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ing  been  prevented  from  registering  in  consequence  of  not  finding  the  reg- 
ister upon  the  table  assigned  for  it. 
Shortly  after  the  appointed  hour  President  Bedford  called  the  meeting 
to  order,  and  appointed  Messrs.  E.  Lilly  of  Indianapolis,  P.  C.  Candidus 
of  Mobile  and  A.  W.  Miller  of  Philadelphia  a  committee  to  examine  cre- 
dentials. The  Local  Secretary,  Mr.  H.  E.  Griffith,  was  introduced  to  the 
meeting,  and,  referring  to  the  numerous  beauties  and  magnificent  scene- 
ries of  this  attractive  spot,  extended  a  hearty  welcome  to  the  visitors. 
The  President  delivered  his  annual  address,  in  which  he  referred  to  the 
history  of  this  Association,  to  the  rapid  increase  of  local  and  State  phar- 
maceutical associations,  to  the  enactment  of  pharmacy  laws,  to  the  forth- 
coming new  Pharmacopoeia,  and  to  various  other  matters  of  interest  and 
importance  to  pharmacy  in  general  and  to  the  Association  in  particular. 
The  address  was  well  received,  and,  on  motion  of  Dr.  Menninger,  received 
the  thanks  of  the  Association,  and  was  referred  to  a  committee  consisting 
of  ex-Presidents  Gordon,  Markoe  and  Bullock  for  consideration  and  report 
upon  the  suggestions. 
The  Council  reported  the  names  of  77  applicants  for  membership,  after 
which  the  various  committee  reports  were  read  by  title.  The  Committee 
on  Credentials  reported  that  delegates  had  been  accredited  from  the  Col- 
leges of  Pharmacy  of  Chicago,  Cincinnati,  Louisville,  Maryland,  Massa- 
chusetts, National  (Washington),  New  York,  Ontario,  Philadelphia,  Pitts- 
burgh and  St.  Louis ;  from  the  State  Pharmaceutical  Associations  of  Ala- 
bama, Connecticut,  Georgia,  Indiana,  Iowa,  Kansas,  Kentucky,  Massachu- 
setts, Missouri,  New  Hampshire,  New  Jersey,  New  York,  North  Carolina, 
Nova  Scotia,  Ohio,  Pennsylvania,  Rhode  Island,  South  Carolina,  Virginia, 
West  Virginia  and  Wisconsin;  from  the  Local  Associations  of  Albany 
County,  N.  Y.,  Cleveland,  O.,  Erie  County,  N.  Y.,  German  Apothecaries 
of  New  York,  Indianapolis,  Kings  County,  N.  Y.,  Lancaster  County,  Pa., 
Mobile  County,  Ala.,  Monroe  County,  N.  Y.,  Newark,  N.  J.,  Richmond, 
Va.,  and  Toledo,  O.;  and  from  the  Alumni  Associations  of  the  Chicago, 
Louisville,  Massachusetts,  New  York,  Philadelphia  and  St.  Louis  Colleges 
of  Pharmacy.  The  credentials  of  the  delegates  of  the  Western  Wholesale 
Drug  Association  were  referred  back  to  the  meeting,  the  committee  not 
being  able  to  satisfy  themselves  that  the  Association  was  entitled  to  delegates 
under  the  by-laws. 
A  motion  made  for  the  recognition  as  delegates  of  two  members  of  the 
Kings  County  Pharmaceutical  Society,  the  entire  delegation  being  absent, 
was,  after  some  opposition,  withdrawn.  The  committee  of  the  Western 
Wholesale  Drug  Association  were  then  invited  to  take  seats  and  partici- 
pate in  the  discussion  on  pharmaceutical  subjects  that  may  come  before  the 
meeting  ;  and  the  representatives  of  the  pharmaceutical  bodies  named  above 
were  received  as  delegates.  Mr.  Richardson,  of  St.  Louis,  as  the  chairman 
of  the  committee  named  before,  addressed  the  meeting,  stating  that  the 
association  he  represented  had  virtually  become  a  national  association,  and 
that,  though  working  in  different  paths,  the  field  of  labor  of  the  wholesale 
drug  and  pharmaceutical  associations  was  very  similar ;  he  ofiered  congra- 
tulations and  sympathy  in  the  persistent  labors  and  high  aims,  and  hoped 
