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PROCEEDINGS  OF  THE 
vote  of  thanks  was  tendered  to  the  Committee  for  the  able 
manner  in  which  they  have  executed  their  trust. 
[From  this  report  we  learn  that  the  design  of  the  Certificate  originated 
with  the  Committee,  but  they  acknowledge  valuable  aid  from  Robert 
Coulton  Davis,  of  Philadelphia,  in  perfecting  its  details  preparatory  to  its 
submission  to  the  artist.  A  description  of  the  picture  will  be  found  at 
page  187  of  this  volume.  The  expenses  incurred  by  the  Committee  amount 
to  $122  25,  and  their  receipts  from  fifty-seven  members,  who  have  taken 
the  certificate,  to  $171.] 
The  Committee  on  standards  of  quality  for  Drug  Examiners, 
Messrs.  Procter,  Coggeshall,  Carney,  and  Wayne,  made  a  re- 
port, which  was  accepted  and  laid  upon  the  table  for  future  action. 
[The  Committee  endorse  their  report  of  last  year,  and  request  to  be 
discharged  from  farther  service.] 
The  Committee  on  Home  Adulterations  was  not  yet  ready  to 
report. 
The  report  on  the  Statistics  of  Pharmacy,  referred  last  year 
to  the  Corresponding  Secretary,  being  called  for,  was  read  by 
that  officer,  together  with  letters  from  A.  E.  Richards,  of  Pla- 
quemine, Louisiana;  Robert  Battey,  of  Rome,  Georgia;  Guilford 
T.  Chamberlain,  of  St.  Louis,  Missouri;  A.  I.  Mathews,  of  Buffalo, 
New  York  ;  Frederick  Stearns,  of  Detroit,  Michigan  ;  and  subse- 
quently one  from  S.  M.  Colcord,  of  Boston,  Massachusetts,  and 
accepted. 
[In  the  course  of  his  report  the  Secretary  says,  "  Ifc  may  not  be  inappro- 
priate to  remark,  that  in  an  extensive  correspondence  with  apothecaries  and 
druggists  of  various  sections  during  the  past  year,  he  has  been  gratified 
with  the  increasing  improvement  in  the  tone  of  feeling  manifested  by 
the  writers,  not  only  as  regards  the  Association  and  its  objects,  but  in 
reference  to  the  quality  of  shop  practice.  One  of  the  greatest  impedi- 
ments complained  of,  is  the  difficulty  of  obtaining  efficient  and  reliable 
clerks  or  assistants,  which  in  not  a  few  instances  has  prevented  valuable 
members  from  attending  this  meeting ;  and  it  is  believed  that  in  no  way 
can  the  Association  prove  of  more  real  service  to  the  pharmaceutical  pro- 
fession, than  byineasures  directed  to  encourage  apprentices  and  assistants 
to  feel  a  just  pride  in  qualifying  themselves  by  personal  home  exertions,  to 
become  skilful  in  the  practical  duties  of  their  business,  as  well  as  in 
gaining  a  respectable  knowledge  of  its  theory  by  earnest  study.] 
The  Committee  on  the  Revision  of  the  Constitution,  Messrs. 
Parrish,  Colcord,  and  Aspinwall,  was  read  by  title  and  accepted. 
