406 
MINUTES  OF  THE 
Printing  circulars,          .          .  .          .          .  15  75 
Finishing  16  vols.  Proceedings  1863,  .          .          .  6  50 
Freight  for  Exchange  Journals,  ...  .50 
Binding  manuscript,        .          .  .          .          .  1  50 
Fire  Insurance,    .          .          .  .          .  13  30 
$127  07 
Total  expenses  of  the  Committee  during  the  year,       $1350  58 
One  copy,  bound,  was  delivered  by  mail,  post  paid,  to  each  member 
entitled,  except  those  residing  in  the  larger  cities,  who  were  supplied  by 
a  member  resident  there.    No  one  was  omitted,  but  several  volumes  failed 
to  reach  their  destination  and  had  to  be  remailed.    [The  Committee 
complain  of  the  omission  of  members  to  inform  of  their  change  of  residence 
which  is  a  fruitful  cause  of  these  miscarriages,  and  suggest  that  such  per- 
sons should  not  be  re-supplied  without  charge.] 
The  stock  of  Proceedings  of  the  different  years  stored  at  the  hall  of 
the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy  is  as  follows  : 
For  1852,    .    ♦  .       .       .       ...  None. 
"    1853;      ...       .       .       .       225  copies. 
"    1854,   43  " 
"    1855,       .       .       .       .       .       .  None, 
"    1856,   42  " 
"    1857,   293  " 
"    1858,   366  " 
"    1859,       ......        83  " 
"    1860,   .    169  " 
"    1862,   350  " 
"    1863,   280  " 
"    1864,   364  " 
This  list  does  not  include  several  volumes  at  each  of  the  points  of  dis- 
tribution in  large  cities. 
The  stock  was  insured  by  the  Executive  Committee  in  the  New  Amster- 
dam Fire  Insurance  Company  of  New  York  City,  for  nineteen  hundred 
dollars  at  a  premium  of  seven-tenths  per  cent.,  making  an  annual  ex- 
pense of  $13.30.  The  Committee  recommended  that  the  amount  of  in- 
surance be  increased  or  decreased  annually,  by' the  Chairman  of  the  Ex- 
ecutive Committee,  if  the  value  of  the  property  should  change  materially. 
Comparatively  little  revenue  was  derived  from  the  sale  of  Proceedings  ; 
as  far  as  ascertained  the  amount  is  as  follows  : — 15  copies  for  1864  and  18 
of  previous  years  $40.09. 
The  Committee  recommended  to  deposit  with  the  Colleges  of  Pharmacy 
of  the  United  States  that  are  willing  to  undertake  the  trouble,  a  small 
number  of  copies  of  the  different  years,  provided  that  the  Secretaries  of 
these  Institutions  agree  to  furnish  a  complete  statement  of  sales  and  stock 
remaining  unsold,  by  the  1st  of  August  of  each  year,  to  the  Chairman  of 
the  Executive  Committee. 
