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MINUTES OP THE COLLEGE. 
Whereupon it was 
Resolved, That a committee of five members be appointed 
to take the foregoing communication into consideration, and 
to report at a future meeting what course to pursue. 
The Chair appointed William R. Fisher, Henry Troth, 
Elias Durand, William W. Moore, and Charles Ellis, 
that Committee. 
The following is their Report: 
To the President and Members of the Philadelphia 
College of Pharmacy. 
Gentlemen: — 
The Committee appointed by resolution of 21st of February, 
to take into consideration, and report at the next stated meeting, 
upon the communication addressed to the College, by the 
Committee of the National Convention for revising and 
publishing the United States Pharmacopoeia, respectfully 
reports — 
That, in accordance with the terms of the resolution under 
which they were appointed, they have duly considered the 
communication referred to them, and, after having examined 
and maturely deliberated upon the subject in all its bearings, 
they are disposed to recommend that the College accept the 
invitation which has been tendered to it, to become, to the ex- 
tent of its abilities, a co-laborer in the great work in which the 
National Convention is engaged. The Committee is of opi- 
nion that the College possesses, within its range, ample means 
to contribute towards a National Pharmacopoeia, and that 
from the intelligence, zeal, and industry of its members, may 
be derived important aid of a practical character, and of the 
highest utility. The pages of our own Journal, during the 
period which has elapsed since the publication of the last 
Pharmacopoeia, exhibit conclusive evidence that neither talent 
nor industry are wanting on the part of the members and 
alumni of our institution, and the pages of that Pharmacopoeia 
itself, show that the authority of our Journal, although then 
in its infancy, was deemed, by the Convention of that period, 
