274  U.  S.  Pharmacopceial  Convention.  {Amj*™*i9mrm' 
amendment  could  not  be  acted  upon  by  the  Convention  as  it 
required  a  previous  recommendation  from  the  Board  of  Trustees 
(see  this  Journal,  1909,  p.  524).  In  some  quarters  the  im- 
pression is  that  Dr.  Simmons,  of  the  Board  of  Trustees,  is  largely 
responsible  for  the  Board's  failing  to  recommend  the  seating  of 
the  N.  A.  R.  D.  It  would  be  indeed  interesting  to  know  just 
what  the  minutes  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  show  in  this  connection. 
The  fact  that  it  was  necessary  for  the  Board  of  Trustees  to 
borrow  $7000.00  during  1902-1905  caused  some  discussion  as  to 
the  devising  of  ways  and  means  not  only  to  relieve  this  situation, 
but  to  provide  sufficient  funds  to  carry  on  the  work  of  revision. 
A  recommendation  was  submitted  by  the  Board  of  Trustees,  to 
whom  the  matter  was  brought  for  consideration,  that  each  organiza- 
tion entitled  to  representation  pay  a  sum  of  $50.00  and  that  failing 
to  comply  with  this  within  one  year  the  sum  of  $75.00  be  required 
of  them;  and  furthermore,  that  all  new  organizations  be  required 
to  pay  $100.00  on  being  admitted  to  the  Convention.  It  was  also 
intended  that  all  organizations  which  comply  with  this  requirement 
be  allowed  10  copies  of  the  U.  S.  P.  IX.  These  several  recom- 
mendations were  voted  down,  it  being  the  unanimous  opinion  that 
the  Board  of  Trustees  should  secure  sufficient  revenues  by  in- 
creasing the  price  on  each  copy  of  the  Pharmacopoeia  and  guarding 
the  copyright.  Ten  years  ago  (see  U.  S.  P.  VIII,  p.  xxvi)  the 
balance  turned  over  to  the  Convention  of  1900  amounted  to  about 
$12,000.00.  The  Convention  of  1900  voted  an  honorarium  of  $200.00 
to  each  member  of  the  Committee  of  Revision  so  that  the  balance 
in  the  hands  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  during  1900-1901  amounted 
to  nearly  $6000.00.  The  income  from  the  sales  of  the  VII  edition 
of  the  U.  S.  P.  during  the  years  1 900-1905  amounted  to  about 
$10,500.00  while  the  receipts  from  sales  of  the  VIII  edition  of 
the  U.  S.  P.  between  1905-1910  amounted  to  $87,244.56;  and  the 
receipts  from  the  Spanish  translation  were  %2,y62.22.  The  balance 
reported  by  the  Treasurer,  Dr.  G.  Wythe  Cook,  to  the  Convention 
of  1910  amounted  to  $8,394.01. 
The  amount  expended  for  publication  was  $39,985.42.  The 
Chairman  of  the  Revision  Committee  received  an  honorarium  of 
$5000.  The  following  members  of  the  Committee  received  an 
honorarium  of  $1000.00  each:  Messers.  Coblentz,  Dohme,  Sadtler 
and  Lyons.  The  following  members  received  $600.00  each :  Messrs. 
Caspari,  Jr.,  Diehl,  Hallberg,  Kraemer  and  Squibb.    The  follow- 
