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Obituary. 
( Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
\      March,  1898. 
Georgia  Phosphates. — A  preliminary  report  on  a  part  of  the  phosphates  and 
marls  of  the  State  has  just  been  published  by  State  Geologist  W.  S.  Yates. 
The  report  has  been  prepared  by  the  Assistant  State  Geologist,  S.  W.  McCallie. 
The  conclusions  of  the  document  are  as  follows  :  The  result  of  our  investiga- 
tions in  the  various  countries  lying  along  the  Georgia- Florida  State  line  dem- 
onstrates to  a  considerable  degree  of  certainty  two  very  important  economic 
facts.  First,  that  there  do  not  exist  anywhere  along  the  State  line  with  the 
exception,  probably,  of  Thomas  County,  any  deposits  of  phosphate  of  sufficient 
extent  and  purity  to  be  mined  with  profit  for  the  manufacture  of  commercial 
fertilizer  at  its  present  market  value.  Second,  that  all  these  counties  contain 
more  or  less  exter.sive  beds  of  marl,  or  low-grade  phosphate — a  valuable  nat- 
ural fertilizer  that  might  be  used  to  a  great  extent  in  replacing  the  more  costly 
manures.  There  can  be  little  doubt  that  the  deposits  of  marl  are  extensive, 
and  equal  in  many  respects  the  green-sand  beds  of  New  Jersey.  In  only  a 
few  instances  have  they  been  tried  on  growing  crops,  but  in  all  cases  they  are 
reported  to  have  produced  beneficial  results. —  The  Journal  of  the  Society  of 
Chemical  Industry,  January  31,  1898. 
Petroleum  in  Java.— According  to  a  French  Consular  Report,  there  are,  in 
the  district  of  Iyidah  and  Koetei,  40  wells,  with  an  average  production  of  19,800 
gallons  of  oil,  which  could  easily  be  increased  to  25,000  gallons.  Recent 
reports  are  to  the  effect  that  two  new  wells  have  been  discovered,  producing 
some  2,400  barrels  per  day  additional.  In  the  district  of  Panolan  there  are 
fifteen  wells,  the  largest  of  which  has  a  daily  production  of  2,400  barrels.  The 
wells  of  Tinawen  have  been  but  little  exploited.  A  company  has  obtained  a 
ten-year  concession  for  this  district,  and  the  probable  yield  is  estimated  at 
1,600  cases  a  day.  There  are  two  refineries,  and  another  in  process  of  con- 
struction. The  paraffin  factory  at  Ploentoeran,  which  has  a  capacity  of  pro- 
duction of  6,000  pounds  a  day,  is  only  partially  in  action.  A  factory  at  Wono- 
krano  supplies  all  the  oils  necessary  for  the  sugar  refineries  and  for  the  rail- 
roads of  Java.  Statistics  for  the  last  eight  years  show  that  the  production  of 
refined  petroleum  on  this  island  increased  from  8,000  cases  in  1889  to  1,250,000 
cases  in  1896.  Java,  on  account  of  its  geographical  position,  finds  the  cost  of 
transportation  to  the  Eastern  markets  comparatively  small. —  The  Journal  of 
the  Society  of  Chemical  Industry,  January  31,  1898. 
OBITUARY. 
Thomas  j.  husband. 
The  venerable  druggist,  Thomas  J.  Husband,  died  at  his  home,  241  South 
Eighth  Street,  this  city,  on  January  21st,  in  the  eighty-fifth  year  of  his  age.  Mr. 
Husband  was  born  in  Maryland,  but  came  to  this  city  when  quite  young.  He 
was  apprenticed  as  a  druggist,  and  in  1833  graduated  from  the  Philadelphia 
College  of  Pharmacy,  his  graduating  thesis  being  entitled  "Experiments  on 
Galipea  Officinalis."  He  early  identified  himself  with  the  work  of  the 
College  by  becoming  a  member,  and  in  1835  was  elected  a  member  of  its 
Board  of  Trustees.  Mr.  Husband  was  for  many  years  engaged  in  the  retail 
drug  business  at  Third  and  Spruce  Streets,  but  was  best  known  to  the  drug 
trade  at  large  as  the  originator  and  manufacturer  of  "Husband's  Magnesia." 
Mr.  Husband  belonged  to  the  Society  of  Friends,  and  was  esteemed  for  his 
fine  personal  qualifications. 
