AMERICAN  PHARMACEUTICAL  ASSOCIATION.  473 
The  following  named  gentlemen  were  brought  forward  by  the  Execu- 
tive Committee  as  Candidates  for  membership,  viz  : — 
David  Howath,  Andover,  Mass. 
Benj  Gilpatrick,  Jr.,  Boston,  Mass. 
Wm.  H.  Squire,  Germantown,  Pa. 
Frederick  Kollman,  Philada.,  Pa. 
Ferris  Bringhurst,Wilmington,  Del. 
Wm.  J.  Allinson,  Burlington,  N.J. 
W.  Fisher,  New  York  City. 
A.  W.  Gabaudan.  New  York  City. 
William  H.  Macrea,  Factoryville, 
Staten  Island,  N.  Y. 
Henry  W.  Lesley,  Bristol,  Pa. 
They  were  duly  elected  by  ballot,  Mr.  Wright,  of  New  York,  and  Mr. 
Parrish,  of  Philadelphia,  acting  as  tellers. 
The  Report  of  the  Executive  Committee  being  called  for,  it  was  read 
by  the  Chairman,  W.  Procter,  Jr.,  and  laid  on  the  table  for  future  con- 
sideration. 
The  Report  of  the  Committee  on  the  Progress  of  Pharmacy  being 
called  for,  the  Chairman,  J.  M.  Maisch,  presented  a  voluminous  report, 
which,  after  a  few  remarks,  was  laid  on  the  table  for  future  disposition. 
Invitations  from  the  Academy  of  Natural  Sciences,  and  from  Surgeon 
Thomas,  of  the  United  States  Army  Department  of  the  Episcopal  Hos- 
pital, to  visit  those  Institutions,  were  received,  and  read  by  the  Secretary, 
who  was  directed  to  return  the  thanks  of  the  Association. 
Reports  of  Special  Committees  being  in  order,  that  on  <£  Adultera- 
tions "  was  called  for.  Wm.  Procter,  Jr.,  stated  that  the  Chairman, 
Charles  T.  Carney,  of  Boston,  had  been  ill  for  many  months,  and  wholly 
unable  to  accomplish  the  Report ;  that  two  other  members  of  the 
Committee  had  died  since  the  last  meeting,  and  the  remaining  members 
were  unaware  of  Mr.  Carney's  illness  until  too  late  to  prepare  a  Report. 
Samuel  M.  Colcord,  Chairman  of  the  Committee  on  the  sale  of  Poisons, 
stated  that  no  report  had  been  prepared,  owing  to  the  postpone- 
ment of  the  meeting  last  year,  and  the  uncertainty  of  there  being  one 
this,  until  May  last,  since  which  time  his  business  engagements  and  do- 
mestic affliction  have  prevented  it. 
The  object  of  the  appointment  of  the  Committee  to  promote  the  at- 
tendance of  members  at  St.  Louis,  being  defeated  by  the  failure  of  that 
meeting  in  1861,  said  Committee  had  no  report  to  make. 
It  being  now  in  order  to  appoint  a  Committee  for  the  nomination  of 
Officers  to  serve  during  the  ensuing  year,  the  delegations  present  selected 
the  following  gentlemen  in  accordance  with  a  constitutional  provision. 
Samuel  M.  Colcord,  of  the  Massachusetts  College  of  Pharmacy. 
P.  W.  Bedford,  "      New  York 
Edward  Parrish,  >:  Philadelphia  "  " 
J.  Jacob  Thomsen,      "      Maryland  "  " 
To  whom  the  President  added  : 
Ferdinand  F.  Mayer,  of    New  York. 
Ferris  Bringhurst,       "     Wilmington,  Delaware. 
J.  Faris  Moore,  "  Baltimore. 
