of the Society, who 
has continuously been a member for 25 years, on the 
honorary retiring members’ list. 
Copies of the new syllabus of the College of Pharmacy 
were laid on the table, and it was announced were available 
for distribution. 
The demonstrator wrote, enclosing medical certificate 
applying for leave of absence. The application was granted. 
PHARMACY BOARD OF VICTORIA. 
The ordinary monthly meeting was held at the College of 
Pharmacy, Swanston-street, Melbourne, on September 11, 
1895. 
Present. — Messrs. T. M. Blackett, Brind, Francis, Owen, 
Strutt, Swift, and Tompsitt. 
The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. 
Application for Registration 
From Colin M‘Phee, as having passed the final examina- 
tion, was granted. 
Apprentices Indentures Registered. 
The following indentures were registered: — Wm.M. War- 
rick, to J. F. Bateman, Coburg; Geo. W. Sobee, to P. M. 
Hendry, Port Melbourne; W. K. Burnside, to E. L. Holds- 
worth, Bendigo. 
Certificate under the Poisons Act. 
A certificate under the Poisons Act was granted to Thos. 
W. Doubleday, Jeparit. 
Permission to carry on business was granted to Mrs. 
Domec-Carre, of Rushworth, widow of the late A. Domec- 
Carre. 
Names of deceased persons erased from the Pharma- 
ceutical register : — A. Cathie, Dimboola ; A. Domec-Carre, of 
Rushworth ; G. S. Highmoor, Balaclava. 
Poisons Act. 
A communication was received from the Hon. Secretary 
of the British Medical Association asking that steps might 
be taken to draw attention to the necessity of cocaine being 
sold in accordance with the provision of the Poisons Act. It 
was pointed out by the President that cocaine was included 
in Part I. of the Schedule. It came under the heading of 
solutions or mixtures of poisonous vegetable alkaloids and 
their salts, and could be only sold when labelled and regis- 
tered as the Act required. 
The Quarterly Examinations. 
The reports from the examiners of the quarterly examin- 
ations were received and adopted, the following being the 
results: — Preliminary Examination, September 2, held at 
Melbourne, Ballarat, Bendigo, Stawell, Terang, Traralgon, 
and Hobart (Tasmania). — Percy Encyl Hollander, Carlton; 
Edward Robert Keelan, Fitzroy ; Alexander Lindsay Elvins, 
Geelong; Martin Peter Ryan, Allendale; George Frederick 
H. Attwood, Geelong; John Hunt, Kilmore; Hugh M. W. 
Phillips, South Yarra; Arthur Rodger Williams, Bendigo; 
Frank Ernest Gibson, Ballarat; Percy Robert John Bayley, 
Ballarat; Albert Ernest Pohsford, Geelong; Crozier 
D’Couroy Durham, Melbourne; Henry Westropp Hamilton, 
Oakleigh; P. L. Andrews, Hobart, Tasmania; Walter Har- 
ris Rodgers, Auburn ; Mark John Hemsworth Usher, Bal- 
larat ; Walter Gibson, Traralgon ; James Charleton, Bendigo; 
Harold Vernon Mattingley, North Melbourne; Thomas 
Cartwright Adamson, East Melbourne ; and Reginald All- 
bon Bennett, Terang. 
Materia Medica, Botany, Chemistry, and Practical 
Chemistry. 
Seven candidates presented themselves for examination, 
but none could satisfy the Examiner. 
Final Qualifying Examination. 
Five candidates presented themselves, of which F. W. 
Bloore, of Ballarat, and W. D. Williams, of Melbourne, 
passed. 
Amended regulations were considered in committee, and 
their final adoption postponed until next meeting. 
Correspondence (inward and outward) and financial busi- 
ness brought the meeting to a close. 
Mr. F. H. Appleyard, late of Bridge-road, Richmond, is 
now at 14 Napier-street, Fitzroy. 
Mr. T. a. Dickson, of Geelong, gave a lecture on 
“ Chemistry” lately before the local &anch of the Aus- 
tralian Natives’ Association, to which he is chemist. The 
address, illustrated by experiments, was much appreciated. 
Assignment. — The estate of Mr. J. F. Vale, of Macaulay- 
road, Kensington, chemist, has been assigned to Mr. F. W* 
Danby, of Danby, Butler and Fischer, accountants, Mel- 
bourne. 
Housebreaking. — The residence of Mr. Walter Rowley, 
chemist, of Hawthorn, was entered one Saturday evening 
during the occupants’ absence, and two diamond rings, 
valued at £30, were stolen. 
The Stock-In-Trade in the estate of Mr. Joseph Slee, 
chemist, of Victoria Parade, Collingwood, was offered 
during the month by tender, and found a purchaser in Mr, 
J. S. Black, of Smith-street. 
Letters of Administration. — Sanction has been given 
to the administration of the estate of Mr. Aniello Domec- 
Carre, value £70, from Rushworth, where he kept a phar- 
macy. Mr. Domec-Carr^’s accidental death was reported 
some months ago. 
Coffee “ Hoeussed.” — During a recent visit of the 
Bishop of Melbourne to Lockwood, some deleterious sub- 
stance, supposed to have been bitter aloes, was introduced 
into the coffee at a social meeting. The Church authorities 
and the Marong Council have offered a reward of £5 5s. each 
for the detection of the culprits. 
The business of the Australasian Pill and Chemical 
Manufacturing Co , 539 Elizabeth-street, Melbourne, which 
has been so successfully carried on for a number of years 
past by the late Mr. J. Simpson, until the time of his death, 
has been purchased by Mr. A. Buckley, who is now carry- 
ing it on as before. Mr. Buckley also intends to make 
improvements in the apparatus and finish of the goods. 
Rival “Specialists.”— In the Bendigo County Court, 
on September 18, Judge Chomley gave a verdict of £50 and 
costs to Madame Stanley, against “ Professor” Richards, for 
libelling her, Some time ago an advertisement published 
by Richards concerning the plaintiff led,' '^o fracas ih the 
