230 
MINUTES  OP  THE  COLLEGE. 
18°  on  Baume's  areometer,  and  even  more  than  that,  for  the  solid 
carbonate  may  be  obtained. 
Ammoniacal  sulphate  and  hydrochlorate  are  prepared  by  the 
direct  action  of  the  ammoniacal  liquid  on  sulphuric  acid  at  55°, 
or  hydrochloric  acid  at  22°.  The  evaporated  salts  are  sublimed 
in  the  ordinary  manner  on  hearths  heated  by  the  waste  heat. 
The  manufacture  of  ammoniacal  salts  will  before  long  absorb 
all  the  liquids  daily  carried  to  Bondy ;  and  if,  as  it  is  to  be 
hoped,  some  means  is  found  to  accelerate  the  production  of 
powdered  night-soil,  the  manufactory  of  Bondy,  which  is  very 
favorably  situated,  will  become  no  greater  nuisance  than  others 
of  its  kind. 
M.  Margueritte  is  now  engaged  on  a  new  improvement  in  the 
manufacture  of  sulphate  of  ammonia,  in  which  he  substitutes 
gypsum  for  sulphuric  acid. 
Carbonate  of  ammonia,  by  double  decomposition,  produces 
carbonate  of  lime  and  sulphate  of  ammonia.  This  reaction  is 
well  known,  but  what  is  new  is  that  this  reaction  is  singularly 
facilitated  by  the  addition  of  a  small  quantity  of  chloride  of 
calcium. — Lond.  Chem.  News,  March  31,  1865. 
The  Forty-fourth  Annual  Meeting  of  the  Philadelphia  College  of 
Pharmacy  was  held  at  the  College  Hall,  on  Monday  evening,  March 
27th,  1865. 
The  President,  Charles  Ellis,  in  the  Chair.    Eighteen  members  present. 
The  Minutes  of  the  last  Stated  Meeting  were  read  and  adopted. 
The  Minutes  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  were  read  by  A.  B.  Taylor, 
Secretary  of  the  Board.  They  inform  that  there  has  been  added  to  the 
College  Library,  one  hundred  and  fifty-five  volumes  during  the  past  year, 
of  which  seventy  six  volumes  were  acquired  by  purchase  and  seventy- 
nine  by  donation. 
The  Matriculants  in  the  School  of  Pharmacy  for  the  session  1864 — 65 
numbered  one  hundred  and  six. 
