Of the ninety-six certificates granted this year:

FINANCIAL STATEMENT FROM OCT. 1, 1901, TO JULY 1, 1902.

Oct. 1, 1901, cash in State treasury,

$681 43

$807 00

665 00

6 00

1,478 00

$2,159 43

APPLICATIONS FOR CERTIFICATES OF FITNESS.

Applications received from Oct. 1, 1901, to March 1, 1902, to ex

Applications received from March 1, 1902, to July 1, 1902, to expire April 30, 1903,

Certificates granted,

Applications rejected or withdrawn,

Transferred to new account,

Total number of certificates granted,

Total number of applications from Oct. 1, 1901, to July 1, 1902,

Total number of applications rejected or withdrawn,
Total number transferred to new account,

Total amount of fees received from Oct. 1, 1901, to July 1, 1902, $1,312 00

Returned to rejected applicants or withdrawn,
Cash paid to State Treasurer,

$145 00

1,162 00

5 00

1,233

1,115

115

3

1,312

1,162

145

5

FINANCIAL STATEMENT FROM OCT. 1, 1901, TO JULY 1, 1902.

Number of meetings held for granting to applicants certificates
of fitness, Oct. 1, 1901, to Oct. 1, 1902,
Number of hearings on applications for certificates of fitness,
Oct. 1, 1901, to Oct. 1, 1902,

ENFORCEMENT OF PHARMACY LAW.
SUMMARY, OCT. 1, 1901, To Oct. 1, 1902.

Number of meetings for enforcement of pharmacy law,
Number of hearings on violations of pharmacy law,
Number of certificates suspended for two years,
Number of certificates suspended for one year,
Number of certificates suspended for six months,.
Number of certificates suspended for three months,
Number of cases continued for sentence,

Number of formal complaints to the Board, .

Number of pharmacists reinstated,

24

110

FINANCIAL STATEMENT FROM OCT. 1, 1901, TO JULY 1, 1902.

DR.

FINANCIAL STATEMENT FROM JULY 1, 1902, тo Oст. 1, 1902.

Cash on hand July 1, 1902, $68 00

$198 00

Amount appropriated by Legislature for the months of July,

NOTE.- By Acts of the Legislature of 1902 it became necessary for the secretary of the Board to keep two accounts. Chapter 382 of said Acts made an appropriation, for carrying on the work of the Board, of the sum of $4,000. Chapter 525 is an act to make provision for salaries of the members of the Board of Pharmacy, also making appropriation for carrying on the work and expenses of the Board, the sum of $3,750, to take effect from and after the first day of July, 1902, thereby repealing chapter 382 of the Acts of the present year.

AGENT'S REPORT.

To the Board of Registration in Pharmacy.

Herewith submitted is a review of the duty performed by me under your orders during the past year, with statements regarding the lawful and unlawful conditions of the business of pharmacy throughout the Commonwealth.

The following registered pharmacists died during the year:

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Andover.

Pittsfield.

Williamstown.

Boston.

Haverhill.

Boston.

Lowell.

Boston.

Millbury.

Parker, George H.,
Pease, Francis M.,

Lee.

Beverly.

Sammons, John P.
Smith, Nathan F.,.

Standley, Horace,

Every portion of the State where drug stores are located has been visited by me in the performance of my duties. Many localities have received several calls.

It is gratifying to state that prosecutions have not been as numerous during 1902 as formerly, which may be considered creditable to the profession.

The majority of those prosecuted and convicted were unregistered persons. Several were determined to carry on the drug business, although advised to give it up, thereby saving a court record. One person convicted was a town clerk who had held the position for nearly forty years. In the case of two others who engaged in the business, the only pretext whereby the