5 1 6  Twenty-fifth  Annual  Meeting  of  the    { ^mJ™\l%rm 
The  Treasurer's  report,  which  was  now  read,  accounted  for  expenditures  during 
the  past  year  of  $5,55 9-9 8,  and  a  balance  on  hand  of  $954.39  ;  related  the  indifferent 
result  of  calling  in  the  certificates  of  membership  from  former  members,  and  referred 
to  the  life-members  under  the  old  constitution,  suggesting  that  they  voluntarily  pay 
the  net  cost  of  the  Proceedings  which  they  now  receive  free  of  charge.  The  accounts 
were  ordered  to  be  referred  to  an  auditing  committee  of  three,  consisting  of  Messrs. 
Eberle  of  Pennsylvania,  Gregory  of  Ontario,  and  Rogers  of  New  York. 
Mr.  Ingalls  extended  an  invitation  to  the  Association  to  hold  its  next  annuals 
meeting  at  Atlanta,  Ga.  5  a  similar  invitation  from  Cincinnati  was  read,  and  some 
discussion  was  had  as  to  the  best  time  for  holding  a  meeting  in  the  Southern  States. 
The  invitations  were  referred  to  Messrs.  Remington  of  Pennsylvania,  Baker  of 
Virginia,  and  Ebert  of  Illinois  for  consideration  and  report. 
The  introductory  part  of  the  report  on  the  Progress  of  Pharmacy  was  read  by- 
Mr.  Diehl,  and  referred  for  publication. 
The  following  reports  of  committees  were  read  :  On  Prize  Essays  (see  this  jour- 
nal, p.  265),  on  Legislation,  on  Adulterations  and  Sophistications,  and  on  the  Cen- 
tennial Exhibition,  the  latter  being  supplementary  to  the  one  published  in  the  last 
Proceedings.  The  suggestions  contained  in  the  report  on  Prize  Essays  were  sub- 
sequently referred  to  the  new  committee  to  be  reported  on  next  year. 
After  fixing  the  hour  of  the  next  session  the  Association  in  a  body  paid  a  visit  to- 
the  Exhibition  Room,  to  examine  the  numerous  specimens. 
THIRD  SESSION,  Tuesday  Afternoon,  September  5th. 
The  Minutes  of  the  previous  session  were  read  and  approved.  The  amendment 
to  the  By-Laws,  lying  over  from  last  year,  requiring  a  motion  for  expulsion  to  be 
laid  over  to  a  subsequent  session,  was  discussed,  and  received  19  affirmative  against 
7  negative  votes. 
The  committee  on  the  place  and  time  of  the  next  annual  meeting  reported  in. 
favor  of  Atlanta,  Ga.,  and  proposed  to  meet  there  on  the  third  Tuesday  of  Septem- 
ber next.  The  time  was  changed  to  the  first  Tuesday  of  the  same  month,  and  the 
report  then  adopted. 
His  Worship,  Angus  Morrison,  Esq.,  Mayor  of  Toronto,  was  introduced,  and 
welcomed  the  Association  to  the  city  and  to  the  hall  in  which  the  meeting  was.held. 
Dr.  Nichols  presented  the  report  of  the  committee  appointed  to  consider  the  sug- 
gestions made  by  the  officers.  The  first  portion,  relating  to  the  Centennial  Fund  in 
aid  of  original  investigations,  was  approved  and  adopted,  and  the  whole  subject 
placed  into  the  hands  of  a  committee  consisting  of  the  chairman  of  the  Executive 
Committee,  the  Treasurer  and  Permanent  Secretary,  who  were  empowered  to 
securely  invest  the  money  and  to  raise  $525  or  more  from  the  members.  The  sec- 
ond portion  of  the  report  referred  to  the  financial  condition  of  the  Association  and 
to  the  relation  of  the  life-members  ;  and  since  it  involved  alterations  of  the  By-Laws,, 
was  laid  over. 
Scientific  papers  being  called  up,  the  following  were  read: 
On  the  substitution  of  parts  by  weight  for  absolute  quantities  in  the  Pharmaco- 
poeia, Prof.  Sharpies,  in  a  brief  communication,  reiterated  the  views  expressed  the 
year  before. 
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