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California  Pharmaceutical  Society. — The  31st  regular  meeting  was  held 
on  May  8th,  President  J.  A.  Bauer  in  the  chair.  After  the  transaction  of  the 
usual  business  of  the  Society,  the  Board  of  Directors  reported  a  list  of  sixteen 
uames  of  persons  eligible  to  be  nominated  for  the  election  of  a  Board  of  Ex- 
aminers, as  required  under  the  act  lately  passed  to  regulate  the  practice  of 
Pharmacy  in  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco.  The  election  being  held, 
the  following  gentlemen  were  elected  to  constitute  the  Board  of  Examiners  : 
John  Calvert,  Wm.  T.  Wenzell,  Jas.  G.  Steele,  Wm.  Simpson  and  J.  W. 
Forbes. 
The  Secretary  called  the  attention  of  the  meeting  to  the  non-payment  of 
dues  on  the  part  of  some  country  members,  and  requested  instruction;  when, 
on  motion,  the  Secretary  was  authorized  to  notify  all  delinquents  of  a  year's 
duration  that  they  would  cease  to  continue  as  members  if  their  dues  were  not 
paid  prior  to  the  next  regular  meeting. 
The  32d  regular  meeting  was  held  on  June  the  12th,  Mr.  Frost,  of  Vallejo, 
in  the  absence  of  the  President,  in  the  chair.  After  the  usual  routine  of  busi- 
ness, and  the  report  of  the  Board  of  Directors  relative  to  some  local  matters 
of  the  Society,  the  Board  of  Examiners,  through  their  Secretary,  Mr.  Steele, 
reported  that  the  Board  had  qualified  before  the  City  Clerk,  and  were  now 
constituted  State  officers  ;  that  there  had  been  125  registrations  in  accordance 
with  the  provisions  of  the  new  law,  and  23  applications  not  yet  passed  upon  ; 
that,  further,  the  Board  had  concluded  to  extend  the  time  of  registration  for 
ten  days,  and  that  all  moneys  received,  after  the  incidental  expenses  of  the 
Board  were  defrayed,  would  go  into  the  funds  of  the  California  Pharmaceuti- 
cal Society.  The  Board  of  Directors  also  gave  notice  that  at  the  next  regular 
meeting  of  the  Society  a  resolution  would  be  introduced  creating  a  College 
Committee,  with  power  to  transact  business  pertaining  to  the  establishment  of 
a  College  of  Pharmacy. 
Wm.  T.  Wenzell,  Cor.  Secretary. 
The  Chemists  and  Druggists'  Improvement  Society,  London,  Ontario,  was 
formed  in  September,  1871,  and  held  its  first  examination,  at  the  Mechanics' 
Institute,  on  May  6th.  On  May  8th  a  general  meeting  was  held,  at  which  the 
following  officers  were  elected:  Dr.  F.  H.  Mitchell,  President;  H.  Rosser. 
Vice-President ;  F.  J.  Osborne,  Treasurer,  and  J.  Williams,  Secretary.  Dur- 
ing the  summer  semi-monthly  meetings  will  be  held  for  the  study  of  botany, 
and  from  the  first  of  October  the  meetings  will  be  weekly  for  the  study  of 
materia  medica  and  chemistry. 
The  Pharmaceutical  Association  of  the  Province  of  Quebec  held  its 
second  annual  meeting  on  May  23d,  in  the  Laval  University,  at  Quebec,  the 
President,  Mr.  Nathan  Mercer,  in  the  chair.  In  his  opening  address  the 
President  discussed  the  origin,  growth,  aims  and  future  prospects  of  the 
Association  ;  springing  from  the  Montreal  Chemists'  Association,  a  charter  of 
incorporation  by  Parliament  for  the  Provincial  Association  was  granted  ;  but 
a  transfer  of  the  examining  power  from  the  College  of  Physicians, and  Surgeons 
