REPORT OF SUB-COMMITTEE ON u YEAR-BOOK OF PHARMACY.” 181 
such a work, which alone would supply it with a raison d'etre, and would in¬ 
crease its influence over members who do not attend its meetings. 
2nd. That the “ Annual Report on the Progress of Pharmacy,” included 
in the “Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association,” illustrates 
the general plan which should be adopted, but that the abstracts of papers 
should be fuller than in the work quoted. 
3rd. That the undertaking requires the services, 
(1) . Of a paid editor, to be selected by the Executive Committee after due 
advertisement. 
(2) . Of an unpaid “ Committee of Publication,” consisting of three or four 
members. 
4th. That the annual volume of the “ Proceedings of the Conference,” in¬ 
cluding the Year-book, may in future make an octavo of about 500 pages 
of clear type, larger than that used for original articles in the ‘ Pharmaceu¬ 
tical Journal,’ a page to contain the matter of two-thirds of a page of the 
‘ Pharmaceutical Journal.’ 
5th. Two modes of publication are open for selection ; the following esti¬ 
mate of ways and means being arrived at after consultation with the Trea¬ 
surer of the Conference. An effort to increase the number of members 
might be expected to raise this to one thousand, yielding a gross annual in¬ 
come of £250. The ordinary expenditure of the Conference is so light that 
out of this sum nearly £200 might without imprudence be engaged to a 
Year-book Fund. 
The first mode of publication that offers itself is that of the Conference 
undertaking the volume at its own risk of profit or loss. Estimates for 
printing an edition of one thousand copies have been obtained from two 
houses, which show that £100 would cover this, the chief expense, whilst the 
editor, paper, binding, and publishing expenses would be met by a sum be¬ 
tween £100 and £150. From a total gross cost of £200 to £250, the Com¬ 
mittee feel justified in deducting £50 as proceeds of advertisements. An 
increase in the edition printed to fifteen hundred would reduce the cost of 
each copy by 15 per cent. 
The second and alternative method of publication consists in transferring 
the copyright and all risks to a publisher. The Sub-committee have received 
from a leading and particularly eligible firm a definite offer to the following 
effect:—That for the sum of £200 the publishers would supply the Conference 
with one thousand copies, the only other expense to our association being the 
editor’s salary. 
The Sub-committee have considered the respective advantages of the two 
schemes, and give the following as their conclusions :—That the use of the 
Year-book as a means of adding members to the Conference is a more desir¬ 
able object than the attainment of a large outside sale, although facilities for 
purchasing the work should be given to non-members at home and abroad. 
That independent publication would be the less costly of the two schemes as 
now submitted, and should be adopted, unless altered terms should be 
offered. 
As a consequence of the foregoing, the Executive Committee recommend 
that arrangements should forthwith be made for the publication in 1870 of 
such a volume as has now been indicated. 
Mr. Falk (Exeter) moved “ That the report of the Executive Committee on the sub¬ 
ject of a Year-book of Pharmacy be received and adopted, and this Conference approves 
of such an undertaking as it recommends.” 
Mr. G. Cooper (Exeter) seconded the motion. 
Mr. Schacht (Clifton) expressed his satisfaction with the recommendation of the Exe- 
