SECRETARY'S REPORT.

EXAMINATION ACCOUNT.

Meetings for examinations have been held on dates and with results as follows:

Rejected.

FINANCIAL STATEMENT FROM OCT. 1, 1903, TO OCT. 1, 1904.

Examinations.

Fees received for the year ending Sept. 30, 1904:
:-

For examinations, 257 at $3, .

For examinations, 141 at $5,

$771 00

705 00

5 00

$1,481 00

$1,481 00

Amount received from Oct. 1, 1903, to March 1, 1904, for certifi-
cates of fitness to expire April 30, 1904 ($1 each),
Cash paid 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or withdrawn,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,

$62 00

$47 00

13 00

2.00

Amount received from March 1, 1904, to Oct. 1, 1904, for certifi-
cates of fitness to expire April 30, 1905 ($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or withdrawn,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,

. $1,161 00

115 00

2 00

Annual Appropriation for the Board for Year ending Dec. 31, 1904.

Stenographer, witness fees, incidental and contingent expenses,

including printing of annual report, .

NOTE. The financial year of the State ends December 31, while the

1,500 00

$7,775 00

Expenditures of the Board for Year ending Sept. 30, 1904.

* Expenses, $102.10, as delegate to the Conference of American Boards of Pharmacy at Kansas City, Mo.

North Andover.

Worcester.

Millbury.

SUMMARY FOR THE YEAR ENDING SEPT. 30, 1904.
Number of meetings held for hearings and miscellaneous business, .
Number of hearings on applications for certificates of fitness,
Number of hearings on violations of the pharmacy law,
Number of hearings on applications for reinstatement,
Number of hearings on applications for duplicate certificates,
Number of certificates suspended for four years,
Number of certificates suspended for three years,
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 certificates suspended for two months,
Number of cases continued for sentence,

22

149

18

6

1

2

6

1

1

1

2

3

1,522

20

12

15

130

50

40

8

2

1

.$2,600

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C. F. NIXON,

Secretary.

Number of pharmacists reinstated,

Number of drug stores doing business in the State,

Number of drug stores closed during the year,

Number of new stores opened during the year,

Number of stores found owned by unregistered proprietors,

Number of complaints made to the Board investigated,
Number of complaints reported for prosecution,

Number convicted,

Number of cases continued for trial,

Number found not guilty,

Number imprisoned,

Amount of fines imposed,

Number of formal complaints made to the Board,