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•advised pharmacists to buy it already in powder and test 
it for themselves, With all other drugs he advised, on 
the contrary, that they should huy them whole and 
powder them themselves. He attributed the cause of the 
considerable superiority found in the morphia strength of 
some of the grades of opium to superior cultivation, care 
in preparation, and freedom from diluting substances. 
Mr. B. F. Stacy, of Charlestown, Mass., read a very 
interesting paper on the “ Honey Trade in the United 
States.” From the statistics furnished, it appeared that 
the various States yield honey in the following order:— 
New York, North Carolina, Kentucky, Missouri, Ten¬ 
nessee, Ohio, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Indiana ; 
the yield of the other States was not given. In 1868, the 
total production sent to market was over 30,000,000 
pounds, besides 212,000 gallons imported from the West 
Indies. 
Mr. A. B. Taylor called attention to the resolution 
adopted at the National Pharmacopoeia Convention, 
which directed the abolition of all measures of capacity, 
and showed some of the difficulties which would be met 
with in its practical application. Statements were also 
made by Dr. Squibb and others upon the subject. 
Resolutions were passed tendering the thanks of the 
Association to Messrs. Gail and Ax, to Messrs. Maltbv 
and Co., and Messrs. Thomas Kensett and Co., for the 
courtesy shown by them to the Association upon its 
visit to their respective establishments; also to the 
faculty of the University of Maryland for the free use of 
their hall for the purpose of the meeting. 
Another resolution was passed thanking the pharma¬ 
ceutists of Baltimore and their friends, especially the Re¬ 
ception Committee and the Local Secretary, for their en¬ 
deavours to render the visit pleasant and social. 
Before the meeting separated, however, it was decided 
to appoint a committee to take into consideration a sug¬ 
gestion to invite the International Congress of Pharma¬ 
cists to meet in the United States in 1876, the committee 
to report upon the subject in 1871. 
Messrs. Maisch (Philadelphia), Sargent (Chicago), 
M‘Murdy (Albany), Menninger (Ralegh) and Ash 
(Jackson) were appointed a committee to report upon 
the legislative action upon pharmacy and the drug trade 
in the different States of the Union. 
Dr. E. Hoffman (New York), Professor John Maisch 
(Philadelphia) and Mr. E. H. Sargent (Chicago) were 
appointed a committee to draw up an address of felicita¬ 
tion, embodying the kind sentiments of the Association 
on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary jubilee of the 
North German Apothecary Association, and to forward 
the same to its permanent President Mr. William Dank¬ 
worth, at Magdeburg, in the name of the Amex’ican 
Pharmaceutical Association. 
It having been resolved to reassemble at St. Louis, 
Mobile, on the second Tuesday in September, 1871, the 
Convention adjourned. 
In connection with the meeting there was a very in¬ 
teresting and instructive exhibition of drugs, chemicals, 
druggists’ sundries, materia medica and^pharmaceutical 
preparations. 
BRITISH PHARMACEUTICAL CONFERENCE. 
Meeting at Liverpool. 
Wednesday , September 14 th. 
{Continued from page 316.) 
Discussion on Facilities for Pharmaceutical 
Education in the Provinces. 
The following communication received from the Secre¬ 
tary of the Pharmaceutical Society was read :— 
“ At a Meeting of the Council of the Pharmaceutical 
Society, held on the 7th September, 1870, it was resolved, 
# “ That a copy of the following resolution of the Pro¬ 
vincial Education Committee be forwarded to the General 
Secretaries of the British Pharmaceutical Conference:— 
“ Copy of Resolution. 
“ This Committee recommend that the Council invite 
the British Pharmaceutical Conference to bring for¬ 
ward the question of Provincial Education for discus¬ 
sion at its Meeting in Liverpool, in September, which 
would give an opportunity for the interchange of 
opinion amongst those best acquainted with the ques¬ 
tion.” 
The President expressed his great regret that his 
friend Mr. Schacht was unavoidably prevented from be¬ 
ing present. It was very much to Mr. Schacht’s earnest 
interest in the question of Provincial Education that its 
present prominent position was due. They were, how¬ 
ever, fortunate in having amongst them the President of 
the Pharmaceutical Society, Mr. G. W. Sandford, and 
he would invite that gentleman to favour the meeting 
with any remarks which he might be disposed to make. 
He was glad to refer the meeting to the proof-sheets 
of a return on Provincial Education from 1868 to 1870, 
obtained by the Pharmaceutical Society, a supply of 
which had been forwarded for the use of those present. 
The President of the Pharmaceutical Society, Mr. 
Sandford, said that in responding to the invitation made 
by his friend Mr. Stoddart, he felt that his own posi¬ 
tion there, during the present discussion, ought rather to 
be that of a listener than a speaker. The meeting would 
understand that some reticence was a duty in connection 
with his official position, since he could not lay down any 
special line of policy as having been agreed upon by the 
Society which he had the honour to represent. At the 
same time, he made no secret of his personal wish to 
promote Pharmaceutical Education in the provinces. It 
was impossible to ignore the fact that under the present 
transitional system, there were many masters who would 
not —he should hardly be wrong in saying could not— 
teach their apprentices the essentials of their duties in 
connection with pharmacy. Where, then, should this 
want be supplied ? It was not to be expected that all 
young men could afford the means necessary to come up 
to Bloomsbury Square, and avail themselves of its cur¬ 
riculum, but if proper means were provided in the pro¬ 
vinces, there would be no difficulty in young men fitting 
themselves to pass the Minor Examination very soon 
after completing their apprenticeship. When the Phar¬ 
maceutical Society was first established, one of its earliest 
proceedings was to open a school of pharmacy, accessible 
to young men at a very slight cost. It was by carrying 
on that sort of expenditure for a few years that the So¬ 
ciety could help Pharmaceutical Education. “ Provi¬ 
dence helps those who help themselves,” and the Society 
should only help those who were inclined to help them¬ 
selves. Some persons suggested rewards for passing- 
good examinations; others wanted something to go on 
with at the beginning. The Society wanted to encourage 
the schools which would send up lads for examination, 
and should in a moderate way give grants where there 
were lectures established and a sufficient number of pu¬ 
pils to warrant the grant. Some candidates came up 
from employers who had taught them so well that they 
were able to pass their examination without going into 
the Society’s laboratory at all. 
Mr. W. D. Savage (Brighton) said he had had thirty- 
eight years’ experience of apprentices, and his opinion 
was that if they were afforded opportunities for study 
there would soon be a better class of assistants. 
Mr. H. S. Alrass (Liverpool) said the difficulty was 
to find apprentices with a sufficient preliminary educa¬ 
tion to begin with. They had not a proper knowledge 
of Latin, and their general knowledge was defective. 
Mr. Sandford remarked that the difficulty would be 
obviated if masters would agree only to take apprentices 
who had passed the preliminary examination of the 
Pharmaceutical Society. 
Mr. F. B. Benger (Manchester) urged that there 
should be assistance afforded in scientific education 
during apprenticeship; and that there should be a 
