330  PHARMACEUTICAL  STATISTICS  OF  SAXONY. 
skin  or  envelope  of  the  Corms,  a  part  generally  removed  from 
the  article,  as  found  in  commerce.  The  percolation,  notwith- 
standing the  aqueous  menstruum,  and  the  fineness  of  the  powder, 
nearly  all  of  which  would  have  passed  through  a  sieve  of  50 
meshes,  was  perfectly  successful  and  not  inconveniently  slow. 
What  I  have  thus  said  of  Grahame's  process  and  of  the  use 
of  the  common  funnel,  may  be  construed  as  assenting  too  hastily 
to  a  practice  of  displacement  quite  contrary  to  that  heretofore 
taught;  but  I  present  the  limited  experience  I  have  acquired  at 
this  early  stage  of  the  investigation  to  induce  others  to  follow  in 
the  same  track,  feeling  the  need  of  more  definite,  precise,  and 
satisfactory  directions  for  the  management  of  the  important 
process  of  displacement. 
PHARMACEUTICAL  STATISTICS  OF  SAXONY. 
The  "  Zeitschr.  des  Statist.  Bureaus  "  contains  some  statistics 
from  which  we  extract  the  following  : 
In  the  kingdom  of  Saxony  there  were  in  1856, 121  pharmaceu- 
tical stores,  with  "  real  concession ;"  that  is,  a  license  for  con- 
ducting the  business,  resting  on  a  certain  house  or  real  estate 
property,  and  which  is  transferable  to  another  property — and  61 
with  "  personal  concession  " — a  license  granted  to  a  person  and 
not  easily  transferable ;  five  of  this  number  are  connected  with 
charitable  institutions.  Since  1819  the  number  has  increased 
from  128,  or  one  store  to  each  10,461  inhabitants,  to  177,  or  one 
to  11,644  inhabitants. 
Exclusive  of  the  principals,  there  were  employed  in  these 
establishments  33  "  Provisores,"  165  clerks  (gehilfen),  and  93 
apprentices.  The  yearly  sales  of  most  drug  stores  reachj3000 
thalers  (  =  70  cts.),  many  are  above  that  sum,  and  the  sales  of 
but  few  fall  short  of  2000  thalers  ;  this  amount  is  the  pharma- 
ceutical business,  and  does  not  include  the  branches  frequently 
connected  therewith,  such  as  chemical  manufactories,  distilling 
establishments,  &c. — Dr.  HirzeVs  Zeitschr.  f.  Pharm.,  1859, 
12-14.  J.  M.  M. 
