434  Twenty- first  Annual  Meeting  of  the 
f  Am.  Jour.  Phakm* 
I     Oct.  1,  1873. 
Richmond,  Va.,  September  16,  1873. 
To  the  President  of  the  British  Pharmaceutical  Conference, 
at  Bradford,  England ; 
We  return  your  fraternal  greetings. 
The  President 
Of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Conference. 
The  President  then  introduced  to  the  meeting  Hon.  A.  M.  Keiley, 
Mayor  of  the  City  of  Richmond,  who,  in  a  brilliant  and  happy  speech, 
extended  to  the  members  of  the  Association  and  their  ladies  a  most 
hearty  welcome  and  cordial  greeting.  The  frequent  applause  and, 
at  the  conclusion  of  the  speech,  the  hearty  cheers  testified  how  well 
his  remarks  had  been  appreciated  by  those  present.  The  President 
replied  briefly,  expressing  the  thanks  of  the  Association  for  the  hos- 
pitable reception. 
A  Committee  of  Credentials  was  appointed  by  the  chair,  as  follows  : 
Prof.  Procter,  of  Philadelphia;  Geo.  Leis,  of  Lawrence,  Kansas; 
and  Prof.  G.  F.  EL  Markoe,  of  Boston;  which  Committee  subse- 
quently reported  delegates  from  the  following  Associations,  duly 
accredited  to  the  meeting,  viz. :  the  Massachusetts,  New  York,  Phil- 
adelphia, Maryland,  National  (of  Washington,  D.  C),  Louisville, 
Chicago,  and  Tennessee  Colleges  of  Pharmacy,  the  New  Jersey, 
Newark,  Mississippi  State,  and  East  Saginaw  Pharmaceutical  Asso- 
ciations, the  Alumni  Associations  of  the  Massachusetts,  New  York, 
Philadelphia,  and  Maryland  Colleges  of  Pharmacy,  and  the  Literary 
and  Scientific  Society  of  the  German  Apothecaries  of  the  City  of 
New  York. 
At  a  subsequent  session  the  Secretary  handed  in  the  credentials 
of  the  Cincinnati  College  of  Pharmacy,  which  had  been  previously 
overlooked.  The  credentials  of  the  Kansas  College  of  Pharmacy, 
and  of  the  Allegheny  County  Pharmaceutical  Association,  not  having 
arrived,  Mr.  Geo.  Leis,  of  the  former,  and  Messrs.  W.  H.  Brill  and 
H.  S.  Lutz,  of  the  latter  Society,  were  invited  to  seats  as  dele- 
gates. 
Mr.  Balluff,  from  the  Business  Committee,  reported  resolutions 
inviting  to  seats  upon  the  floor  Professor  Pratt,  of  Washington  and 
Lee  University,  the  members  of  the  Faculty  of  the  Virginia  Medical 
College,  and  the  Medical  profession  in  general ;  also  a  resolution 
inviting  the  public  to  visit  the  exhibition  on  Wednesday  evening, 
between  the  hours  of  7J  and  9J  o'clock. 
