Am.  Jour.  Pharm.l 
Nov.  1875.  J 
Minutes  of  the  College. 
Accompanying  the  herbarium  were  two  volumes,  entitled  "  Flores  Svecica,"  by 
"Wahlanberg  and  four  volumes  of  "  Synopsis  Plantarum  Collegerunt  A,  de  Hum- 
'boldt  et  Am.  Bonpland,"  -^quinoctialium,"  by  Kunth.  The  gift  was  very  accept- 
able, and  highly  appreciated  by  all. 
Thomas  S.  Wiegand  offered  the  following  resolution,  which  was  unanimously 
adopted  : 
Resolved,  That  the  thanks  of  this  College  be  tendered  to  our  former  Secretary  and  President  for  his 
valuable  present  of  an  herbarium,  and  also  for  the  interest  he  continues  to  show  in  our  College  and  the 
teaching  of  the  science  of  botany,  which  has  become  of  such  great  interest. 
Prof.  Remington  presented  the  portrait  of  the  late  Charles  Ellis,  which  he,  had 
httn  requested  to  have  prepared  by  the  College.  It  was  greatly  admired,  inasmuch 
as  it  was  a  faithful  likeness  of  the  deceased. 
Charles  Bullock  called  the  attention  of  the  College  to  the  fact  that  the  drug 
inspection  law  of  the  United  States,  which,  when  adopted,  worked  well,  was  now,  in 
-some  respects,  unsuited  to  the  wants  and  necessities  of  trade,  and  advocated  a  mod- 
ification of  it  in  such  a  way  as  to  meet  the  views  of  manufacturers  of  chemicals  in 
special  cases.  Opium,  for  instance,  which  contains  less  than  eight  or  nine  per  cent, 
of  morphia,  is  prohibited  by  the  present  law,  whilst  an  inferior  article,  if  admitted, 
could  be  used  profitably  by  manufacturers  for  obtaining  that  alkaloid,  and  thereby 
•enable  them  to  successfully  compete  with  foreign  manufacturers  who  have  access  to 
all  qualities  of  the  drug. 
The  same  may  be  said  of  cinchona  barks  and  other  crude  products.  It  was  advo- 
cated, however,  by  Mr.  Bullock  and  others  that  these  lower  grades  of  goods  should 
foe  admitted  for  manufacturing  purposes  only  where  bonds  were  given  to  the  Gov- 
-ernment  that  they  should  not  be  used  for  any  other  purpose  than  isolating  their  con- 
stituent principles. 
Mr.  Bullock  offered  the  following  resolution,  which  was  unanimously  adopted: 
Resolved,  That  the  Board  of  Trustees  be  requested  to  examine  the  existing  United  States  law  regarding 
the  inspection  of  drugs,  and  to  consider  the  propriety  of  endeavoring  to  have  the  law  so  amended  as  to 
permit  the  importation  of  certain  drugs,  of  inferior  value,  for  the  purpose  of  obtaining  from  them  chem- 
ical products.  The  Board  is  further  requested  to  invite  the  co-operation  of  the  Colleges  of  Pharmacy  of 
New  York,  Baltimore  and  Boston,  and  authority  is  given  to  take  such  action  in  the  premises  as  they 
may  deem  prudent  and  advisable. 
This  being  the  time  for  an  election  of  eight  Trustees  and  a  Committee  on  Deceased 
Members,  a  ballot  was  ordered.  Alonzo  Robbins  and  Allen  Shryock  were  appointed 
tellers,  who  reported  the  following  gentlemen  elected  for  one  year : 
Trustees — Dr.  Wilson  H.  Pile,  William  C.  Bakes,  William  Mclntyre,  Albert  P. 
Brown,  Edward  C.  Jones,  Richard  V.  Mattison,  Robert  England,  Dr.  Adolph  W. 
Miller. 
Committee  on  Deceased  Members — Charles  Bullock,  Alfred  B.  Taylor,  Joseph  P, 
JRemington. 
There  being  no  further  business,  then,  on  motion,  adjourned. 
William  J.  Jenks,  Secretary, 
