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Minutes  of  the  College. 
f  Am.  Jour.  Pharrru 
I        Jan.,  1887. 
Hermodactylus  of  the  ancients,  and  which  is  imported  into  the  Pun- 
jab from  Kashmir,  is  without  doubt  the  corms  of  Colchicum  luteum, 
Baker.  This  is  very  common  on  the  passes  in  Kashmir,  extending  as 
far  west  as  the  Murree  Hills  to  Abbotabad,  and  has  even  been  col- 
lected at  as  low  an  altitude  as  Lawrencepur.  The  corms  of  Colchicum 
luteum  may  be  occasionally  adulterated  with  those  of  Marendera 
Aitchisonii,  Hook,  fil.,  which  I  now  believe  is  a  variety  of  M.  persica, 
and  which  is  very  common  throughout  the  salt  range  extending  to 
Kashmir. — Phar.  Jour,  and  Trans.,  Dec.  11,  1886,  p.  465. 
MINUTE  OF  THE  COLLEGE. 
Philadelphia,  December  27,  1886. 
A  stated  meeting  of  the  members  of  the  College  of  Pharmacy  was  held  this 
day  at  the  usual  hour,  in  the  hall,  Chas.  Bullock  presiding.  Fourteen  members 
present.  The  minute  of  the  last  regular  meeting,  September  27th,  was  read, 
accepted  as  a  c  ^rreot  record,  and  adopted.  The  minutes  of  the  Board  of  Trus- 
tees for  the  months  of  October,  November  and  December,  were  read  by  the 
acting  Secretary,  and  on  motion,  approved. 
Under  the  consideration  of  general  business,  an  interchange  of  views  arose 
upon  the  propriety  of  a  more  strict  application  of  the  conditions  imposed  upon 
resigning  members  in  Article  XVI,  Chapter  8,  of  the  By-laws  of  the  College. 
The  article  reads, in  part,  as  follows:  "  No  resignation  shall  be  received  from 
any  active  member  of  the  College,  unless  the  same  be  accompanied  by  a  voucher 
that  his  certificate  has  been  returned,  or  destroyed,  and  all  arrearages 
paid." 
Instances  of  non-compliance  with  these  terms  led  to  a  generally  expressed 
sense  of  the  members  that,  hereafter  resignations  will  be  withheld  from  official 
action  until  satisfactorily  endorsed  by  the  Treasurer. 
As  a  topic  of  common  and  increasing  interest,  the  consideration  of  educa- 
tional advancement,  as  indicated  in  the  proceedings  of  the  Inter-Colonial  Phar- 
maceutical Conference,  held  at  Melbourne,  Australia,  in  October  last,  was 
brought  to  the  attention  of  the  members  by  Prof.  Maisch.  Eeference  was 
made  to  the  practical  operation  of  the  two  main  points,  or  features,  namely, 
that  of  "securing  a  uniform  system  and  standard  of  education,  throughout  Brit- 
ain and  her  Colonies,"  and  of  "making  certificates  of  attestation  interchangeable." 
A  diversity  of  opinion  was  expressed  upon  the  feasibility  of  including  Amer- 
ica in  the  application  of  such  system.  Some  members  viewed  such  as  the 
probable  purpose  and  object  of  the  movement— others  dissenting  from  this 
impression.  It  was  thought,  however,  that  a  more  explicit  understanding  of 
the  whole  subject  would  result  from  the  comment  and  discussion,  which  it 
will  receive  in  the  columns  of  the  various  periodicals.  One  other  important 
subject  developes  in  the  deliberations  of  the  Conference,  namely,  the  consider- 
