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retary  then  stated  that  early  last  evening  he  had  sent  the  follow- 
ing message  by  the  Atlantic  cable : 
'^Pharmaceutical  Conference,  Liverpool ; 
"  Fraternal  greeting  of  American  Pharmaceutical  Association. 
Maisch,  Secretary." 
Last  evening,  between  9  and  10  o'clock,  President  Sargent 
received  the  following  message : 
"  To  President  of  American  Pharm.  Association,  Baltimore : 
"  The  most  successful  meeting  ever  held  sends  hearty  fraternal  greet- 
ing. President  British  Pharm.  Conference." 
The  Secretary  also  read  the  following  telegram,  directed  to 
him  as  Secretary : 
*'  City  of  Fort  Wayne  presents  compliments,  and  desires  to  state  that 
she  will  be  at  home  during  month  of  September,  1871. 
"  H.  Y.  SWERINaEN." 
The  Business  Committee  offered  the  following : 
Resolved,  That  the  Faculty  of  the  University  of  Maryland,  the  Faculty 
of  the  Washington  Medical  College,  and  the  Medical  profession  gene- 
rally, be  invited  to  be  present  at  the  sessions  of  the  Association. 
The  Treasurer  read  his  report.  [We  have  not  seen  this.] 
The  Chair  appointed  the  following  Committee  to  audit  the 
accounts  :  Samuel  M.  Colcord,  of  Boston,  Thomas  Whitfield,  of 
Chicago,  and  W.  A.  Perkins  of  San  Francisco. 
The  Nominating  Committee  presented  the  following  report : 
For  President, 
Richard  H.  Stabler,       ....  Virginia. 
First  Vice-President, 
Fleming  G.  Grieve,        ....  Georgia. 
Second  Vice-President, 
James  G.  Steele,  California. 
Third  Vice-President, 
Eugene  L.  Massot,  Missouri. 
Treasurer, 
Charles  A.  Tufts,  New  Hampshire. 
Permanent  Secretary. 
John  M.  Maisch,  Pennsylvania. 
Local  Secretary/, 
(To  be  filled  at  last  session). 
