438  Twenty-first  Annual  Meeting  of  the    { %J™;  gjjf 
ing  been  appointed  tellers,  the  President  was  directed  to  deposit  an 
affirmative  ballot  for  all  the  nominees.  Professors  Procter  and 
Stabler  were  appointed  a  Committee  to  conduct  the  President  elect 
to  the  chair ;  but  Mr.  John  F.  Hancock  not  being  in  the  hall,  the 
first  Vice-President  elect,  Mr.  Wm.  Saunders,  was  invited  to  preside. 
Dr.  Tufts  read  the  Annual  Report  of  the  Treasurer,  which  was 
accepted  and  referred  to  an  Auditing  Committee,  to  be  appointed  by 
the  President. 
There  was  a  balance  of  over  $900  in  the  hands  of  the  Treasurer 
at  the  beginning  of  the  meeting. 
The  following  letter  was  read : 
September  12,  1873. 
To  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association  : 
Gentlemen  : — To  further  original  investigation  and  to  inaugurate  a  system 
of  prizes  by  this  Association  to  those  who  by  study  and  application  shall  add 
to  our  knowledge  of  medicinal  substances,  I  have  the  pleasure  to  present  to 
this  Association  the  enclosed  sum  ($500)  to  be  used  in  the  following  manner  : 
The  money  to  be  properly  invested  by  order  of  the  Executive  Committee,  and 
the  annual  interest  derived  therefrom  to  be  appropriated  for  conferring  a  suit- 
able prize  for  the  best  essay  or  written  contribution  containing  an  original 
investigation  of  a  medicinal  substauce,  determining  new  properties  or  contain- 
ing other  meritorious  contributions  to  knowledge,  or  for  improved  methods  of 
determined  merit  for  the  preparation  of  chemical  or  pharmacal  products.  The 
prize  to  be  awarded  by  a  suitable  committee  within  six  months  after  the  annual 
meeting  at  which  the  essays  are  presented  for  competition ;  provided  that  in 
case  no  one  of  the  essays  offered  is  of  sufficient  merit  to  justify  the  award,  in 
the  judgment  of  the  committee,  all  maybe  rejected,  and  the  sum  added  to  that 
of  the  fund.  Respectfully, 
Albert  E.  Ebert. 
The  gift  was  accepted  with  the  thanks  of  the  Association,  and  the 
President  directed  to  appoint  a  committee  of  three  to  carry  out  the 
objects  of  the  donor.  This  fund  was,  later  in  the  session,  directed 
to  be  called  the  Ebert  Fund,  and  the  prizes  awarded  from  the  pro- 
ceeds thereof  the  Ebert  prize,  agreeable  to  a  resolution  offered  by 
Mr.  G.  Leis. 
The  President  elect,  having  arrived,  took  the  chair  after  some  ap- 
propriate remarks,  and  appointed  Messrs.  N.  H.  Jennings,  of  Balti- 
more; Benj.  Stacey,  of  Cambridgeport :  and  T.  Roberts  Baker,  of 
Richmond,  a  Committee  to  Audit  the  Treasurer's  Accounts. 
Propositions  for  membership  were  received  and  the  applicants  duly 
elected,  Messrs.  Hassencamp  and  Jones  acting  as  tellers. 
The  report  of  the  Committee  on  Adulteration  and  Sophistications 
