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MINUTES  OF  THE 
Query  No.  7,  relative  to  Chlorinated  Lime,  was  not  replied 
to,  and  was  dropped. 
Query  No.  8,  on  the  Crystalline  deposit  in  fluid-extract  of 
Cloves,  was  answered  by  F.  Llewellyn,  of  Louisville,  in  a  paper 
read  by  the  Secretary,  which  was  referred  for  publication. 
Query  No.  10,  on  Buchu,  being  called  for,  Thomas  A.  Lan- 
caster stated  that  his  investigation  was  incomplete,  and  requested 
the  subject  to  be  continued  another  year. 
Query  13,  on  Competition  as  a  means  of  Progress  in  Pharmacy, 
accepted  by  Mr.  Colcord,  and  Query  14,  relative  to  a  Universal 
Pharmacopoeia,  accepted  by  Mr.  Doliber,  were  not  answered, 
and  were  dropped  from  the  list. 
Owing  to  the  absence  of  many  who  had  papers  to  read,  the 
Business  Committee  brought  forward  the  following  resolutions  : 
Resolved,  That  the  Permanent  Secretary  be  directed  suitably  to  ac- 
knowledge the  obligations  of  the  Association  to  the 
University  of  Pennsylvania,  Medical  Department, 
Pennsylvania  Academy  of  Fine  Arts, 
The  College  of  Physicians  and  Surgeons, 
The  Pennsylvania  Asylum  for  the  Blind, 
The  Franklin  Institute, 
The  Mercantile  Library, 
Librarian  of  the  American  Philosophical  Society,  and  the 
Directors  of  the  Sanitarium  at  Media; 
With  the  acceptance  of  their  kind  invitations,  and  the  thanks  of  the 
Association. 
Resolved,  That  it  is  the  deliberate  conviction  of  this  Association  that 
the  present  high  tariff  on  the  importation  of  drugs  is  detrimental  to  the 
interests  of  this  Association,  without  yielding  a  corresponding  revenue, 
if  revenue  at  all ;  and  that,  therefore,  the  Committee  on  the  Drug  Market 
be  instructed  to  embrace  the  subject  of  the  present  tariff  in  the  report  of 
that  Committee  to  the  next  annual  meeting,  to  the  end  that  the  influences 
of  this  Association  may  be  wisely  directed  in  this  matter. 
After  due  consideration,  these  resolutions  were  adopted. 
After  some  general  remarks  of  a  conversational  character,  the 
meeting  adjourned  until  10  o'clock  on  Thursday  morning. 
Fifth  Session. — Friday  Morning,  Sept.  10th. 
President  Edward  Parrish  called  the  meeting  to  order  at  10 
o'clock. 
The  reading  of  the  minutes  of  last  session  was  dispensed  with. 
