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of  St.  Croix  rum  had  the  specific  gravity  -930  =  44  per  cent,  alcoliol.  The 
fragrance  of  these  and  similar  spirits  may  be  compared  by  first  filling  a 
clean  test  tube  or  small  vial  and  then  emptying  it,  after  which  the  peculiar 
flavor  and  its  permanence  become  more  apparent. 
A  vote  of  thanks  to  Mr.  A.  H.  Riise  was  passed,  and  the  paper  referred 
to  the  Publication  Committee. 
Dr.  L,  Wolff' read  a  paper  on  chlorinated  oil  (see  page  273),  illustrated  the 
chemical  nature  of  the  substitution  compounds  on  the  blackboard,  and 
exhibited  specimens  of  chlorinated  oils,  and  of  soap  prepared  from  them. 
The  thanks  of  the  meeting  were  extended  to  Dr.  Wolf!',  and  the  paper  was 
referred  to  the  Publication  Committee. 
During  the  discussion  on  this  paper  it  was  stated  that  commercial  olive 
oil  was  frequently  adulterated  with  cotton  seed  oil,  and  it  was  said  that  the 
latter  was  also  mixed  with  lard  oil,  and  that  a  reliable  test  for  its  presence 
was  very  desirable. 
Dr.  A.  W.  Miller  spoke  of  a  new  and  clumsy  adulteration  of  sassafras 
oil  with  kerosene,  detected  by  its  odor  and  its  insolubility  in  alcohol ;  a 
sample  of  the  adulterated  oil  was  exhibited. 
Also  a  new  vermilion  substitute^  free  from  mercury  and  of  handsome 
appearance ;  it  is  said  to  be  made  from  a  fine  specimen  of  orange  mineral 
tinted  with  eosine. 
On  motion,  the  meeting  adjourned. 
William  McIntyre,  Registrar  pro  tern. 
PHARMACEUTICAL  COLLEGES  AND  ASSOCIATIONS. 
Chicago  College  of  Pharmacy. — The  adjourned  annual  meeting  was 
held  in  the  Library  of  the  College,  May  2d.  After  the  reading  of  the 
minutes  of  the  semi-annual  and  of  the  special  meetings  of  the  College, 
President  Bartlett  read  the  annual  address,  in  which  he  reviewed  the  work 
of  the  College  for  the  past  and  made  suggestions  as  to  the  future  of  the 
institution.  Reports  of  the  various  standing  committees  were  read — that 
of  the  Lecture  Committee  showing  that  the  past  session  had  been  the  most 
prosperous,  the  number  of  students  having  largely  increased  and  the  ave- 
rage proficiency  having  been  unusually  high. 
The  annual  election  was  then  lield,  in  which  the  following  oflflcers  were 
cliosen  :  President,  Prof.  N.  Gray  Bartlett;  Vice  Presidents— Mr.  George 
Buck  and  Prof.  G.  M.  Hambright;  Recording  and  Corresponding  Secre- 
tary, Judson  S.  Jacobus;  Treasurer,  T.  H.  Patterson;  Trustees— Messrs. 
H.  Biroth,  E.  H.  Sargent,  Thos.  Whitfield,  J.  H.  Wilson,  H.  D.  Garrison, 
J.  C.  Borcherdt,  E.  K.  McPlierson,  F.  H.  Secord,  R.  H.  Cowdry  and  J.  L. 
T.  Davison. 
St.  Louis  (College  oe  Pharmacy.— The  Board  of  Trustees  have 
re-elected  the  faculty  of  the  last  session:  Dr.  V.  ().  Curtman,  chemistry; 
