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College  Meeting. 
f  Am.  Jour.  Pharni. 
1    February,  1896. 
who  had  recommended  an  amendment  to  the  By-Laws,  in  a  substitution, Chapter 
VIII,  Article  V,  now  moved  the  adoption  of  said  amendment,  the  usual  interval 
of  notification  having  elapsed.  (This  amendment  will  be  found  in  full  under  the 
College  minutes,  in  the  November,  1895,  number  of  this  Journal.)  It  practi- 
cally provides  for  a  class,  to  be  known  and  designated  as  associate  members,  who 
shall  pay  $3  annually  in  advance,  instead  of  $5,  the  dues  of  regular,  active  mem- 
bers. These  associate  members  have  all  the  privileges  of  active  members 
accorded  them,  except  that  they  are  not  granted  the  right  to  vote,  nor  can  they 
hold  office.  By  compliance  with  the  conditions  and  terms  of  payment  already 
established,  any  associate  member  may  elect  to  become  an  active  member.  This 
amendment  was  adopted  by  a  unanimous  vote. 
It  was  verbally  stated  that  a  Committee  of  Apothecaries,  representing  the 
hospital  stewards  and  naval  apothecaries,  were  about  to  petition  Congress  in  a 
bill  providing  for  a  better  recognition  and  status  of  this  arm  of  the  National 
Service,  and  higher  grade  of  pay  ;  also  that  this  College  had  been  solicited  to 
use  its  influence  in  favor  of  this  bill.  After  discussion,  it  was  resolved  that  the 
secretary  be  instructed  to  address  the  Honorable  Secretaries  of  War  and 
Navy,  as  also  the  Committee  on  Naval  Affairs,  expressing  the  sense  of  approval 
of  this  College,  and  urging  the  favorable  consideration  of  the  provisions  of  the 
bill. 
The  Secretary  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  submitted  the  following  names  of 
gentlemen  who  had  been  elected  honorary  and  corresponding  members,  respec- 
tively. On  motion,  the  action  of  the  Board  was  approved,  and  the  nominations 
confirmed. 
Honorary  Members :  J.  H.  Maiden,  Sydney,  New  South  Wales;  Dr.  Oscar 
Loew,  Tokio,  Japan;  P.  L.  Simmonds,  The  Charter  House,  London,  England; 
Prof.  F.  K.  Lloyd,  Forest  Grove,  Oregon;  Dr.  F.  Hoffmann,  New  York. 
Corresponding  Members:  A.  B.  Wild,  Darjeeling,  Bengal,  India;  William 
Fawcett,  Gordon  Town,  Jamaica. 
Henry  Trimble,  ) 
Joseph  P.  Remington,  >■  Committee. 
Charges  Bueeock,  J 
On  motion,  meeting  adjourned. 
Wieeiam  B.  Thompson, 
Secretary. 
The  Agricultural  Gazette,  of  New  South  Wales,  states  that  there  is  still  liv- 
ing at  Kenmore,  in  excellent  health,  Mr.  Charles  Ledger,  the  man  who,  forty 
years  ago,  after  most  perilous  adventures,  introduced  the  variety  of  Cinchona 
Calisaya,  known  as  Ledgeriana,  into  the  island  of  Java,  and  not  much  after- 
ward introduced  a  flock  of  alpacas  and  other  animals  from  South  America  into 
Australia,  which  have  been  of  priceless  value  to  that  country.  Messrs.  Howard 
&  Sons,  the  great  quinine  firm,  say  that  the  supply  of  Peruvian  bark  from 
Java  is  almost  all  from  the  Ledgeriana  trees,  the  only  complaint  against  this 
variety  being  that  it  has  turned  out  so  rich  that  the  trees  are  supplying  too 
much  quinine  for  the  world  to  consume.  Perhaps  the  quantity  of  bark  which 
is  now  produced  every  year  from  seed  furnished  by  Mr.  Ledger  cannot  be  short 
of  10,000,000  pounds,  and  to  him,  more  than  any  one  else,  perhaps,  is  due  the 
fact  that  quinine  has  been  brought  within  the  means  of  the  very  poorest. 
