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ing  members  received  $400.00  each :  Messrs.  Haines,  Kremers, 
Rusby,  Scoville.  and  Stevens.  The  following  members  received 
$200.00  each:  Abel,  Davis,  Good,  Gregory,  Hare,  Marshall,  Old- 
berg,  Payne,  Sayre,  Wilcox  and  Wood.  The  Treasurer  received 
$200.00  and  the  Secretary  to  the  Board  of  Trustees  received 
$1500.00.  For  clerical  assistance  and  general  office  supplies 
$17,255.73  was  expended,  the  greater  proportion  of  which  was 
used  by  the  Chairman  of  the  Committee  of  Revision  in  circularizing 
and  distributing  reports,  etc.  For  chemicals  and  other  supplies 
about  $1500.00  was  expended  and  for  the  use  of  experts  $5263.25 
was  expended,  of  which  about  $3000.00  was  used  by  the  Committee 
on  Inorganic  Chemicals.  For  the  Spanish  translation  $1500.00  was 
given  to  Professor  Diaz  and  the  sum  of  $1000.00  was  paid  the 
Rice  Estate.  Messrs.  Matos  and  Pablo  were  awarded  $250.00  and 
$97.56  respectively  for  reading  proof  of  the  Spanish  translation. 
In  addition  to  this  the  Board  of  Trustees  used  for  travelling  and 
general  expenses  the  sum  of  $7855.33.  A  number  of  additional 
items  are  given  in  the  Financial  Report  submitted  by  the  Board 
of  Trustees. 
The  Nominating  Committee  of  148  members  met  at  8  o'clock 
on  the  evening  of  May  10th  and  concluded  its  work  at  4  a.m. 
on  the  morning  of  the  nth.  The  following  nominations  were 
approved  by  the  Convention: 
President,  Dr.  H.  W.  Wiley,  Washington,  D.  C. ;  First  Vice-President, 
Dr.  N.  S.  Davis,  Chicago,  111. ;  Second  Vice-President,  Chas.  Caspari,  Jr., 
Baltimore,  Md. ;  Third  Vice-President,  Dr.  O.  T.  Osborne,  New  Haven, 
Conn. ;  Fourth  Vice-President,  Leo  Eliel,  South  Bend,  Ind. ;  Fifth  Vice- 
President,  Dr.  W.  A.  Bastedo,  New  York,  N.  Y. ;  Secretary,  Dr.  M.  G. 
Motter,  Washington,  D.  C. ;  Assistant  Secretary,  Dr.  N.  P.  Barnes,  Wash- 
ington, D.  C. ;  and  Treasurer,  S.  L.  Hilton,  Washington,  D.  C.  Board  of 
Trustees:  J.  H.  Beal,  Scio,  Ohio;  F.  W.  Meissner,  La  Porte,  Ind. ;  Wr.  J. 
Schieffelin,  New  York,  N.  Y. ;  Dr.  G.  H.  Simmons,  Chicago,  111.  j  and 
Dr.  H.  M.  Whelpley,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 
GENERAL  COMMITTEE  OF  REVISION. 
1.  Remington,  Joseph  P., 
Professor  of  Theory  and  Practice  of  Pharmacy,  Philadelphia 
College  of  Pharmacy. 
2.  Kraemer,  Henry, 
Professor  of  Botany  and  Pharmacognosy,  Philadelphia  College  of 
Pharmacy. 
