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The  papers  were  accepted  and  referred.  Some  discussion  ensuing  in  regard  to 
the  time  of  holding  the  meetings  5  on  motion  it  was  decided  to  hold  the  next  meet- 
ing on  March  21st,  at  3  P.  M. 
On  motion,  the  meeting  then  adjourned. 
RICHARD  V.  MATTISON,  Registrar,  pro  tern. 
PHARMACEUTICAL  COLLEGES  AND  ASSOCIATIONS. 
The  Connecticut  Pharmaceutical  Association  was  organized  at  New 
Haven,  February  9th,  nine  cities  and  towns  being  represented  by  30  apothecaries. 
A  Constitution  and  By-laws  were  adopted,  and  the  following  officers  elected  for  the 
ensuing  year:  President,  N.  Dikeman,  of  Waterbury  5  Vice-Presidents,  H.  H. 
Osgood,  of  Norwich,  and  Henry  Woodward,  of  Middletown  ;  Secretary,  Alfred 
Daggett,  of  New  Haven,  and  Treasurer,  G.  P.  Chandler,  of  Hartford.  An  Ex- 
ecutive Committee  and  a  Committee  on  Queries  were  appointed,  and  the  following 
delegates  chosen  to  represent  the  new  association  at  the  next  meeting  of  the  Amer- 
ican Pharmaceutical  Association  in  September  next :  Samuel  Noyes,  New  Haven  j 
A.  F.  Wood,  New  Haven  5  S.  R.  McNary,  Hartford  5  W.  W.  Mosher,  West 
Meriden ;  Henry  Woodward,  Middletown.  The  annual  meeting  will  be  held 
in  the  city  of  Hartford  on  the  first  Wednesday  of  February,  1877.  - 
The  New  Hampshire  Pharmaceutical  Association  held  its  second  annual 
meeting  in  Manchester,  on  October  12th,  Mr.  Chas.  S.  Eastman,  of  Concord,  in 
the  chair.  The  proceedings,  an  account  of  which  we  have  received  in  a  neatly- 
printed  pamphlet  covering  48  pages,  consisted  in  the  reading  of  the  officers''  reports 
and  discussions  on  the  Pharmacy  Law  of  the  State  and- on  apprenticeship,  besides 
the  usual  routine  business.  The  officers  for  the  present  year  are  Chas.  F.  Hildreth^ 
of  Suncook,  President ;  P.  J.  Noyes,  of  Lancaster,  and  B.  B.  Weeks,  of  Man- 
chester, Vice-Presidents  ;  H.  B.  Foster,  of  Concord,  Treasurer  5  G.  F.  Underhill, 
of  Concord,  Secretary  5  T.  L.  Smith,  of  Dover,  Auditor,  and  P.  J.  Noyes,  Reporter 
on  the  Progress  of  Pharmacy.  The  delegation  to  the  next  meeting  of  the  Amer- 
ican Pharmaceutical  Association  consists  of  Messrs.  Geo.  F.  Underhill,  Chas.  S. 
Eastman,  Chas.  F.  Hildreth,  H.  B.  Foster  and  Thos.  L.  Smith.  The  Association, 
whose  next  annual  meeting  will  convene  in  Nashua  on  the  first  Tuesday  of  October, 
has  87  members  and  23  honorary  members,  six  of  the  latter  residing  in  Europe. 
The  New  York  Alumni  Association  of  the  Philadelpaia  College  of 
Pharmacy  met  February  1st.  After  transacting  the  usual  business,  Mr.  Plummer 
spoke  of  the  generally  bad  condition  in  which  herbs  are  found  in  most  retail  stores, 
especially  in  the  smaller  ones,  and  such  herbs  as  have  but  little  demand.  He  stated 
that  they  are  not  unfrequently  kept  until  they  become  thoroughly  musty  and  mouldy, 
and,  though  once  pressed,  become  loose,  and  exhibit  the  change  so  much  as  to  en- 
tirely efface  the  labels.  In  many  stores  in  this  city  and  throughout  the  country, 
drugs  of  this  character  could  be  found  which  have  been  in  stock  for  a  number  of 
