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sixteen  years  and  declined  a  re-election,  was  presented  with  an  elegant 
mantel  clock  and  pair  of  statuettes. 
The  California  College  of  Pharmacy  opened  its  eleventh  lecture 
session  April  20th,  on  which  occasion  the  new  building  just  erected,  was 
dedicated  to  its  future  use. 
The  Massachu>se tts  State  Pharmaceutical  Association  held  its 
iinnual  meeting  in  Springfield,  May  16th  and  17th.  About  200  members 
were  present  and  79  new  members  were  elected,  making  the  present  mem- 
bership 387.  The  President,  S.  A.  D.  Sheppard,  in  his  annual  address, 
earnestly  discussed  pharmaceutical  affairs  in  general,  and  gave  words  of 
wise  counsel  and  thoughtful  suggestions  in  regard  to  the  policy  and  tbe 
work  of  the  Association.  He  was  re-elected,  though  urgently  requesting 
permission  to  retire.  The  usual  reports  of  officers  and  committees  were 
read;  a  number  of  good  papers  were  presented  and  fully  discussed;  the 
feeling  in  favor  of  a  pharmacy  law  seems  to  be  growing,  and  another  effort 
for  its  passage  will  be  made.  The  next  annual  meeting  will  be  held  in 
Lowell. 
Virginia  State  Pharmaceutical  Association. — The  opening  exer- 
cises of  the  second  annual  meeting  took  place  in  the  Academy  of  Music, 
Norfolk,  on  the  evening  of  May  16th.  Several  addresses  were  made,  appli- 
cations were  received  and  other  preliminary  business  transacted.  The 
regular  business  sessions  were  held  on  the  following  day  in  the  hall  of  the 
local  organization .    The  difTerent  sections  of  the  State  were  well  represented. 
Iowa  State  Pharmaceutical  Association. — The  annual  meeting  was 
held  in  Library  Hall,  Davenport,  May  1st  and  2d.  President  A.  R.  Town- 
send,  in  the  chair.  The  annual  address  of  the  President  and  the  rei^orts  of 
officers  and  committees  were  read  and  appropriately  disposed  of.  Recent 
legislation  in  Iowa  having,  practically,  made  the  druggists  the  sole  dispens- 
ing agents  for  liquors,  a  resolution  was  introduced  by  Mr.  W.  S.  McBride, 
iind  adopted  unanimously,  recommending  a  well  regulated  restrictive  license 
law  for  the  liquor  trade  and  the  further  perfection  of  the  pharmacy  law,  so 
far  as  it  relates  to  the  sale  of  liquors.  The  trade  in  specialties  and  proprie- 
tary medicines  and  various  plans  for  preventing  undue  competition,  were 
referred  to  the  Committee  on  Trade  Interests.  Several  papers  were  read, 
and  the  following  officers  were  elected:  President,  J.  H.  Harrison,  Daven- 
port; Vice  Presidents,  A.  H.  Miles,  Des  Moines,  C.  R.  Wallace,  Independ- 
ence, W.  S.  McBride,  Marshalltown;  Treasurer,  C.  H.  Ward,  Des  Moines  ; 
Secretary,  E.  L,  Boerner,  Iowa  City;  Local  Secretrry,  C.  J.  Lander,  Mar- 
shalltown. A  large  number  of  new  members  and  the  following  honorary 
members  were  elected  :  O.  F.  Fuller  and  P.  Van  Schaack,  Chicago;  J.  M. 
Maisch  and  Charles  A.  Tufts.  The  next  meeting  will  be  held  in  Marshall- 
town  on  the  third  Tuesday  of  May,  1884. 
Mississippi  State  Pharmaceutical  Association.— There  is  a  favora- 
ble prospect  for  the  early  organization  of  such  an  association.    Mr.  Edgar 
