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annually,  assisted  by  a  commissary  of  poliee  or  the  mayor  of  the  commune, 
to  insure  the  good  quality  of  medicines.  The  members  of  the  syndic 
chamber  to  be  elected  by  the  pharmaciens  of  each  department  of  France 
from  among  their  number. 
Certain  scientific  questions  were  also  discussed,  and  medals  granted  for 
the  best  papers  in  reference  to  the  solanese  and  the  tannins. 
The  International  Congress  consisted  of  delegates  from  seventeen  distinct 
Nationalities,  and  about  a  hundred  and  thirty  members.  Oar  readers  will 
find  a  report  on  this  subject  at  page  561.  The  meeting  took  place  in  the 
Hall  of  the  Society  of  Pharmacy,  which  was  too  small  to  accommodate  the 
Convention  comfortably.  Some  of  the  most  noted  pharmaceutists  of  Europe 
were  here  drawn  together,  and  not  the  least  important  part  of  its  results 
will  grow  out  of  the  social  intermingling  of  these  well-known  members  of 
the  profession  of  Pharmacy. 
Meeting  of  the  Association. — Our  readers  will  find  a  report  of  the 
meeting  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association,  made  up  from  notes 
furnished  by  Prof.  Maisch,  the  permanent  Secretary.  Owing  to  not  being 
present  at  the  meeting,  the  Editor  is  unable  to  fill  in  many  references  to 
the  discussions,  which  have  usually  appeared  in  the  Journal  report,  and 
the  phonographic  report  did  not  come  to  hand  in  time  to  profit  by  it.  The 
occasion  appears  to  have  been  one  of  unusual  interest,  and  the  papers  read 
numerous.  We  hope  to  be  able  to  present  our  readers  some  of  these  in 
future  issues.  The  Exhibition  which  accompanied  the  meeting  was  the 
largest  ever  offered  to  the  Association,  and  we  have  transferred  the  report- 
on  its  items,  printed  in  the  Dricggists'  Circular  of  October,  to  the  present 
number.  See  page  5G8.  The  movement  in  reference  to  improving  the 
financial  condition  of  the  Association  has  our  hearty  approval,  especially 
that  relating  to  the  abolition  of  life  membership. 
Excursion  of  the  Association. 
On  Friday  afternoon,  September  13th,  at  three  o'clock,  the  members 
with  their  wives  and  daughters  to  the  number  of  three  hundred,  met  on 
board  the  steamer  Thomas  Collyer,  and  proceeded  down  the  bay  to  Sandy 
Hook,  and  returning  passed  around  Governor's  Island  and  up  the  Hudson 
to  Yonkers  and  back.  The  weather  proved  delightful,  the  music  excel- 
lent, and  a  handsome  collation  served  on  board,  proved  to  be  not  only 
£'  good  of  its  kind  "  but  of  the  right  kind,  giving  eminent  satisfaction. 
Just  before  landing,  the  floral  decorations  of  the  tables  were  distributed 
among  the  ladies.  In  addition  to  the  other  objects  of  interest,  two  natu- 
ral phenomena,  a  Lunar  Eclipse  and  an  Aurora  of  great  beauty,  were 
visible  to  the  excursionists,  (as  they  were  to  the  writer  who  enjoyed  them 
highly  from  the  deck  of  the  Minnesota  as  she  was  steaming  across  the 
Atlantic).    The  boat  arrived  at  the  pier  at  9  P.  M.  without  accident. 
