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an  examination  proved  that  it  was  not  saffron,  though  a  specimen  of  the 
spurious  article  had  not  been  retained.  Attention  was  directed  to  new 
adulterations  recently  noticed  by  Mr.  Adrian, in  Paris,  and  by  Mr.  Holmes 
in  London,  and  which  consisted  in  impregnating  true  saffron  with  various 
salts  and  with  coloring  matters ;  fixed  salts  may  be  detected  by  the  increased 
amount  of  ash  left  on  incineration,  which  for  true  saffron  should  be  between 
5  and  6  per  cent. ;  but  ammonia  salts  and  organic  compounds  could  not 
thus  be  detected.  The  tinctorial  power  of  commercial  saffron  may  afford  a 
convenient  way  for  testing  the  purity  of  saffron,  if  tests  for  the  absence  of 
ooal  tar  and  similar  colors  can  be  devised,  as  has  been  recently  shown  by 
Mr.  Barnard  S.  Proctor  for  Bismarck  brown,  the  yellow  solution  of  which  is 
turned  deep  brown  and  turbid  by  a  little  tincture  of  iodine,  which  has 
scarcely  any  effect  upon  an  infusion  of  saffron. 
There  being  no  further  business,  on  motion  adjourned. 
T.  S.  Wiegand, 
  Registrar. 
PHARMACEUTICAL  COLLEGES  AND  ASSOCIATIONS. 
Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy. — For  about  two  years  the  Trustees  have 
had  under  consideration  an  extension  of  the  courses  of  instruction,  and 
after  considering  several  plans,  it  has  been  finally  decided  to  retain  for  the 
present  the  division  into  a  junior  and  senior  course,  and  to  lengthen  the 
instruction  in  each  from  three  to  four  weeks.  The  new  arrangement  will 
go  into  effect  next  fall.  As  heretofore,  the  lecture  course  will  commence 
October  1st,  and  the  matriculation  list  will  be  closed  October  15th,  after 
which  time  students  will  be  admitted  for  special  branches  only.  The  pre- 
liminary junior  examinations  will  be  held  as  heretofore— early  in  November 
and  December,  and  the  same  number  of  lectures  will  be  delivered  each 
week,  namely,  six  to  the  junior  and  six  to  the  senior  class.  But  instead  of 
holding  the  final  junior  examinations  at  the  middle  and  the  senior  exami- 
nations at  the  end  of  February,  the  former  will  hereafter  take  place  after  the 
close  of  the  first  week  rn  March,  and  the  latter  at  the  end  of  March,  whereby 
the  number  of  lectures  will  be  increased  by  twenty  in  the  junior  course  and 
twenty-four  in  the  senior  course.  The  commencement  exercises  will  neces- 
sarily be  held  one  month  later  than  in  the  past.  Various  improvements 
have  also  been  made  in  the  lecture  rooms,  and  others  are  contemplated 
both  for  the  lecture  rooms  and  laboratories.  Matriculation  and  examina- 
tion fees  will  remain  as  formerly ;  the  lecture  tickets  will  be  $15  for  each 
branch  in  the  two  classes.  Full  third-course  students  will  receive  the 
lecture  tickets  free  of  charge,  and  students  selecting  the  modified  examina- 
tions will  have  their  first-course  lecture  tickets  made  good  for  the  second 
year. 
The  following  gentlemen  have  been  recently  elected  honorary  members  of 
the  College:  William  Saunders,  Ottawa,  Canada;  Dr.  Edward  E.  Squibb, 
Brooklyn,  N.  Y. ;  J.  Leon  Soubeiran,  Montpellier,  France  ;  Charles  Tanret, 
Paris,  France;  Anton  Scheurer  von  Waldheim,  Vienna,  Austria ;  Michael 
