570  PHILADELPHIA  COLLEGE  OF  PHARMACY. 
mittees.  The  revision  of  the  Pharmacopoeia  was  discussed  and  provided 
for,  and  various  scientifics  subjects  were  reported  on  by  individuals  to 
whom  they  had  been  referred.  The  members  in  attendance  generally  ex- 
pressed themselves  gratified  with  the  results  of  the  meeting,  and  the 
weather  proving  fine,  added  not  a  little  to  the  satisfaction  of  all  concerned. 
Appended  to  this  report  is  a  copy  of  the  Minutes  of  the  meeting  as  they 
will  appear  in  the  American  Journal  of  Pharmacy  for  November.  The 
undersigned,  in  common  with  other  members  of  the  Association,  partook 
of  the  elegant  entertainment  provided  by  the  Local  Committee  of  this 
College,  in  the  College  Hall,  and  were  gratified  with  the  manner  in  which 
it  was  conducted.  The  report  of  the  Local  Committee  will  doubtless  give 
a  full  account  of  this  part  of  the  history  of  the  Association  meeting. 
Signed  by  the  Delegates. 
The  services  of  the  Local  Committee  were  spoken  of  with  approval  by 
several  of  the  members,  and  a  unanimous  vote  of  thanks  adopted  by  the 
Board  of  Trustees  was  directed  to  be  entered  on  the  Minutes  of  the  College. 
The  following  report  of  the  Committee  on  the  Sinking  Fund  was  read: 
In  the  Fall  of  1846  the  Finance  Committee  having  concluded  its  ardu- 
ous duty,  of  reducing  the  debt  of  the  College  from  seven  thousand  and 
eight  hundred  dollars  to  three  thousand  dollars,  a  Committee  of  three 
members  was  appointed  to  be  called  the  Committee  on  the  Sinking  Fund5 
whose  duty  it  was  to  invest  such  sums  as  might  from  time  to  time  be 
placed  at  their  disposal  in  the  purchase  of  the  remaining  debt  of  the 
College.  This  Committee  for  the  past  ten  years  has  annually  reported 
its  proceedings  to  the  College  at  its  stated  meetings  in  the  3d  month,  but 
has  never  had  its  accounts  examined. 
Having  at  length  the  pleasure  of  communicating  to  this  body  that  they 
believe  they  have  faithfully  accomplished  the  object  of  their  appointment, 
having  this  summer  paid  off  the  last  share  of  loan  created  in  the  year 
1832  to  build  the  Hall  on  Zane  street,  they  herewith  hand  an  account  of 
their  receipts  and  disbursements,  and  ask  that  a  Committee  may  be  ap- 
pointed to  examine  and  settle  the  same. 
They  also  offer  the  following : — 
Resolved,  That  a  Committee  on  the  Sinking  Fund  be  continued,  and 
annually  appointed  to  receive  and  invest  such  sums  as  may  from  time  to 
time  be  placed  at  their  disposal  from  the  proceeds  of  Latin  Labels,  Patent 
Medicine  Directions  and  other  sources,  and  apply  it  in  the  first  place  to 
paying  off  the  debt  of  the  College  created  this  summer  for  repairs  and  im- 
provements to  the  building  ;  and  in  the  second  place  to  invest  in  good  and 
safe  securities,  for  the  purpose  of  creating  a  fund  to  pay  off  the  ground 
rent  still  remaining  on  the  College  Hall. 
Samuel  F.  Troth, 
Ambrose  Smith, 
Edward  Parrish. 
Philadelphia,  9th  month  22d,  1857. 
On  motion,  the  report  was  accepted,  and  the  resolution  contained  in  it 
was  adopted. 
Thomas  P.  James  and  Robert  Bridges  were  appointed  to  audit  the  ac- 
counts of  this  Committee  to  this  date. 
The  following  resolution,  offered  by  Prof.  Thomas,  was  unanimously 
adopted,  directed  to  be  engrossed,  signed  by  the  President  and  Secretary, 
and  presented  to  the  Chairman  of  the  SinkiDg  Fund  Committee : 
