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Boston,  on  the  24th  of  August  next,  to  act  as  their  Representatives  at  the 
meeting. 
Charles  Ellis,  ) 
W.  Procter,  Jr.,  J 
On  behalf  of  the  Delegation. 
,  rROCTER,  JR.,  ) 
Philadelphia,  3d  mo,  1853. 
The  following  Report  of  the  Publishing  Committee,  accompanied  by  a 
statement  of  the  financial  condition  of  the  Journal,  was  read  and  accepted : 
To  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy. 
The  Publishing  Committee  respectfully  report,  that  since  their  last  com- 
munication the  Journal  has  been  regularly  issued.  In  accordance  with  the 
hints  contained  in  the  Report  to  the  last  annual  meeting,  the  committee  have 
deemed  it  advisable,  after  careful  consideration,  to  enlarge  the  size  of  the 
volume  by  increasing  the  frequency  of  issue  to  six  times  a  year,  preserving 
the  size  of  the  numbers  at  96  pages  as  heretofore.  By  this  arrangement,  the 
subscribers  receive  the  Journal  on  the  first  of  every  alternate  month,  com- 
mencing wilh  January,  and  have  576  pages,  instead  of  384,  advantages  which 
many  of  them  have  not  failed  to  appreciate. 
The  number  of  copies  printed  has  been  increased  one-third.  To  partially 
meet  the  greatly  increased  expenditure  occasioned  by  these  changes,  the 
Committee  have  fixed  the  price  at  three  dollars  per  annum,  or  five  dollars 
for  two  years  in  advance,  a  charge  which  has  been  cordially  met  by  a  large 
number  of  the  subscribers. 
The  variety  of  matter  embraced  in  the  Journal  continues  unabated,  and  the 
disposition  to  support  the  work,  in  a  scientific  point  of  view,  has  not  retro- 
graded, although  the  number  of  original  communications  is  smaller  than  it 
should  be,  in  view  of  the  many  pharmaceutists  who  are  capable  of  making 
observations  worthy  of  record. 
The  annexed  exhibit  of  the  Treasurer  shows  the  state  of  the  finances  to  be 
healthy  ;  yet  the  Committee  believe  that  until  the  experiment  now  in  course 
be  fully  tried,  the  funds  of  the  Committee  should  not  be  drawn  on  in  favor  of 
the  sinking  fund  committee. 
Charles  Ellis,  A.  B.  Taylor, 
ProFj  Bridges,  E.  Parrish, 
March  28th}  1853.  VV.  Procter,  Jr. 
At  last  Report  there  was  a  balance  in  the  hands  of  the 
Committee,  of  .  .  .  $620.20 
Receipts  through  the  year,        .  .  .    #       .  1032.42 
$1652.62 
To  expenses  of  printing,  editing,  collecting,  &c,  :  1166.70 
Leaving  balance  in  hands  of  Committee,  .  .  $485,92 
The  Committee  on  Latin  Labels  made  a  satisfactory  Report,  which  was 
accepted. 
On  motion  of  Professor  Procter,  the  following  Resolution  was  adopted  : 
Resolved,  That  this  College  approves  of  the  objects  and  proceedings  of 
the  National  Pharmaceutical  Convention,  held  in  Philadelphia,  October, 
1852,  and  cordially  tenders  its  support  to  the  American  Pharmaceutical 
Association. 
The  College  proceeded  to  the  annual  election  of  officers,  and  also  for  five 
delegates  to  the  next  meeting  of  the  Association,  to  be  held  at  Boston. 
After  a  recess,  the  Tellers  reported  that  the  following  members  had  re- 
