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A  letter  from  Mr.  C.  Wiedman,  the  Librarian  of  the  Royal 
Bavarian  Academy  of  Sciences,  of  Munich,  was  read  by  the 
Secretary,  acknowledging  the  receipt  of  our  Proceedings,  and 
requesting  a  complete  set  of  the  Proceedings  of  the  Association  ; 
promising  an  exchange  of  their  Proceedings  in  return. 
The  Secretary  also  stated  that  he  had  received,  through  the 
Smithsonian  Institution,  the  following  work,  which  he  now  laid 
before  the  Association :  "  Bulletins  des  Seances  de  la  Classe 
des  Sciences  "  of  the  Academie  Royal  de  Belgique,  for  the  year 
1863. 
On  motion,  the  Secretary  was  directed  to  forward  copies  of 
the  Proceedings  to  the  above  named  Academies,  and  to  the 
Mercantile  and  Astor  Libraries,  of  New  York. 
A  letter  was  read  from  th#  Secretary  of  the  Pharmaceutical 
Society  of  St.  Petersburg,  Russia,  regarding  an  International 
Pharmaceutical  Congress : 
St.  Petersburg,  May  16, 1865,  new  style;  (May  4,  old  style.) 
Much  Eespected  Sir  : 
The  various  Pharmaceutical  Associations  of  Europe  have  resolved  to 
hold  an  International  Congress  of  Pharmaceutists  at  Brunswick,  for  the 
purpose  of  effectually  removing  many  evils  existing  in  the  field  of  phar- 
macy. (See  Pharmaceutzsche  Zeztschrift  fur  Russland  IntelligenzUatt, 
No.  1,  which  is  enclosed.) 
The  great  distance  between  America  and  Europe  renders  it  perhaps 
impossible  to  see  your  pharmaceutical  delegates  at  the  Congress,  though 
the  appearance  of  deputies  of  American  Societies  could  be  but  favorable 
to  this  international  cause.  Should  you  not  be  able  to  come  or  send 
somebody,  I  would  request  you  to  give  me  as  soon  as  possible,  at  any 
rate  previous  to  the  meeting,  some  information  about  the  condition  of 
North  American  pharmacy,  with  particular  regard  to  the  questions  of 
the  programme.  Should  you  not  be  able  to  correspond  in  the  German, 
I  would  beg  you  to  write  in  the  English  language.  The  letter  need  not 
be  prepaid.    I  remain  respectfully, 
Your  obedient  servant, 
Dr.  G.  A.  Bjorklund, 
Secretary  of  the  Pharmaceutical  Society,  and  Apothecary  at  St.  Petersburg,  Russia. 
On  motion,  the  Permanent  Secretary  was  directed  to  answer 
this  letter. 
Mr.  Taylor  moved  to  refer  the  reprinting  of  the  Minutes  of 
the  first  meeting  of  1851,  and  the  Proceedings  of  1852  and  1855, 
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