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which,  like  the  statue  itself,  is  of  marble  (see  Plate  XXIV).  The 
following  inscriptions  were  engraved  on  the  pedestal  in  175 1  :* 
Hans  :  Sloane  Bar  :  Archiatro 
Insignissimo  Botanices  Fautori 
Hoc  honoris  causa  Monimentum. 
Inque  perpetuam  ejus  memoriam. 
Sacrum  voluit 
Societas  Pharmacopceior  :  Londinens  : 
MDCCXXXIII. 
THEY 
Being  Sensible  how  necessary 
that  Branch  of  Science  is 
to  the  faithful  discharging  the  Duty 
of  their  Profession , 
With  grateful  Hearts 
and  general  Consent 
Ordered  this  Statue  to  be  Erected 
In  the  year  of  our  Lord  1733, 
That  their  Successors  and  Posterity 
may  never  forget 
their  Common  Benefactor. 
Placed  here  in  the  Year  1737. 
Sr.  Benjamin  Rawling,  Knt.  Master 
Mr.  Joseph  Miller     \  Warden5. 
Mr.  Joseph  Richards  J 
(To  be  continued.) 
U.  S.  PHARMACOPCEIAL  BUSINESS  AFFAIRS. 
The  Board  of  Trustees  met  at  Pittsburg,  December  2d.  Mem- 
bers J.  H.  Beal,  A.  E.  Ebert,  J.  P.  Remington,  S.  A.  D.  Sheppard, 
and  H.  M.  Whelpley  were  present.  Horatio  C.  Wood  was  absent. 
Secretary  Murray  Gait  Motter  has  issued  to  the  members  the  official 
minutes  of  the  proceedings.  A  resume  of  the  work  of  the  Committee 
of  Revision  to  be  published  in  convenient  form  was  discussed,  but  no 
definite  action  taken  by  the  trustees. 
1  According  to  Barrett  the  Latin  inscription  which  was  to  be  cut  on  the 
statue  of  Sir  Hans  Sloane  was  finally  decided  upon  on  August  22,  1771,  and  its 
terms  are  inserted  in  the  minute-book  in  full. 
