AMERICAN  PHARMACEUTICAL  ASSOCIATION.  491 
Paine,  Chicago,  G.  T.  Chamberlain,  St.  Louis,  T.  R.  Spence, 
Detroit,  J.  S.  Melvin,  Boston. 
The  communication  from  H.  J.  Bailey,  M.  D.,  of  New  York, 
referred  to  the  Executive  Committee  this  morning,  was  read  and 
laid  on  the  table. 
The  Report  of  the  Executive  Committee  of  last  year  was  again 
read,  and  was  adopted. 
The  Report  of  the  Committee  on  the  Progress  of  Pharmacy, 
was  presented  by  W.  Procter,  Jr.,  Chairman  of  the  Committee, 
who  read  various  portions  of  the  report,  (the  whole  document  being 
too  long)  so  as  to  give  the  meeting  an  idea  of  its  contents.  Ap- 
pended to  this  report  was  a  statement  by  the  present  Drug  Exami- 
ner at  New  York,  Dr.  Merkle,  exhibiting  the  kinds  and  amount 
of  drugs  passed  daily  from  June  1st,  to  August  31st,  1857,  which 
was  furnished  at  the  request  of  a  member  of  the  Committee. 
The  whole  was  referred  to  the  Executive  Committee. 
On  motion  of  T.  S.  Wiegand,  it  was  Resolved,  That  the  Report 
of  the  Committee  on  the  Progress  of  Pharmacy  be  accepted,  and 
that  the  thanks  of  the  Association  be  tendered  to  that  committee 
for  their  very  able  and  interesting  report,  and  that  it  be  pub- 
lished in  the  proceedings  in  extenso. 
The  Report  of  the  late  Treasurer  was  read,  and  on  motion  was 
referred  to  a  committee  of  two  to  audit,  consisting  of  C.  B. 
Guthrie  and  T.  S.  Wiegand. 
Hennell  Stevens,  of  Philadelphia,  was  proposed  by  the  Exec- 
utive Committee,  and  elected  a  member  of  the  Association. 
On  motion,  adjourned  to  meet  at  9  o'clock  to-morrow  morning. 
Third  Bay — Morning  Session — Sept.  10th,  1857. 
The  Convention  was  called  to  order  by  the  President.  The 
Secretary  called  the  roll,  and  read  the  minutes  of  the  preceding 
meeting,  which  were  adopted. 
The  attention  of  the  Association  was  called  by  J.  Meakim  to 
the  decease  of  one  of  its  members,  Benjamin  Qanavan  of  New 
York,  in  the  following  preamble  and  resolution,  which  were 
adopted  and  directed  to  be  embodied  in  the  minutes  : 
Mr.  President, — While  we  have  cause  for  thankfulness  that 
during  the  past  year  the  members  of  our  Association  generally 
have  enjoyed  health;  it  becomes  my  mournful  duty  to  announce 
