518 
.  PROCEEDINGS  OF  THE 
47.  What  is  the  best  form  and  material  for  a  still  for  the  pharmaceu 
tist's  use  of  from  two  to  four  gallons  capacity,  appropriate  for  heating  by 
gas  or  stove  heat,  which  shall  combine  economy  with  efficiency  and  fitness? 
Continued  to  Dr.  E.  R.  Squibb,  of  Brooklyn,  New  York. 
48.  An  inquiry  relative  to  the  comparative  value  of  the  several  arrow 
roots  of  commerce,  which  are  derived  from  the  Maranta  arundinacea,  &c. 
the  query  of  last  year. 
Continued  to  Evan  T.  Ellis,  of  Philadelphia. 
49.  European  Pharmacy, — what  are  the  chief  differences  and  points  of 
resemblance  between  it,  and  our  own  ? 
Continued  to  Robert  Battey,  M.  D.,  of  Rome,  Georgia. 
50.  What  are  the  principal  sources  of  oil  of  sassafras  for  the  supply  of 
commerce,  and  what  is  its  mode  of  manufacture  and  the  quantity  pro- 
duced annually  ? 
Continued  to  Alphceus  P.  Sharp,  Baltimore,  Md. 
The  Committee  desire  to  receive  authority  to  add  to  this  list 
such  of  the  unanswered  questions  of  1880,  and  others,  as  they 
may  deem  most  likely  to  receive  attention  from  the  gentlemen 
to  whom  they  may  be  intrusted. 
William  Procter,  Jr.,  Chairman, 
Thomas  S.  Wiegand, 
Edward  R.  Squibb, 
Charles  A.  Tufts, 
Frederick  L.  John, 
New  York ,  Sept.  14,  1860.  Committee. 
After  some  informal  discussion  on  the  subject  of  offering  pri- 
zes for  scientific  papers,  on  motion  it  was  laid  over  to  come  up 
with  the  unfinished  business  next  year. 
Query  No.  30.  On  "  Patents  in  their  relation  to  Pharmacy 
and  Medicine,"  by  Edward  Parrish,  was  now  read,  (it  having  been 
mislaid  when  called  for  in  the  proper  order,)  and  was  referred  to 
the  Executive  Committee. 
The  President  announced  the  following  gentlemen  as  the  com- 
mittee of  three  called  for  by  the  resolution  in  relation  to  the  sale 
of  Poisons: 
Samuel  M.  Colcord,  of  Boston, 
William  Procter,  Jr.,  of  Philadelphia, 
William  J.  M.  Gordon,  of  Cincinnati, 
