SECRETARY'S REPORT.

EXAMINATION ACCOUNT.

Meetings for examinations have been held on dates and with

Of the ninety-two certificates granted this year:

FINANCIAL STATEMENT FROM OCT. 1, 1902, TO OCT. 1, 1903.

NOTE. - Nov. 14, 1902, the examination fee of $5 was returned to Thomas D. Driscoll, it having been found that he was ineligible for examination The amount having been sent to the State Treasurer, it was subsequently returned to the Board, upon request of the secretary.

Amount received from Oct. 1, 1902, to March 1, 1903, for certifi

cates of fitness to expire April 30, 1903 ($1 each), . Cash paid to State Treasurer, certificates having been granted,

Fees returned, applications having been rejected
or withdrawn,

$29 00

12 00

Amount received from March 1, 1903, to Oct. 1, 1903, for certifi-
cates of fitness to expire April 30, 1904 ($1 each),
Cash paid to State Treasurer, certificates having
been granted,

Fees returned, applications having been rejected
or withdrawn,
Amount transferred to new account, applications
continued for action by the Board,

$41 00

. $1,222 00

. $1,172 00

47 00

3.00

Summary, Oct. 1, 1902, to Oct. 1, 1903.

Number of meetings held for hearings and miscellaneous business,
Number of hearings on applications for duplicate certificates,
Number of hearings on applications for certificates of fitness,
Number of hearings on violations of the pharmacy law,
Number of certificates suspended for five years,
Number of certificates suspended for three 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,

Annual appropriation for use of the Board of Registration in Pharmacy for the year ending Dec. 31, 1903:

Stenographer, witness fees, incidental and contingent expenses, including printing of annual report, .

1,450 00

$7,725 00

NOTE. The financial year of the State ends December 31; the financial year of the Board of Registration in Pharmacy ends September 30.

Expenditures of the Board for the year ending Sept. 30, 1903:

* Mr. Tilden's term of service did not expire until the appointment of Wm. F. Sawyer, Nov. 5, 1902.

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AGENT'S REPORT.

To the Board of Registration in Pharmacy.

Herewith for your consideration is a résumé of the work performed by me under your instruction during the year ending Sept. 30, 1903. A detailed account of service rendered and results obtained has already been submitted to you through my monthly reports.

The following registered pharmacists have died during the past year:

In the enforcement of the pharmacy laws of the Commonwealth, imposed upon the Board of Registration in Pharmacy, your representative has been sent to every portion of the State, to some localities several times. Whereas a majority of cases investigated came under the supervision of the Board and were remedied by ceasing to further violate the law, or by due process of court, a minority of complaints were found to be frivolous or actuated through malice, without any foundation, thereby unjustly attempting to injure the druggists and imposing useless expense upon the State, all of which served no useful purpose.

Complaints have not been as numerous during the year and prosecutions less than formerly, which certainly testifies creditably for the profession. There still remain a few tenacious,