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pard,  Boston,  E.  Booking,  Wheeling,  W.  Va.  All  the  nominees  were 
elected,  and  the  President  and  First  Vice-President  elect  installed  to  their 
offices. 
On  motion  of  Mr.  Menninger,  it  was  resolved  to  hold  an  afternoon  session, 
in  view  of  the  large  amount  of  work  laid  out  and  of  the  inclemency  of  the 
weather.  Twenty-two  propositions  for  membership  were  next  reported, 
after  which  the  Treasurer  read  his  annual  report,  showing  the  cash  balance 
on  hand  to  be  $4,196.58  (against  $1,981.10  in  1882),  and  in  addition  thereto 
$682.43  in  the  Ebert  fund,  $1,232.76  in  the  Centennial  fund,  and  $904.38  in 
the  life  membership  fund.  The  report  likewise  suggested  that  the  various 
sums  donated  in  small  amounts  to  the  Association  in  past  years  be  ascer- 
tained, with  the  view  of  adding  the  money  to  one  of  the  permanent  funds. 
The  Treasurer  was  directed  to  report  on  this  subject  next  year. 
The  chairman  of  the  Council  Committee  on  Membership  reported  the 
names  on  the  roll  of  active  members  to  number  1,386,  and  honorary  mem- 
bers, 31.  The  loss  by  death  during  the  past  year  was  1  honorary  and  18 
active  members. 
The  Committee  on  Prize  Essays  recommended  to  award  the  Ebert  prize 
for  1882  to  Prof.  J.  U.  Lloyd,  of  Cincinnati,  for  his  lucid  explanation  and 
practical  illustration  of  the  formation  of  precipitates  in  fluid  extracts.  The 
report  was  adopted. 
Mr.  T.  Koberts  Baker  read  the  report  of  the  connnittee  appointed  to  ascer- 
tain the  feasibility  of  holding  a  meeting  in  California  in  the  near  future.  Only 
about  one-half  of  the  members  east  of  the  Rocky  Mountains  had  replied  to 
the  committee's  inquiries  ;  of  this  number  88,  or  nearly  14  per  cent.,  signified 
their  intention  of  attending  the  meeting,  while  84,  or  fully  13  per  cent,  of  the 
answers  left  this  doubtful.  The  rejDort  on  the  inquiries  made  at  the  Pacific 
coast  did  not  appear  to  be  very  encouraging,  since  only  11  per  cent,  of  those 
addressed  deemed  the  matter  important  enough  for  answer;  of  these,  how- 
ever, fully  two-thirds  (34)  favored  the  project,  8  promising  to  read  papers. 
The  estimate  of  attendance  from  the  Pacific  Coast  was  between  125  and  150. 
From  a  letter  written  by  Prof.  Searby  it  appears,  on  the  other  hand,  that 
few,  if  any,  of-  the  San  Francisco  pharmacists  and  druggists  had  been  ap- 
plied to,  and  that  these  are  all  in  favor  of  holding  a  meeting  there.  Prof. 
Painter  stated  that  the  estimated  cost  of  attendance  ($500)  was  too  high,  and 
that  for  a  three  weeks'  trip  it  need  not  exceed  $300,  or  at  most  $350.  The 
report  stated  that,  in  the  opinion  of  the  committee,  it  was  not  deemed 
desirable  to  hold  a  meeting  in  California  within  the  next  three  years.  The 
report  was  accepted,  the  committee  discharged,  and  on  motion  of  Mr. 
Holmes,  from  Washington  Territory,  another  committee  of  five  was  directed 
to  be  appointed  to  report  further  next  year. 
An  invitation  from  the  Orleans  Pharmaceutical  Association  to  meet  in 
New  Orleans  in  the  spring  of  1885,  was  received  with  thanks  and  referred 
to  the  Committee  on  the  time  and  place  of  next  annual  meeting,  consisting 
of  Messrs.  J.  T.  Shinn,  Philadelphia;  John  Ingalls,  Georgia,  and  A.  E. 
Ebert,  Chicago. 
Mr.  Gordon  reported  verbally  for  the  Committee  appointed  last  year  to 
'  attend  the  meeting  of  the  Western  Wholesale  Druggists'  Association  at 
Cleveland,  and  Mr.  Sloan  read  the  report  of  the  Committee  on  the  drug 
