AMERICAN  PHARMACEUTICAL  ASSOCIATION.  491 
The  Business  Committee  moved  the  thanks  of  the  Association 
to  the  retiring  President,  Frederick  Stearns,  and  the  other 
officers  of  the  past  year,  for  the  efficient  performance  of  their 
respective  duties  ;  which  was  carried  unanimously. 
The  Eeport  of  the  Committee  on  the  Progress  of  Pharmacy 
being  called  for,  the  Chairman,  C.  Lewis  Diehl,  read  extracts 
from  it,  and  explained  its  general  arrangement,  which  is  simi- 
lar to  those  of  preceding  years.  The  Eeport  was  on  motion 
accepted,  and  referred  to  the  Executive  Committee  for  publi- 
cation. 
The  Chairman,  Win.  A.  Brewer,  read  the  Eeport  of  the 
Committee  on  the  Drug  Market,  followed  by  a  supplementary 
Eeport  by  Samuel  M.  Colcord.  Both  papers  were  accepted, 
and  referred  for  publication. 
A  discussion  occurred  regarding  the  adulterations  noticed 
during  the  past  year,  namely,  spurious  assafoetida  and  myrrh, 
adulterated  volatile  oils,  cream  of  tartar,  and  other  drugs  and 
commodities;  also  on  government  sales  of  highly  adulterated 
drugs  which  had  been  captured  during  the  late  war. 
The  Chairman  of  the  Business  Committee  read  a  communi- 
cation from  Messrs.  Perkins,  Stern  &  Co.,  importers  of  Califor- 
nia wines,  inviting  the  Association  to  visit  their  establishment. 
The  reading  of  the  Eeport  on  Queries  was  deferred. 
Prof.  Edward  Parrish  read  the  report  of  the  Committee  on 
the  Internal  Eevenue  Law,  of  which  President  Stearns  was 
Chairman,  which  was  accepted  and  referred  for  publication. 
A  spirited  discussion  ensued  on  the  burden  imposed  on  legiti- 
mate pharmacy  by  the  high  tax  on  alcohol,  and  on  the  frauds 
perpetrated  on  the  government  in  the  collection  of  this  tax ; 
suggestions  were  advanced  showing  how  relief  may  be  ob- 
tained. 
The  Chairman  of  the  Business  Committee  stated  that  at  least 
one  member  who  had  been  deprived  of  the  benefits  of 
the  Association  during  the  late  war  had  not  received  the 
circulars  issued  by  the  Secretary ;  he  therefore  moved  that  to 
all  such  members  the  provisions  of  the  resolution  in  regard  to 
them,  passed  at  the  fourth  session  of  the  fourteenth  annual 
meeting,  at  Detroit,  be  extended,  so  as  to  give  them  time  until 
