NAMES OF BOARD AND OFFICERS. ERNST O. ENGSTROM, President. LUCIAN A. LAMSON. IRVING P. GAMMON. PETER J. MCCORMICK. JOSEPH E. BUSWELL, Agent. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts. REPORT. To His Excellency EBEN S. DRAPER, Governor. SIR: In compliance with the laws of the Commonwealth, the Board of Registration in Pharmacy has the honor to submit the following report. There are, as near as can be ascertained, 1,674 drug stores in the State at the present time. The condition of the trade from a financial standpoint shows a slight improvement over the past year, and there is a tendency for improved and larger stores. The Board has been called upon to interpret and establish rulings as regards the law passed June, 1908, regulating the manner in which the pharmacy business shall be conducted, and undoubtedly the law will prove satisfactory. Referring to the financial statement, it is a great pleasure to say that for the first time in the history of the Board it has been more than self-sustaining. The fees transmitted to the State Treasurer this year have exceeded all expenses of the Board by $1,248.51. The examinations of candidates to practise pharmacy have been kept up to a high standard. The law passed June, 1908, allowing the Board to issue assistant certificates, has undoubtedly been an incentive to applicants, as the Board has examined more candidates than ever before and 100 more than last year. The Board has a great many inquiries as to what the requirements are to pass an examination, and we take pleasure in submitting a statement in outline of what is expected of the candidates. We also submit a few typical questions and a description of practical and oral tests used in the past year in these examinations. The State Board of Health has done good work in prosecuting and convicting a few unscrupulous druggists for the sale of cocaine; and the question has been raised whether the Board of Pharmacy should take any action in accordance with section 17, chapter 76, in suspending the certificate of registration in pharmacy of a pharmacist found guilty by a court of law for violating a law which is under the supervision of the Board of Health. In order to strengthen the State Board of Health in this work and make the law clear as to our duty in such cases, we would recommend that the words "the enforcement of which is under the supervision of the board of registration in pharmacy," in section 16, chapter 76, be stricken out. We would recommend that a list of non-poisonous, domestic remedies, usually sold by grocers and others, should be designated in connection with the law allowing the sale of the same. The Board continues to believe that there is no necessity for a druggist to furnish a bond for the exercise of a sixthclass license, as conditions surrounding such licenses are not of the same nature as surrounds the first five classes of liquor licenses. By the operation of the law that precludes reappointment, the term of Dr. Lucian A. Lamson expires with this report. Dr. Lamson has filled the office of president of the Board, and has given to the public and to the uplifting of the profession of pharmacy his earnest and conscientious efforts, and it is with deep regret that we have to part with his valuable assistance. Respectfully submitted, ERNST O. ENGSTROM. L. A. LAMSON. IRVING P. GAMMON. PETER J. McCORMICK. REPORT OF COMMITTEE TO NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BOARDS OF PHARMACY. To the Members of the Massachusetts State Board of Pharmacy, Boston. As representative of the Massachusetts Board at the Convention of the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy at Los Angeles, August 18 to 22, I beg to submit the following report. The official train left Chicago Tuesday, August 10, at 8 o'clock P.M. Four members of the executive committee were on board, and it enabled us to do a large amount of work in arranging the details for the meeting, completing our reports and finishing all other business which was to come before our committee. Monday, August 16, was the first session. The meeting was very enthusiastic. Idaho was added as an active member. The president's address was read, Mr. Fred A. Hubbard, a former member of the Massachusetts Board of Pharmacy, presiding. The reports of the different committees were submitted. A full detail of the proceedings will be printed and sent to each member of the association. I reported as chairman for two committees, the executive and syllabus committees. The syllabus committee, composed of twenty-one members from all parts of the United States, is an outgrowth of a request from New York State education department and boards of pharmacy, asking the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy to select seven men to aid them in formulating a syllabus for all schools or colleges of pharmacy in the United States, which would give an outline of the minimum requirements of instruction to be given by a school, qualifying it as competent to issue diplomas to pharmacy students. The graduation prerequisite clause in the law of New York State went into effect in |