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sociation,  making  the  balance  in  the  hands  of  the  Treasurer 
$413.25." 
F.  Stearns,  ^ 
J.  F.  Moore,  >  Committee. 
H.  Haviland,  J 
Answers  to  the  Scientific  Queries,  proposed  at  the  last  meet- 
ing, were  now  called  for.  Thej  were  read  by  Dr.  Squibb,  Chair- 
man of  the  Business  Committee,  and  the  following  answers 
elicited : 
Query  1st. — Fermentation  and  cyptogamic  vegetation  viewed  as  de- 
structive agents  in  connection  with  drugs  and  pharmaceutical  prepara- 
tions. What  are  the  best  means  of  avoiding  the  former,  and  arresting 
the  growth  of  the  latter  without  injury  to  the  drugs  and  preparations? 
Answered  by  G.  J.  Scattergood,  by  whom  it  was  accepted,  in 
a  note  to  the  Association,  in  which  he  states : 
"In  answer  to  Query  No.  1, 1  desire  to  state  that  some  attention  has 
been  paid  to  the  subject,  and  experiments  performed  with  a  view  of  dis- 
covering the  cause  of  fermentation  in  syrups,  &c,  and  the  means  of  pre- 
venting it,  but  from  having  been  engaged  in  other  service  for  the  Asso- 
ciation (unexpected  at  the  time  of  accepting  the  Query),  I  have  been 
unable  to  investigate  the  matter  satisfactorily." 
It  was  continued  to  him. 
Query  2d. — Is  there  a  practical  process  whereby  Aloin  may  be  easily 
extracted  from  commercial  Aloes,  so  as  to  reduce  the  price  of  this  prin- 
ciple in  the  market? 
Not  being  replied  to  by  Mr.  P.  W.  Bedford,  he  made  some  re- 
marks as  to  his  investigation,  which  had  not  been  satisfactory  to 
himself,  and  it  was  referred  to  the  Committee  on  Queries. 
Query  3d. — Is  there  an  eligible  method,  by  means  of  which  all  the 
medicinal  matter  of  Cinchona  may  be  held  in  a  permanent  solution  with- 
out deposition  of  cincho-tannates  or  cinchonic  red  ? 
Answered  by  Mr.  A.  B.  Taylor ;  paper  was  referred  to  the 
Executive  Committee.  The  preparation  exhibited  by  Mr.  Taylor 
was  very  handsome  in  appearance  and  elicited  some  discussion, 
the  success  being  from  the  use  of  Glycerin  as  a  solvent,  in 
which  its  value  in  astringent  extracts  was  looked  upon  as  im- 
portant. 
Query  4th. — What  is  the  best  process  for  extracting  lard  so  as  to  fit 
it  for  the  purposes  of  pharmacy  ;  and  what  the  best  means  Tor  preserving 
it  for  use  during  the  summer  and  autumn  ? 
