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Editorial. 
(  Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
I     Sept.  1,  1871. 
Much  discussion  ensued  upon  the  subject  of  examination  and  registration  ot 
apothecaries,  and  the  meeting  resolved  that  any  bill  to  be  considered  in  the 
Legislature  should  be  drawn  and  presented  by  a  joint  Committee  of  the  Cali- 
fornia Medical  Society  and  the  California  Pharmaceutical  Society.  The  Chair- 
man of  the  Examining  Committee  stated  also,  that  the  Committee  were 
convinced  of  the  necessity  of  asking  an  appropriation  from  the  next  State 
Legislature  wherewith  to  establish  a  College  of  Pharmacy  for  San  Francisco. 
Mr.  Parks  presented  a  sample  of  California  opium  assaying  over  nine  per 
cent,  of  morphia;  and  Mr.  Steele  exhibited  various  samples  of  elixirs,  syrups, 
etc.,  made  from  formulas  of  the  Newark  Pharmaceutical  Association,  and  pub- 
lished in  the  American  Journal  of  Pharmacy  and  the  Chicago  Pharmacist. 
The  Chairman  called  the  attention  of  the  meeting  to  the  next  annual  meet- 
ing of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association,  to  be  held  at  St.  Louis  in 
September  next. 
It  was  resolved  that  the  Executive  Committee  be  instructed  to  appoint  three 
members  of  the  Society  as  delegates  to  the  National  Convention,  and  that  the 
Secretary  furnish  them  with  the  necessary  credentials. 
The  German  Apothecaries  Society,  Branch  South  Germany,  will  hold  their 
annual  meeting  at  AVorms,  September  7th  and  8th. 
(SMtortal  SJepartmeuL 
Reduction  of  Fare  for  the  Attendants  at  the  Next  Meeting  of  the  Ame- 
rican Pharmaceutical  Association. — The  Permanent  Secretary  has  effected 
an  arrangement  with  the  Pennsylvania  Central  Railroad,  to  carry  members  and 
delegates  and  their  families  to  St.  Louis  and  back  at  the  following  rates  :  From 
Harrisburg,  $25  ;  from  Baltimore,  $26  ;  from  Philadelphia,  $27  ;  from  New 
York,  $30 ;  and  from  Boston,  $33,  which  is  a  reduction  to  nearly  one-half  the 
regular  through  fares.  West  of  Pittsburg,  members  will  have  the  choice  of 
the  following  three  routes  to  St.  Louis,  namely,  via  Columbus  and  Indianapolis, 
via  Columbus  and  Cincinnati,  and  via  Crestline  and  Indianapolis. 
Tickets  will  be  sold  at  the  offices  of  the  Pa.  C.  R.  R.  in  the  above  cities  only 
upon  an  order  to  be  obtained  from  the  Permanent  Secretary,  and  upon  each 
order  only  one  ticl^et  tvill  be  sold.  The  tickets  will  be  good  Westward  from  the 
5th  to  the  12th  of  September,  and  the  return  tickets  until  September  25th. 
Applications  for  orders,  to  receive  attention,  must  reach  the  Permanent 
Secretary  before  Sept.  5th. 
Situations  for  Students. — Mr.  Wm.  C.  Bakes,  who  keeps  for  the  Philadel- 
phia College  of  Pharmacy  a  register  of  vacancies  and  of  applicants  for  situa- 
tions, informs  us  that  a  large  number  of  young  men  have  already  registered 
their  names,  anxious  to  attend  the  lectures  and  to  obtain  employment  during 
the  unoccupied  time.  We  call  the  attention  of  all  pharmacists  in  the  city  and 
suburbs,  who  may  be  in  need  of  help,  to  this  announcement. 
