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Governor  Bedle ;  also  a  committee  of  three  to  report  resolutions  relative  to  the 
death  of"  the  late  C.  W.  Badger. 
The  following  names  were  selected  by  the  Association  to  be  sent  to  the  Governor 
■to  constitute  the  Board  of  Examiners,  five  of  which  are  to  be  selected  : 
Albert  P.  Brown,  Camden  ;  Jos.  L.  DeLaCour,  Camden  ;  Emmor  H.  Lee,  Cam- 
den ;  R  Frohwein,  Elizabeth;  R  W.  Gardner,  Bloomfield ;  Chas,  Holzhauer, 
Newark;  R.  W.  Vandervoort,  Newark;  F.  L.  Plend,  Newark;  W.  M.  Townley, 
Newark;  W.  R.  Laird,  Jersey  City;  Jas.  R.  Merccin,  Jersey  City;  G.  W.  Phil- 
lips, Jersey  City;  James  S.  Stratton,  Bordentown ;  Randal  Rickey,  Trenton; 
Franklin  Dare,  Bridgeton. 
The  following  officers  were  unanimously  elected  for  the  ensuing  year  :  President, 
Charles  B.  Smith,  Newark;  First  Vice  President,  George  W.  C.  Phillips,  Jersey 
•City;  Second  Vice  President,  E.  H.Lee,  Camden;  Treasurer,  Wm.  Rust;  Re- 
cording Secretary,  A.  P.  Brown,  Camden  ;  Corresponding  Secretary,  R.  W.  Van- 
dervoort, Newark;  Standing  Committee — First  Vice  President,  ex-ofRcio  Chair- 
man ;  R.  J.  Shaw,  Plainfield  ;  Wm.  R.  Laird,  Jersey  City  ;  Charles  Holzhauer, 
Newark;  A.  S.  White,  Mt.  Holly;  R.  Rickey,  Trenton. 
We  have  the  pleasure  of  knowing  most  of  the  gentlemen  nominated  for  the 
.Board  of  Examiners,  and  congratulate  the  Association  for  the  very  judicious  selection. 
Pharmaceutical  Society  of  Great  Britain. — At  the  Pharmaceutical  Meeting  held 
March  7,  President  J.  Williams  in  the  chair,  Dr.  Paul  gave  a  description  of  the 
the  California  borax  lakes  (see  "Amer.  Jour.  Phar.,"  1866,  p.  235),  from  which  at 
the  present  time  large  quantities  of  borax  are  obtained,  and  Mr.  Robottom  spoke 
of  the  utility  of  this  salt  in  the  laundry  and  for  the  preservation  of  animal  and 
vegetable  substances.  The  President  alluded  to  the  value  of  borax  in  the  arts  as  a 
flux,  provided  it  could  be  obtained  in  sufficient  quantity  and  at  a  low  price. 
A  paper  was  read,  containing  notes  on  the  action  of  chlorine  upon  a  beam  of  light 
and  on  the  preparation  of  liquid  chlorine,  by  Dr.  A.  Senier  and  A.  J.  G.  Lowe. 
The  authors  failed  to  obtain  an  absorption  spectrum  from  chlorine,  thus  confirming 
results  previously  obtained.  Liquid  chlorine  was  prepared  from  the  crystallized 
hydrate,  Cl5H20,  by  draining  off  the  liquid  portion,  enclosing  the  crystals  in  a 
combustion  tube,  which  is  sealed  and  afterwards  heated  to  from  100  to  1500  F., 
when  the  chlorine  will  appear  below  the  chlorine  water  as  a  dense  deep  yellow,  oily 
looking  liquid. 
At  the  meeting  of  April  4,  Mr.  Holmes  called  attention  to  a  specimen  of  gum 
arab'iCy  which  formed  with  water  a  mucilage  that  was  gelatinous  when  concentrated, 
and  glairy,  like  white  of  egg,  when  diluted.  [The  same  gum  has  been  met  with  in 
the  United  States. — Editor.]  Mr.  Greenish  suggested  that  it  be  examined  for  cell 
tissue  and  starch  granules,  which  are  observed  in  tragacanth, 
Glass  wool  was  also  shown,  and  its  adaptability  for  filtering  corrosive  liquids  was 
favorably  commented  on.  A  specimen  of  pure  iodide  of  potassium  was  also  pre- 
sented, rather  as  a  chemical  curiosity;  also,  some  so-called  biphosphate  of  sodium, 
which  is  more  permanent  than  the  ordinary  phosphate  and  may  serve  a  useful 
purpose  in  medicine,  inasmuch  as  it  does  not  precipitate  calcium  phosphate  from 
solutions  of  calcium  chloride  unless  neutralized. 
