Minutes  of  the  College. 
("Am. Jour.  Pharm. 
\      May,  1877. 
The  Committee  on  Publication  respectfully  report  that  the  "Journal"  has  been  issued  with  a  good 
degree  of  punctuality  on  the  first  of  each  month. 
The  committee  has  aimed  at  the  publication  of  such  a  monthly  number  as  would  place  in  stock 
sufficient  to  meet  a  future  expected  demand ;  of  these  it  has  devoted  fifty  copies  of  each  issue  to  be  laid 
aside,  and  at  the  end  of  the  year  completing  the  volume,  to  have  them  tied  up  in  volumes.  These  vol- 
umes are  not  broken  for  the  supply  of  single  numbers. 
The  accumulation  of  stock  in  "Journals  "  has  induced  the  committee  to  offer  the  volumes  from  1836 
to  1852  at  the  price  of  $1.00 ;  from  1853  (when  the  bi-monthly  issue  commenced)  to  1869  at  $1.50  per  vol. 
Of  sixteen  volumes  the  committee  can  only  supply  scattered  monthly  numbers. 
The  General  Index  to  the  first  forty  volumes  did  not  meet  with  the  attention  it  deserved  from  those 
possessing  the  "Journal."  The  committee  thinks  the  advantage  of  the  index  will  be  more  apparent  in 
future  years,  and  that  but  little  loss  will  result  to  the  College  from  the  publication. 
In  common  with  all  periodicals,  the  "  Journal  of  Pharmacy  "  has  felt  the  depression  of  the  last  year ; 
collections  have  been  attended  with  more  delay,  and  the  amount  realized  falls  somewhat  behind  former 
years  ;  there  are  but  few  debts,  however,  which  will  be  ultimately  lost.  The  number  of  subscribers  and 
advertisers  has  kept  up  very  well,  under  the  adverse  condition  of  business. 
The  committee  refers  with  pleasure  to  the  energy  and  promptness  of  the  Business  Editor,  as  one  of 
the  elements  of  its  sound  financial  condition. 
HENRY  N.  RITTENHOUSE, 
Chairman  of  Committee. 
The  Editor,  in  his  report  to  the  Publication  Committee,  alludes  to  the  contribu- 
tors to  the  "  Journal "  for  the  last  year,  and  gives  an  account  of  the  number  who 
furnished  original  communications,  and  much  other  statistical  matter  of  interest 
connected  therewith.  A  considerable  amount  of  matter  was  obtained  for  publica- 
tion from  the  Pharmaceutical  Meetings,  which  have  of  late  been  highly  interesting 
and  instructive.    He  says  : 
The  Editor  is  pleased  to  report  that  not  only  has  the  "Journal"  been  regularly  issued,  but  likewise 
that  the  interest  manifested  by  its  readers  and  contributors  has  been  unabated. 
The  Editor  would  again  urge  upon  the  members  of  the  College  the  importance  of  sustaining  the 
Pharmaceutical  Meetings,  partly  by  attending  them  as  regularly  as  possible,  partly  by  the  presentation 
of  papers  and  by  participating  in  the  discussions. 
Thanking  the  various  authors  for  their  valuable  assistance,  the  author  bespeaks  for  the  "Journal"  a 
continuation  of  the  lively  interest  shown  by  all  its  numerous  friends. 
JOHN  M.  MAISCH,  Editor. 
The  Treasurer  of  the  Publication  Committee,  Mr.  Bullock,  presented  his  report, 
by  which  it  is  shown  that,  notwithstanding  the  depressed  condition  of  affairs 
throughout  the  country,  the  financial  condition  of  the  committee  is  about  equal  to 
that  heretofore  exhibited,  which  may  be  attributed  largely  to  the  energy  and  ability 
of  the  Business  Editor,  whose  favorable  report  entitles  him  to  the  thanks  of  the 
College. 
The  annexed  report  of  Joseph  P.  Remington,  Curator,  was  read,  and,  on  motion, 
accepted. 
Since  the  last  report  was  presented,  many  alterations  and  additions  have  been  made  to  the  Cabinet. 
A  year  ago  the  work  of  re-arranging  the  old  specimens,  and  finding  places  for  the  new,  was  begun, 
and  it  was  not  until  the  latter  part  of  May,  1876,  that  sufficient  progress  had  been  made  to  warrant  an 
exhibition  at  the  reception  held  in  that  month. 
The  International  Exhibition  has  been  the  means  of  largely  adding  to  the  stock  cf  specimens,  until 
now  there  is  a  condition  of  affairs  similar  to  that  of  three  years  ago,  when  the  cry  was  for  more  room ; 
there  is  this  difference,  however,  that  the  number  of  specimens  has  now  more  than  trebled. 
The  greater  number  of  substances  are  now  distinctly,  and  it  is  believed  accurately,  labeled,  with  the 
exception,  however,  of  the  recent  additions,  sufficient  time  not  having  elapsed  to  commence  this  work. 
The  thanks  of  the  College  are  due  for  the  presentation  of  the  following  collections  of  drugs,  prepara- 
tions, chemicals,  etc. : 
