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ment  of  a  commission  of  competent  gentlemen,  who  shall  give  the  subject 
their  patient  consideration,  calling  to  their  aid  those  best  informed  upon 
all  matters  affecting  trade  and  manufactures.  The  report  was,  on  motion^ 
referred  to  the  in-coming  Board. 
Mr.  Dallam  submitted  a  resolution  to  the  efJ'ect  that  the  Exchange, 
through  its  Board  of  Directors,  institute  prosecutions  against  all  thieving 
employes  in  the  trade,  which  was  adoj)ted. 
The  election  for  officers  and  directors  resulted  as  follows :  President,, 
W.  J.  Jenks ;  Vice  President,  C.  B.  Linn;  Secretary,  A.  R.  Mcllwaine; 
Treasurer,  E.  H.  Hance.  Directors — William  Gulager,  A.  J.  Jones,  Dr. 
Richard  V.  Mattison,  W.  M.  Wilson,  Robert  Shoemaker,  H.  N.  Ritten- 
house,  H.  B.  Rosengarten  and  M.  N.  Kline. 
New  York  German  Apothecaries  Association.— At  the  annual 
meeting  the  following  officers  were  elected  for  the  year :  President,  P^ 
Fred.  Lehlbach  ;  First  Vice  President,  C.  Schleussner  ;  Second  Vice  Presi- 
dent, A.  Tscheppe ;  Recording  Secretary,  J.  B.  v.  Fuerstenwaerther ;  Cor- 
responding Secretary,  C.  Eimer;  Treasurer,  Theo.  Louis;  Archivist,  A. 
Tscheppe ;  Librarian,  Paul  Balluff ;  Trustees — G.  Hebberling,  Fr.  Burg- 
hoff,  G.  Pfingsten. 
The  association  numbers  114  members. 
Massachusetts  College  of  Pharmacy.— At  the  Pharmaceutical 
meeting  held  December  13,  the  subject  of  Pharmacopceia  Revision  was 
discussed  and  the  zealous  labor  of  the  Chairman  of  the  Committee  on 
Revision,  Dr.  Charles  Rice,  of  New  York,  commented  upon.  The  omis- 
sion of  al'l  doses  from  the  pharmacopoeia,  as  directed  by  the  National  Con- 
vention, was  discussed  in  its  various  aspects,  and  in  connection  with  this, 
the  responsibility  of  pharmacists  in  regard  to  doses  prescribed,  and  the 
propriety  of  adoption,  by  lohysicians,  of  a  uniform  sign  for  indicating  the- 
correctness  of  an  unusual  dose,  that  may  be  prescribed. 
Cincinnati  College  of  Pharmacy. — At  the  annual  meeting  held 
January  10th,  the  following  officers  were  elected:  President,  James  H. 
Feemster;  Recording  Secretary,  Wm.  J.  Martin  ;  Corresponding  Secre- 
tary, F.  Schuerman  ;  Treasurer,  Chas.  Faust ;  Trustees — George  Eger,  Dr. 
R.  M.  Byrnes,  H.  Wrede,  M.  Gleick,  and  F.  A.  Kautz,  the  latter  to  serve 
the  unexpired  term  of  Jas.  H.  Feemster. 
The  Virginia  State  Pharmaceutical  Association  was  organized 
at  Petersburg,  January  4th.  The  Pharmaceutical  Association  of  that  city 
had  issued  a  call,  in  response  to  which  a  number  of  pharmacists  from  dif- 
ferent parts  of  the  State  assembled  and  effected  a  temporary  organization 
by  the  election  of  W.  F.  Spotswood,  of  Petersburg,  chairman,  and  p].  R.. 
Beckwith,  of  the  same  city,  secretary.  After  the  permanent  organization 
had  been  agreed  upon,  the  following  officers  were  chosen  :  President,  T. 
Roberts  Baker,  Richmond;  Vice  Presidents— C.  A.  Santos,  Norfolk,  Wnu 
E.  French,  Petersburg,  C.  H.  Lumsden,  Lynchburg,  and  G.  W.  May,, 
