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E " 0 " es T of Canadian. Infantry presented arms> ho ie m aiganke. .. and the band played the national an-- 1 6 2 . 11L them. Sir Oliver Mowat, who was ac-- | U companied by his.aide--de--camp, Com--| l f x mander Law, looked exceedingly well, * e a £ and supported the burden of of-- | ' ficial gold lace and feathers with dig-- Snss cieneirencrmmenruge * nity, s abexts ; * | There were but three -Ministgrs and a o "icgks eorporal's guard of members present L|eutl o (Jove['nor P['Qrogues when, Mr. Speaker Evanturel took the + chair and called the House to order, but .the House if a vote had been demanded on any-- ¥ thing the Opposition would have been % in a woeful.minority. 'The closing ses-- rion, usually 'formal and ceremonial, mds 2l § D ; was glven a practical iiterest by the ' introduction and speedy passage of a bit of necessary, legislation. During the SP"ECH FROM THE THRONE session a bill was put through the t House to permit the sale of patent & .« medicines and the compounding of -- drugs and medicines containing a per-- | ns contage of alcohol without involving | an infraction of the liquor license act. | The wording of the measure as it issued ratag" from the legislative mill was somewhat reciative Comment on ambigucus, and it was believed by some PP s persons that it might sanction such an Work of Session. interference with the pharmacy act as would give others the rights which the law confines exclusively to druggists and pharmacists. The Premier sug-- gested that the act respecting the sale of patent medicilnes which the House £ AYarm had passed should 'be disallowed, and y [ k [" LLA'\ S PASEEI: that a 'bill carrying out the Objects de-- COOD AI\DUDE U 3 sired and expressly stating that there whall be no interference with the phar-- macy act, and that companies shall pp n n have no further powers in regard to the sale of drugs and medicines than they * now possess, be substituted. This was Ambiguities of the Patent Medi-- accepted by Mr. Whitney, and a new * cine Bilt Hemoved bill was introduced and put through. _ The Amendments. By the amendments. the word "manu-- goxaustaneamus * facturer" is .defined as meaning a c manufacturer lor sale by wholesale. Clause 3 as amended reads as fol-- The Ceremonial Part of the Programme lows: "(3) Nor shall anything in the said P it liquor license act contained prevent the Preceded by a Piegce of Rapid but sale by a chemist or by the. manufac-- Nece:sary Logis'ation, turer of any tincture, fluid extract, es-- sence, medicated spirit containing al-- ) t cohol, prepared according to the Smmmmmmenmmmrmecccmmene . J / formula of the British Pharmacopaeia, t AAL '(7 ' or other recognized standard work on % | pharmacy, or medicine or other similar uk officinal compound or preparation, or Though acjlequate prowslm'x had been the sale of a perfume, nor the sale by made for the accommodation of the him for purely medicinal purposes of numerous company of notable people ?H;Y ,mlxml!'e ];;rfpate(;i astg:l'oredsaid con-- . o o f ns aining alcohol and other drugs or who usually grace the ceremonial func medicines, nor shall the liquor license tions of State, the prorogation of the act prevent the saile by a merchant who Legislature yesterday afternoon was al-- €deals in ddrugs_ z:nd- med(llclnes of {ls'uch $ compounds, mixtures and preparations most devoid of social features. Th(?l Aas are in this section hereinbefore men-- were not more than half a dozen ladies tioned, and as are so made or put up on the floor of the House, and not a by a clhertnml5§ Ot: mamufactt:rer. by ref}- 5 f f. 7 gon only that the same contain alcohol; wingle x.epresenta'the or_th? 'church C nor shall the said act prevent the sale the judiciary. Tiers of yawning chairs by a chemist of alcohol in quantities of invited oceupants, whereas at the open-- not more than ong gallon at any one time for use in the arts or manufac-- h_)g hatlj Md ie tpeqple in atfendance tures or for i!luminating purposes." were obliged to stand. When the gub-- Clause 8, which provides that sees. 26. ernatorial carriage arrived in front of 27 and 28 and schedule A of the phar-- the Parliament buildings the guard of macy act, R. S. O.. C,. 179, shall not k honor furnished by the Royal Regiment ;'(fl allnared, was stricken --out --and the