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included  in  the  contract,  were  incurred  from  causes  expedient  or  necessary. 
These,  together  with  the  cost  of  furnace  for  warming  the  building,  and  gas 
fixtures,  it  was  thought  would  require  from  $8000  to  $10,000  more  money 
than  has  been  collected.  Of  this  amount,  about  $1500  subscribed  was  yet 
uncollected.  The  members  of  the  College  were  exhorted  by  the  Chair  to 
renewed  exertion  in  collecting  funds  promptly  to  enable  the  Building  Com- 
mittee to  complete  their  task  without  the  legacy  of  a  debt  upon  the  Col- 
lege. 
The  recommendation  from  the  Board  of  Trustees  for  the  transfer  of  cer- 
tain funds  of  the  College  by  the  Treasurer,  was  concurred  in. 
John  Bley  having  been  recommended  by  the  Board  of  Trustees  for  resi- 
dent membership,  an  election  was  ordered  ;  Ambrose  Smith  and  Daniel 
S.  Jones,  acting  as  tellers,  reported  his  unanimous  election. 
The  semi-annual  election  being  ordered,  the  tellers  reported  the  election 
for  Trustees  of  Wilson  H.  Pile,  M.D.,  Edward  Parrish,  Alfred  B.  Tay- 
lor, Evan  T.  Ellis,  William  C.  Bakes,  William  J.  Jenks,  Henry  N.  Ritten- 
house,  Charles  Shivers. 
Committee  on  Deceased  Members. — Edward  Parrish,  William  Procter,  Jr., 
Charles  Bullock. 
Charles  Bullock,  Secretary. 
ti&Mtortal  Department 
The  Sixteenth  Annual  Meeting  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical 
Association  commenced  and  concluded  its  seven  sittings  during  the 
second  week  of  September  last,  in  accordance  with  the  announcement  in 
our  last  number,  and  at  the  place  then  specified.  At  the  last  moment  it 
was  determined,  wisely,  not  to  plaster  the  large  lecture  room  before  the 
meeting,  as  it  would  have  been  impossible  to  have  made  it  sufficiently  dry 
to  be  safe  to  health.  Abundant  seats  were  provided,  and  sufficient  table 
room  to  accommodate  the  officers  and  reporters. 
We  give  a  pretty  full  report  of  the  minutes,  having,  as  usual,  had  per- 
mission from  the  Secretary  to  avail  ourselves  of  his  rough  notes,  and  the 
reports  of  committees.  The  meeting  was  well  attended  ,  about  130  having 
recorded  their  names,  and  a  number  omitted  this  duty.  The  list  of  new 
members  admitted  at  this  meeting  was  75,  so  that  the  roll  at  present  is 
about  800  members. 
Of  the  reports,  that  on  the  Progress  of  Pharmacy,  by  Mr.  Diehl,  and 
that  on  the  Drug  Market,  by  Mr.  Bobbins,  were  particularly  noticeable. 
The  statistical  tables  of  the  latter  report  have  been  prepared  with  great 
care,  and  when  the  Proceedings  are  published  it  will  be  seen  just  what 
relation  drugs  sustain  in  the  tariff  for  revenue,  and  what  a  disproportion- 
ate tax  they  bear  compared  with  most  other  commodities. 
