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Editorials. 
f  Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
t        Oct.,  1891. 
E.  M.  Holmes,  London  ;  W.  Kirkby,  Manchester  ;  J.  Munday,  Cardiff ;  and 
J.  L.  Ewing,  Edinburgh. 
Auditors — D.  Anthony,  Cardiff,  and  Thomas  Thompson,  Edinburgh. 
Hon.  Local  Secretaries — Peter  Boa  and  Claude  F.  Henry,  Edinburgh. 
Hearty  thanks  were  then  voted  to  the  local  members,  and  especially  to 
Messrs.  Coleman,  Munday,  Yorath  and  Anthony,  for  making  the  arrange- 
ments necessary  for  the  entertainment  of  the  Conference  ;  to  the  Mayor  and 
Corporation  of  Cardiff  for  the  use  of  the  Town  Hall  Assembly  Rooms  for  the 
reception,  and  to  Principal  V.  Jones  and  the  Council  of  the  University  College 
of  South  Wales  for  the  use  of  the  lecture  theatre  in  which  the  meetings  of  the 
Conference  were  held.  Lastly  came  the  vote  of  thanks  to  the  President, 
moved  in  happy  terms  by  Mr.  S.  R.  Atkins  and  seconded  by  Mr.  Tyrer  and 
adopted  with  an  enthusiasm  that  must  have  convinced  Mr.  Martindaee  of 
the  general  appreciation  of  the  admirable  manner  he  had  fulfilled  the  duties  of 
the  chair. 
After  the  conclusion  of  the  business,  a  party,  numbering  about  one  hundred 
and  fifty,  were  conveyed  in  brakes  to  Caerphilly  Castle,  where  they  were  enter- 
tained to  tea  in  the  ancient  banqueting  hall  by  the  Mayor  of  Cardiff,  after 
which  a  lucid  sketch  of  the  history  of  the  castle  was  given  by  Mr.  Robert 
Drane.  The  drive  was  through  a  beautiful  district,  but  the  enjoyment  was 
again  marred  to  some  extent  by  the  fall  of  several  very  heavy  showers. 
Thursday  morning  was  fairly  fine,  and  about  one  hundred  and  fifty  of  the 
members  of  the  Conference  and  their  friends  met  at  the  Great  Western  Station 
for  the  final  excursion.  The  first  stage  was  by  the  South  Wales  Railway  via 
Newport  and  Chepstow  to  Lydney.  Here  vehicles  were  waiting,  in  which  the 
party  was  driven  through  a  beautiful  country  to  the  Speech  House,  in  the 
Forest  of  Dean.  An  excellent  luncheon  having  been  disposed  of,  the  oppor- 
tunity was  taken  to  thank  the  local  committee  of  ladies  and  the  managers  of 
the  excursion,  and  after  a  short  interval  the  carriages  were  entered  and  a  start 
was  made  for  Symon's  Yat.  By  this  time,  however,  rain  had  again  set  in,  and 
continued  almost  without  cessation  to  the  end  of  the  day.  It  did  not,  however, 
spoil  all  the  pleasure,  and  the  wonderful  view  of  the  winding  Wye  from  the 
top  of  the  Yat,  although  obscured  to  some  extent,  won  the  admiration  of  all 
who  saw  it  for  the  first  time.  Tea  was  served  in  the  Rock  Lea  House,  and 
that  over,  a  special  train  conveyed  the  party  past  Monmouth,  Tintern  and  Chep- 
stow, back  to  Cardiff,  which  was  reached  soon  after  half-past  eight. — Phar. 
Tour,  and  Trans.,  August  22. 
EDITORIALS. 
Female  Pharmacists  hi  Russia. — The  State  Council  of  Russia  has  decided 
to  admit  females  to  the  stud)'  of  pharmacy  at  all  Russian  universities  ;  they 
must  be  not  less  than  16,  or  more' than  40  years  of  age,  and  after  three  years' 
studv  may  present  themselves  for  the  final  examinations,  the  same  as  the  male 
candidates. 
So-called  Eucalyptus  Honey. — The  history  of  the  alleged  discovery^,  in  Tas- 
mania, of  honey  charged  with  eucalyptol,  was  printed  in  this  Journal  for  Sep- 
tember, 1SS7,  p.  472  ;  and  in  the  May  number,  1889,  p.  264,  the  fraudulent 
character  of  this  product  was  exposed  in  an  article  taken  from  the  Australian 
