Editorial, 
Vm.  Jour.  Pharir. 
July, 1880. 
Ohio  State  Pharmaceutical  Convention. — The  second  annual  convention  of 
this  Association  was  held  in  Dayton  on  the  19th  ult.,  in  the  Association  Hall,  Dr. 
J.  F.  Judge,  of  Cincinnati,  the  President,  being  in  the  chair.  From  the  report,  as 
published  in  one  of  the  papers,  the  meeting  was  eminently  successful,  145  members 
having  been  elected  at  the  first  session. 
A  number  of  papers  upon  subjects  of  interest  to  the  profession  were  read,  and 
referred  to  the  Committee  on  Publication,  and  some  ten  subjects  were  allotted  to 
members  for  investigation,  to  report  at  the  next  annual  meeting,  which  is  to  take 
place  in  Toledo  on  the  third  Wednesday  in  May,  1881.  The  following  list  of 
officers  for  the  ensuing  year  was  elected  at  the  evening  session:  President,  J.  W. 
Dietrich,  of  Dayton  5  ist  Vice  President,  J.  F.  Judge,  Cincinnati  j  zd  Vice  Presi- 
dent, H.  C.  Gaylor,  Cleveland  j  Treasurer,  Chas.  Huston,  Columbus. 
Kentucky  Pharmaceutical  Association. — The  third  annual  meeting  of  the  Ken- 
tucky Pharmaceutical  Association  met  in  Owensboro'  May  i8th.  The  roll-call 
showed  members  were  present  from  various  portions  of  the  State. 
President  Vincent  Davis,  of  Louisville,  delivered  an  address,  showing  that  phar- 
macy is  on  the  advance  in  this  State. 
The  names  of  eight  pharmacists  were  then  presented  by  the  Executive  Committee 
and  duly  elected  members  of  the  body. 
Out  of  eleven  queries  by  the  Committee  on  Notes  and  Queries  eight  were 
responded  to.    These  will  appear  in  the  published  Proceedings. 
After  the  election  of  the  following  officers  the  Association  adjourned,  to  meet  in 
Louisville  in  May,  1881  :  M.  H.  Webb,  President,  Simpsonville  ;  S.  H.  Ford,  ist 
Vice  President,  Owensboro'  j  Geo.  H.  Cary,  2d  Vice  President,  Louisville  ;  Henry 
McGill,  3d  Vice  President,  Owensboro' j  W.  G.  White,  Recording  Secretary, 
Richmond}  C.  S.  Porter,  Corresponding  Secretary,  Eminence  j  Peter  Nodler, 
Treasurer,  Covington. 
The  Pharmaceutical  Society  of  New  Zealand  held  meetings  on  the  4th  of  Feb- 
ruary and  2d  of  March,  at  which  they  determined  to  commence  a  library  for  the 
benefit  of  the  members;  to  secure  a  stated  place  of  meeting  in  Wellington  ;  to  urge 
the  passage  of  a  pharmacy  act,  and  amend  their  charter  in  some  particulars.  The 
spirit  that  is  thus  shown  speaks  well  for  the  interests  of  pharmacy  in  the  future  in 
New  Zealand. 
EDITORIAL  DEPARTMENT. 
State  Pharmaceutical  Societies — Since  our  last  issue  four  State  Pharmaceutical 
Associations  have  held  their  annual  reunions,  and  the  interest  shown  in  many  of 
them  augurs  well  for  the  cause  of  pharmacy.  To  have  attempted  the  formation  of 
such  associations  a  few  years  ago  would  have  been  thought  entirely  unnecessary  ; 
and  now  there  is  scarcely  a  State  where  such  a  society  is  not  either  in  progress  of  for- 
mation or  being  urgently  called  for  by  many  of  the  craft. 
