586'  PharmaGeidiccd  Colleges  and  Associations.  {^'"^^,^"''1^1*'^™" 
alcoholic  solution  of  plumbic  acetate.  Tlie  same  acid  existing  in  the  beans 
and  cake  in  larger  quantities  accounts  for  their  excessive  cathartic  action. 
Mr.  Jno.  Weyer  presented  the  college  with  a  splendid  specimen  of  Lake 
Superior  cop23er  ore,  in  which  native  copper  and  oxides  of  copper  were 
blended. 
The  jSTe^v  Hampshire  Phakmaceutical  Association  held  its  eighth 
annual  meeting  at  the  Eagle  Hotel,  Concord,  Oct.  11th.  There  was  a  fair 
attendance,  and  two  sessions  were  held.  The  meeting  w^as  opened  by  the 
President,  Rob.  C.  Dickey,  Of  Hillsborough  Bridge,  and  the  following  offi- 
cers were  elected  for  the  ensuing  year : 
President,  Charles  A.  Tufts,  Dover.  Vice  Presidents— Parker  J.  Noyes, 
Lancaster;  Stephen  F.  Sanders,  Rochester.  Secretary,  George  F.  Under- 
hill,  Concord.  Treasurer,  Henry  B.  Foster,  Concord.  Executive  Com- 
mittee—Robert C.  Dickey,  Hillsborough ;  Charles  A.  Merrill,  Exeter. 
Auditor,  Edward  A.  Brockway,  Franklin.  Reporter  of  Progress  of  Phar- 
macy, W.  P.  Underbill,  Concord. 
Standing  committees  and  delegates  to  various  pharmaceutical  associa- 
tions were  likewise  elected.  No  further  account  of  the  transactions  has 
been  received. 
Illinois  State  Pharmaceutical  Association. — The  second  annual 
meeting  convened  at  the  Opera  House,  Peoria,  Tuesday,  Oct.  18,  the  main 
floor  lieing  used  for  the  meeting  and  for  the  pharmaceutical  exhibition.  The 
President,  W.  N.  Marmon,  of  Bloomington,  presided.  The  report  of  the 
Executive  Committee  stated  the  membership  to  be  473,  to  which  number 
numerous  additions  were  made.  The  association  was  cordially  welcomed 
by  Mayor  Warner.  The  President  in  his  annual  address  submitted  sev- 
eral propositions  tending  to  increase  the  etficiency  of  the  association  and 
the  interest  in  its  annual  meetings.  The  Treasurer  reported  a  balance  on 
hand  amounting  to  1303.48.  The  report  of  the  State  Board  of  Pharmacy 
gave  information  about  its  organization  and  the  work  accomplished  since 
last ;  also  that,  at  a  meeting  of  the  State  Boards  held  at  Kansas  City, 
it  was  found  that,  owing  to  the  want  of  uniformity  in  pharmacy  laws,  no 
•united  course  of  action  could  be  taken  at  present,  and  upon  the  question 
of  the  mutual  recognition  of  licentiates  in  pharmacy  by  the  various  boards 
no  general  consent  could  be  obtained.  The  Board  of  Pharmacy  have, 
therefore,  resolved  to  decline,  for  the  j^resent,  to  register  licentiates  in 
pharmacy  from  other  boards  without  examination. 
The  registrations  under  the  law  amount  to  3,791,  of  which  number  2,708 
are  registered  as  pharmacists  and  1,083  as  assistant  pharmacists.  Of  the 
former  about  300  are  graduates  in  medicine,  127  are  graduates  in  pharmacy 
and  19  passed  the  tfoard's  examination.  Of  the  assistant  pharmacists  609 
are  entitled  under  the  law  to  engage  in  business  on  their  own  account,  after 
taking  out  the  certificate  of  registered  pharmacist,  without  examination. 
The  receipts  of  the  Board  were  $6, 656;  the  balance  011  hand,  after  deduct- 
ing expenses,  w^as  13,971.45. 
On  the  second  day,  Oct.  19,  Mr.  G.  P.  Engelhard  read  the  report  of  the 
