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PROCEEDINGS  OF  THE 
ceutists  and  Chemists.  From  the  Report  we  learn  that  the 
schools  of  Pharmacy  at  Philadelphia,  New  York  and  Baltimore, 
continue  in  operation.  That  efforts  at  Boston  to  initiate  a 
course  of  pharmaceutical  instruction  failed,  owing  to  want  of 
earnestness  and  interest  on  the  part  of  students.  That  Cinci- 
nati  College  appears  to  be  doing  little  to  advance  the  profession, 
and  that  the  Richmond  Association  has  become  wholly  in  opera- 
tive. We  are  also  informed  of  the  inauguration  of  a  new  College 
of  Pharmacy  at  Chicago,  Illinois. 
In  reference  to  the  Drug  Market,  it  is  stated  that  about  24,000 
gallons  of  cod-liver  oil  are  obtained  annually  on  the  coast  be- 
tween Boston  and  Eastport,  Maine.  That  the  production  of 
New  England  Isinglass  has  lessened  with  the  demand  ;  that 
20,000  gallons  of  Castor  Oil,  from  the  East  Indies,  were  entered 
at  the  port  of  Boston  since  the  1st  of  January,  and  during  the 
same  period  50,000  bushels  of  Castor  Beans,  from  the  same 
source,  imported  for  manufacture  into  oil,  so  as  to  avoid  the  loss 
by  duty  and  leakage. 
Allusion  was  made  to  the  business  of  manufacturing  chemicals, 
as  being  largely  carried  on  at  Philadelphia,  and  gradually  spread- 
ing to  other  cities,  as  New  York,  Boston,  Baltimore,  Louisville, 
&c.  The  Committee  referred  to  the  late  action  of  the  Secretary 
of  the  Treasury  in  preventing  the  publication  of  the  drugs  im- 
ported into  New  York,  in  the  Druggists'  Circular,  as  a  decided 
backward  step,  as  the  information  thus  afforded  was  very  useful. 
The  Report  was  adopted  and  referred  for  publication. 
Mr.  Parrish,  of  Philadelphia,  remarked  that  it  was  undoubtedly 
useful  to  have  the  reports  of  importations  published,  and  it  was 
suggested  by  Mr.  J.  D.  Dix,  of  New  York,  that  upon  a  proper 
representation  to  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury,  they  could  ob- 
tain authority  to  get  the  necessary  information. 
After  some  further  remarks  by  Messrs.  Parrish,  Jones,  Proc- 
ter, Colcord  and  Stearns,  on  motion  of  Mr.  Procter  it  was 
voted  to  refer  this  subject  to  a  special  Committee  to  report  to- 
morrow. The  Chair  nominated  Messrs.  Dix,  Brewer  and  Proc- 
ter. 
Mr.  Parrish  moved  that  a  special  Committee  be  appointed  to 
act  upon  the  subject  of  obtaining  an  Act  of  Incorporation  from 
