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The  Chairman  of  the  Committee  on  Transportation  has  furnished  the  follow- 
ing information,  which  will,  no  doubt,  be  supplemented  by  individual  circulars 
for  the  different  sections:  All  the  railroads  of  the  Trunk  Line,  Central,  West- 
ern and  Southern  Passenger  Associations,  have  agreed  to  furnish  a  rate  of  i}{ 
fare  on  the  certificate  plan.  In  purchasing  a  ticket,  a  certificate,  properly 
signed  by  the  agent,  must  be  secured,  upon  presentation  of  which  to  the  ticket 
agent  at  Montreal,  after  countersignature  by  the  permanent  secretary,  a  return 
ticket  will  be  issued  at  one-third  fare.  Tickets  to  Montreal  must  be  purchased 
between  August  9th  and  15th,  and  return  tickets  within  three  days  after  final 
adjournment  of  the  meeting. 
The  New  England  delegation  will  leave  Boston  on  Monday,  August  10th,  at 
9.40  a.m.,  by  Boston  and  Maine  Railroad,  reaching  the  Crawford  House  at  3.20 
p.m.  Here  the  party  will  remain  until  Tuesday,  at  12.35  p.m.,  thus  giving  an 
opportunity  of  enjoying  White  Mountain  scenery.    Arrive  in  Montreal  at  8.30 
P.M. 
The  New  York,  Pennsylvania  and  Southeastern  delegations  will  leave  New 
York  by  the  Delaware  and  Hudson  River  Railroad,  on  Tuesday  morning, 
August  nth,  passing  through  the  Adirondacks  and  reaching  Montreal  the 
same  evening. 
The  Western  delegations  will  meet  at  Chicago  and  leave  there  by  the  Wabash 
Railroad,  on  Sunday  afternoon,  August  9th,  for  Toronto,  Canada,  where  one  of 
the  Richelieu  and  Ontario  Navigation  Company's  steamers  will  be  taken,  and 
the  rest  of  the  trip  made  by  boat. to  Montreal,  arriving  about  8  p.m.  on 
Tuesday. 
Special  information,  if  desired,  may  be  obtained  from  the  members  of  the 
committee  :  Joseph  K.  Morrison,  Montreal,  Canada,  chairman  ;  Albert  K. 
Bbert,  Chicago,  111.;  Sam'l  A.  D.  Sheppard,  Boston,  Mass.;  Chas.  M.  Ford, 
Denver,  Col.;  Harry  Sharp,  Atlanta,  Ga. ;  Wm.  J.  M.  Gordon,  Cincinnati,  O.; 
Henry  M.  Whelpley,  St.  Louis,  Mo.;  C.  A.  Mayo,  New  York,  N.  Y.;  Louis  F. 
Chalin,  New  Orleans,  La.;  Wm.  M.  Searby,  San  Francisco,  Cal.;  Karl  Simmon, 
St.  Paul,  Minn. 
Chas.  Caspari,  Jr., 
Permanent  Secretary. 
The  following  provisional  programme  has  been  arranged: 
All  business  meetings  are  to  be  held  in  the  Ordinary  of  the  Windsor  Hotel  ; 
local  secretary's  office,  room  No.  2,  same  building. 
Wednesday,  August  12th. 
9.30  a.m.— Council  Meeting. 
2.30  p.m. — First  General  Session. 
9.00  p.m. — Reception  tendered  by  the  Pharmaceutical  Association  of  the 
Province  of  Quebec,  and  the  Montreal  College  of  Pharmacy,  in  the  parlors  of 
the  Windsor  Hotel. 
Thursday,  August  ijtk. 
10.00  a.m. — Second  General  Session. 
3.00  p.m.— Section  on  Commercial  Interests. 
8.30  p.m. — Section  on  Commercial  Interests. 
