Dear Sir:—I send you herewith the result of the votes of the Committee of Revision upon the first instalment of corrections in the U. S. Pharmacopoeia, eighth revision, since the passage of the Food and Drugs Act.

Belladonna Leaf now 0·3 per cent. mydriatic alkaloids.

Belladonna Root now 0·45 per cent. mydriatic alkaloids.

Colchicum Seed now 0·45 per cent. of colchicine.

Ipecac now 1·75 per cent. of ipecac alkaloids.

Stramonium now 0·25 per cent. of mydriatic alkaloids.

Fluidextract of Belladonna Root now 0·4 gramme alkaloids in 100 c.c.

Tincture of Belladonna Leaf now 0·03 gramme alkaloids in 100 c.c.

Fluidextract of Colchicum Seed now 0·4 gramme alkaloid in 100 c.c.

Tincture of Colchicum Seed now 0·04 gramme alkaloid in 100 c.c.

Fluidextract of Ipecac now 1·5 gramme alkaloids in 100 c.c.

Fluidextract of Stramonium now 0·25 gramme alkaloids in 100 c.c.

Extract of Stramonium now 1·0 per cent. alkaloids.

Tincture of Stramonium now 0·025 gramme alkaloids in 100 c.c.

Jalap Root now 7 per cent. of total resin.

Under the article Petrolatum, p. 336, U. S. P., last paragraph, the sulphuric acid test has been dropped.

February 15, 1907.