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Jas.  F.  Aspinwall,  of  New  York  ;  Fred.  A.  Keffer,  of  New  Orleans, 
and  Darius  B.  Kidder,  of  Boston. 
The  Permanent  Secretary  reported  that  the  action  of  the  Associ- 
ation at  the  Richmond  meeting,  aiming  at  a  uniformity  in  unofficinal 
elixirs,  had  been  received  with  almost  universal  favor.  Under  date 
of  July  13,  an  invitation  was  extended,  in  compliance  with  resolutions 
passed  at  St.  Louis,  to  the  Fourth  International  Pharmaceutical 
Congress,  held  at  St.  Petersburg,  Russia,  August  13th  to  18th,  to 
call  the  meeting  of  the  Fifth  Congress  in  Philadelphia  in  1876,  or  if 
this  should  be  deemed  inexpedient,  the  invitation  was  extended  to  all 
Societies  represented  at  St.  Petersburg,  and  to  all  pharmacists  to 
meet  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association  at  its  24th  annual 
meeting,  to  be  held  in  Philadelphia  during  the  International 
Industrial  Exposition  in  1876.  Attention  was  also  drawn  to  the 
questions  that  were  to  come  up  for  discussion  at  St.  Petersburg  (see 
Amer.  Jour.  Pharm.,  1874,  April,  p.  205)  and  it  was  urged  that  this 
Association  participate  in  the  preparation  of  an  International  Phar- 
macopoeia, should  the  Congress  create  an  International  Commission 
with  this  project  in  view.  It  was  likewise  proposed,  that  whenever 
possible,  the  likeness  of  one  or  more  of  the  deceased  members  should 
be  published  with  the  Proceedings.  The  incidental  expenses  of  the 
Secretary  during  the  past  year,  exclusive  of  traveling  expenses  and 
journals  for  the  use  of  the  Reporter  on  the  Progress  of  Pharmacy 
were  $352.46,  the  principal  items  being  for  porterage  and  freight 
$133.10 ;  postage  stamps,  $153  ;  packing  boxes,  etc.,  $27.60  ;  circu- 
lars, $17.50,  and  fire  insurance,  $17.50. 
The  following  committee  was  appointed  to  examine  and  report  on 
the  specimens  on  exhibition  :  James  T.  King,  Middletown,  N.  Y.  ; 
T.  N.  Jamieson,  Chicago;  A.  R.  Bayley,  Cambridgeport,  Mass.  ; 
Clay  W.  Holmes,  Wilkesbarre,  Pa.,  and  Vincent  Davis,  Louisville. 
President  Hancock  read  the  Annual  Address,  a  very  valuable 
document,  which  was  attentively  listened  to,  and,  together  with  the 
Secretary's  report,  referred  to  a  committee  of  three,  to  report  on 
such  portions  of  the  two  documents  requiring  the  action  of  the  Asso- 
ciation. The  committee  consisted  of  Messrs.  J.  F.  Mou-*^,  William 
Neergaard  and  A.  W.  Miller.  A  unanimous  vote  of  thanks  was  ten- 
dered to  the  President  for  his  able  address,  after  which  the  Associa- 
tion adjourned  until  9  o'clock  the  following  morning. 
