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THE PHARMACEUTICAL JOURNAL AND TRANSACTIONS. 
[August 13,1871. 
tlie whole we cull the one statement that “ scarcely 
“ a week passes without a coroner s jury returning a 
“verdict of ‘death by misadventure,’ the ‘misad¬ 
venture’ being that some blundering chemist has 
“ poisoned a customer.” Lamentable as such an 
accident may be, when it does occur, and desirous 
as every one must be to devise means for preventing 
its repetition, we do not think the attainment of 
such an object will be much assisted by the pen of 
a writer who is evidently either quite ignorant con¬ 
cerning the subject on which he writes, or else 
willing, for the sake of spicing an article, to make 
statements which are so grossly exaggerated. Neither 
should we have thought that in a journal which 
claims to be written by gentlemen for gentlemen so 
much would have been sacrificed to the necessities 
of smart writing. 
In a Report of Mr. AY. G. MTvon, the Superin¬ 
tendent of the Government Cinchona Plantations in 
Eritish Sikkim, he says that the state of the planta¬ 
tions near Darjeeling is very unsatisfactory. The 
plants have not the luxuriant foliage of those grown 
in the south of India, and trees of equal height do 
not produce an equal amount of bark, the trees be¬ 
ing of more slender growth and the bark thinner. 
The climate is very moist, being rarely free from 
rain, and seems admirably adapted for the growth of 
cinchona; but the trees appear to thrive for three 
years at most, and then to become diseased. 
A prospectus has been issued of a “ Beetroot- 
Sugar Company,” which it is proposed to form for 
the purpose of developing the products of sugar beet 
grown in the United Kingdom in a similar manner 
to the industries which have been successfully 
carried on for many years past in different Conti¬ 
nental countries. The capital proposed is A'200,000 
in 20,000 shares of L10 each, half of which shares 
are to be issued directly. 
We learn from the American Journal of Pharmacy 
that the sale of spurious quinine, which is a coun¬ 
terfeit of that of Messrs. Pelletier, Delondre and 
Levaillant,* is still cairied on extensively in Neiv 
York. It is now supplemented by another fraud, hi 
which sulphate of quinine is sold for sulphate of 
morphia. This is offered in original 1-ounce bottles, 
put up by a London house, the quinine label being 
removed by the impostor, and a sulphate of morphia 
label substituted. 
The Committee of the London School Board 
appointed to draw up a scheme of education have 
sent in a report, recommending the teaching of 
science in primary schools. 
* See Yol. I. p. 707. 
fralMiuial fnrasattiore. 
NORWICH CHEMISTS’ ASSISTANTS’ 
ASSOCIATION. 
On Monday, the 24th ult., a lecture was given at the- 
rooms of the above Society, by Mr. E. Nuthall, the subject 
being “ Sulphur.” The lecturer began by treating of the 
natural history of sulphur, and the various methods of pre¬ 
paring and purifying the same; and, after noticing its 
leading chemical characteristics, passed on to the consi¬ 
deration of its more important compounds. 
The lecture was fully illustrated by very striking, 
experiments. 
IJmctirntp af icinrttitc fanatics. 
BRITISH PHARMACEUTICAL CONFERENCE.. 
On Tuesday, the meetings of the British Pharmaceu¬ 
tical Conference commenced in the Craigie Hall, No. 5, 
St. Andrew Square, Edinburgh. Mr. W. AY. Stoddart,. 
F.C.S., F.G.S., Bristol, President of the Conference,, 
occupied the chair. About 100 members were present. 
The President, in opening the proceedings, said,— 
Gentlemen, we will now commence the business wo have- 
before us ; and in doing so I would just ask those who-- 
are present, who may be delegates from other Associa¬ 
tions, to give in their names. The Associations in other 
parts of the country are working wonders, and we de¬ 
sire, in our own as well as their interests, to notice them 
as much as possible. 
Delegates. 
The following gentlemen, who attended as delegates, 
from various societies, gave in their names as follows :— 
Brighton—Mr. Savage and Mr. Schweitzer; Bristol— 
Mr. Schacht and Mr. Stoddart; Liverpool—Dr. Edwards. 
(also delegate from the Pharmaceutical Association of 
the Province of Quebec), Mr. Shaw and Mr. Mason;. 
Hull—Mr. Bell and Mr. Myers; Manchester—Air. B. 
Benger; Glasgow—Air. Fraser, Air. Davidson, Air.. 
Kinnimont and Air. Fairlie. 
The AIeeting in 1872. 
Air. Schweitzer said: Air. Savage and I have been 
deputed by the Brighton chemists to offer the Conference 
a hearty invitation to that town as its next place of meet¬ 
ing, and to state on behalf of the chemists there that 
they will do their very best to make you spend a happy 
time. 
The President : It is only necessary for me to say, 
after the kind invitation which Air. Schweitzer has. 
brought us, and knowing that the British Association will 
meet at Brighton next year, that we shall bo happy to hold, 
our Conference in that town. Is it your pleasure that 
we accept the kind invitation ? 
It was unanimously agreed to accept the invitation. 
New AIembers. 
The President : You will see that the next business. 
before us is the election of members. I have to state 
that in order to save time the Committee at a meeting 
last night elected sixty-four new members. It will be 
for the Conference to approve of what the Committee- 
has done. 
Honorary AIembers. 
The President said: I think that now is the proper 
time to elect the honorary members. There are two- 
gentlemen whose names we wish to add, and who are 
very well known. I mean, Prof. Maisch, America, and 
Dr. Dc Yrij, the Hague. AYc shall be highly honoured. 
