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The  committee,  therefore,  resolved  to  postpone  the  convocation  of  the 
Congress  to  a  more  opportune  time. 
[Signed] 
Cannizzarro,  Vitali,  Pessina,  Casloldi,  Venturini. 
Hereupon  and  perhaps  being  unaware  of  the  previous  efforts 
made  for  having  the  Congress  meet  in  the  United  States  of  Amer- 
ica, the  general  secretary  of  the  Parisian  pharmaceutical  societies, 
Mr.  H.  Bocquillon-Limousin,  addressed,  July  I,  1891,  a  circular  letter 
to  the  presidents  of  the  various  pharmaceutical  societies,  asking  for 
opinions  and  advice  as  to  the  desirability  of  a  speedy  meeting  of 
the  Congress  for  the  consideration  of  those  questions  which  affect 
the  immediate  interests  and  prosperity  of  the  pharmacists,  and  of 
completing  the  work  initiated  by  previous  congresses.  In  the  event 
of  approval,  Madrid  or  Prague  were  suggested  as  convenient  places 
for  holding  the  meeting. 
To  this  communication  the  following  response  was  returned  from 
the  United  States  of  America  : 
The  undersigned  beg  to  acknowledge  the  receipt  of  your  circular  letter  of 
July  1,  1891,  and  to  state  in  repty  thereto,  that  by  a  resolution  passed  at  the 
meeting  in  September,  1890,  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association  has 
expressed  itself  in  favor  of  holding  the  next  International  Pharmaceutical  Con- 
gress in  1893,  in  the  city  of  Chicago,  during  the  time  of  the  Columbian 
Exposition. 
This  resolution  has  been  communicated  to  Mr.  Van  de  Vyvere,  Secretary- 
General  of  the  Sixth  International  Pharmaceutical  Congress,  and  to  Professor 
Cannizzarro,  President  of  the  Committee  on  Organization  for  the  seventh  con- 
gress. 
At  a  meeting  held  May  1,  1891,  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association 
appointed  a  committee  for  perfecting  the  arrangements  for  the  contemplated 
pharmaceutical  congress  at  Chicago,  and  invitations  will  be  issued  at  an  early 
date.  We  beg  you  to  use  your  influence  and  that  of  your  Society  in  favor  of 
holding  the  next  International  Pharmaceutical  Congress  in  Chicago,  in  the 
year  1893. 
[Signed]  A.  K.  Finxay, 
President. 
John  M.  Maisch, 
Secretary. 
New  Origans  and  Philadelphia,  September  5,  1891. 
To  this  communication  the  following  reply  was  received  by  the 
President  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association: 
We  have  duly  received  your  letter,  in  which  you  communicate  to  us  the 
resolution  passed  by  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association,  inviting  the 
pharmacists  of  all  countries  to  a  congress  which  is  to  meet  in  Chicago,  in  1893. 
