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400    8  and  500  3  inab. 
or,  2600    3  inch. 
3600     2}  inch. 
700    6  inch. 
200  io,  200  6  and  400  3  inch. 
100  13  and  600  3  (or,  200  3  and  200  4  inch). 
100  10,  200  8,  100  6  and  200  3  inch, 
And  so  on. 
The  above  has  been  found  not  by  calculation  but  by  actual  measurement.  The 
savings  will  run  up  from  30  cents  to  70  cents  or  more.  Small  as  the  savings  are, 
filters  are  used  to  such  an  extent  that  the  savings  amount  to  something  in  a  twelve- 
month. 
Prof.  Maisch  called  attention  to  a  number  of  specimens  of  Bombay  drugs  recently 
received  from  Mr.  W.  Dymock,  and  exhibited  a  number  of  those  which  are  to 
some  extent  known  in  this  country  or  have  recently  been  mentioned  in  pharmaceu- 
tical journals. 
Prof.  Sadtler  alluded  to  abietene,  and  read  an  extract  from  a  paper  by  Prof. 
Thorpe,  of  Leeds,  Eng.  (see  page  293),  showing  the  singular  identity  of  abietene 
with  heptane,  one  of  the  derivatives  of  paraffin  from  Pennsylvania  petroleum. 
There  being  no  further  business,  on  motion,  the  meeting  adjourned  till  October. 
T.  S.  Wiegand,  Registrar. 
PHARMACEUTICAL  COLLEGES  AND  ASSOCIATIONS. 
New  York  College  of  Pharmacy — The  semi-centennial  anniversary  of  the  organ- 
ization of  this  College  was  celebrated  at  the  College  building,  209  East  Twenty- 
third  street,  on  the  evening  of  May  15th.  The  spacious  lower  room  was  occupied 
by  a  collection  of  articles  relating  to  pharmacy  of  the  present  time  and  of  the  past, 
and  consisting  of  apparatus,  utensils,  preparations,  and  notably  of  books,  amongst 
which  were  several  ancient  ones  printed  in  hieroglyphics  which  we  could  not 
decipher.  The  large  lecture  room  was  tastefully  decorated,  and  on  one  side  were 
the  names  of  all  the  presidents,  on  the  other  side  those  of  all  the  professors  of  the 
College  since  its  organization.  The  seats  on  the  platform  were  occupied  by  the 
original  and  several  of  the  older  members  of  the  College.  On  the  suggestion  of 
President  E.  Mclntyre,  Mr.  Henry  T.  Kiersted  was  invited  to  preside  and  Mr.  G.  D. 
Coggeshall  to  act  as  secretary,  both  gentlemen  having  belonged  to  the  College  since 
its  organization.  Professors  Chandler  and  Day,  who  had  been  invited  to  address  the 
meeting,  were  unavoidably  absent.  Professor  Bedford  gave  a  historical  sketch  of 
the  organization  of  the  College  and  its  labors,  and  introduced  also  interesting  notices 
of  the  first  apothecary  in  New  York,  H.  Kiersted,  and  of  many  of  the  long-established 
drug  houses  in  that  city.  Prof.  Maisch,  of  Philadelphia,  being  called  upon,  made 
a  few  remarks,  alluding  more  especially  to  the  services  of  the  New  York  College  in 
securing  the  passage  of  the  drug  inspection  law,  and  of  calling  the  Convention  of 
Colleges,  from  which  resulted  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association.  This 
was  the  second  College  of  Pharmacy  in  the  United  States  having  witnessed  the  first 
fiftieth  anniversary.     May  the  others  in  the  course  of  time  follow,  and  may  they  all 
