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Professor  Maisch,  on  behalf  of  the  Committee  on  Honorary  Membership, 
reported  progress. 
Charles  Bullock,  on  behalf  of  the  Committee  on  Deceased  Members,  read 
a  memorial  of  our  late  lamented  fellow-member  Daniel  B.  Smith,  which 
was  attentively  listened  to  throughout,  he  having  been  one  of  the  first 
members  of  the  College. 
The  memorial,  which  was,  on  motion,  accepted  and  referred  to  the 
Publishing  Committee,  will  be  found  on  page  837  of  this  number  of  the 
Journal. 
On  motion,  the  thanks  of  the  College  were  tendered  to  Mr.  Bullock  for 
this  satisfactory  memento  of  our  late  distinguished  member. 
The  following  members  were  elected  Delegates  to  the  annual  meeting  of 
the  American  Pliarmaceutical  Association,  wliicli  will  be  held  in  Wash- 
ington, D.  C-,  on  Tuesday,  September  11,  1883.  with  power  to  till  all  vacan- 
cies which  may  occur,  viz.:  Messrs.  Alonzo  Robbins,  Robert  England, 
Gustavus  Pile,  James  T.  Shinn,  and  Charles  W.  Hancock. 
And  to  attend  the  Convention  of  American  Pharmaceutical  Schools, 
which  will  meet  at  the  same  time  and  place,  the  following  were  elected 
Delegates,  viz.:  Professor  Joseph  P.  Remington,  Charles  Bullock,  and 
William  J.  Jenks. 
No  other  business  claiming  the  attention  of  the  meeting,  on  motion^ 
adjourned.  William  J.  Jenks,  Secretary. 
PHARMACEUTICAL  COLLEGES  AND  ASSOCIATIONS. 
The  New  York  State  PharmxVceutical  Association  held  its  fifth 
annual  meeting  at  Library  Hall,  Ithaca,  June  12th  and  13th,  Dr.  A.  B- 
Huested,  of  Albany,  in  the  chair.  The  President's  address  and  the  reports 
of  officers  and  delegates  occupied  the  first  session.  The  report  on  legisla- 
tion was  a  full  one,  but  gave  the  information  that  the  pharmacy  bills  for 
the  State  and  for  Erie  county  failed  to  pass,  and  that  for  King's  county  was 
not  signed  by  the  Governor. 
The  officers  elected  are  F.  K  Sweet,  Lockport,  President;  C.  L.  Otis, 
Binghamton,  T.  J.  Macmahan,  New  York,  and  J.  B.  Todd,  Ithaca,  Vice 
Presidents;  Clay  W,  Holmes,  Elmira,  Secretary;  and  C.  H.  Butler, 
Oswego,  Treasurer. 
The  suggestions  of  the  retiring  President  were  considered  and  mostly 
approved.  Various  reports  and  papers  were  read,  among  which  was  a  very 
elaborate  one  by  Mr.  H.  B.  Parsons,  on  the  morphine  strength  of  tincture  of 
opium.  Of  the  47  samples  examined  21  were  found  to  yield  3'5  grains  of 
morphine,  or  over,  for  one  fluidounce,  and  are  regarded  as  being  of  full 
strength .  17  samples  appeared  to  have  been  made  from  one  avoirdupois 
ounce  of  moist  opium  per  pint,  and  contained  between  2  3  and  3-3  grains  of 
morphine;  7  samples  contained  between  TS  and  2*2  grains  of  morphine, 
and  were  probably  made  of  5  or  6  ounces  avoirdupois  of  opium  to  the  gal- 
lon ;  and  2  samples  fell  even  below^  this  strength. 
After  the  appointment  of  various  committees  the  association  adjourned, 
