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In  South  Africa,  which  is  an  English  colony,  the  chemists  have 
all  received  their  education  in  the  home  colleges,  and  very  stringent 
pharmacy  laws  regulate  the  practice  of  the  profession  there.  No 
finer  or  more  complete  pharmacies  are  to  be  seen  anywhere  than  in 
South  Africa. 
The  leading  American  pharmaceutical  products  meet  with  popular 
favor  in  South  Africa,  and  there  has  always  been  a  popular  demand 
for  goods  of  American  manufacture  on  these  lines. 
REPORT  OF  THE  MEETING  OF  THE  PENNSYLVANIA 
PHARMACEUTICAL  ASSOCIATION. 
By  Charles  H.  La-Waix. 
The  twenty-seventh  annual  meeting  of  the  Pennsylvania  Pharma- 
ceutical Association  was  held  at  Cambridge  Springs,  Crawford 
County,  Pa,,  on  June  21,  22  and  23,  1904,  the  Hotel  Rider  being  the 
official  headquarters. 
Cambridge  Springs  is  a  popular  Western  Pennsylvania  health  re- 
sort, which  has  established  a  widespread  reputation  for  the  variety 
and  excellence  of  its  numerous  mineral  springs.  It  is  situated  on  the 
Erie  Railroad,  about  twenty-seven  miles  west  of  Corry,  and  about 
thirty  miles  south  of  Erie. 
The  Hotel  Rider  is  a  magnificent  building,  situated  on  a  hill 
overlooking  the  town  and  capable  of  accommodating  about  600 
guests.  It  is  eminently  well  adapted  for  convention  purposes,  as  it 
is  furnished  with  every  facility  for  promoting  the  enjoyment  of  the 
guests,  and  is  provided  with  a  complete  theatrical  hall  in  which  the 
business  sessions  can  be  held  to  much  better  advantage  than  is  pos- 
sible where  one  of  the  parlors  of  the  hotel  has  to  be  utilized  for  the 
purpose,  as  is  usually  the  case. 
It  has  been  the  custom  in  the  past  to  hold  the  opening  session  on 
Tuesday;  but  this  year,  on  account  of  the  elaborate  preparations  of 
the  members  from  the  western  part  of  the  State,  to  show  their 
Eastern  confreres  as  much  of  the  surrounding  country  as  possible, 
it  was  necessary  for  President  Frailey  to  call  the  convention  to 
order  on  Monday  evening.  The  opening  session  was  attended  by 
many  members  who  had  arrived  on  Sunday  and  Monday  ;  but  the 
majority  of  the  members  not  arriving  until  Tuesday  morning, 
there  was  not  much  business  transacted  aside  from  the  reception  of 
