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subjects usually included in a dental education, and to perform
operations in the mouth and to give practical evidence of skill in
Prosthetic Dentistry.

(g) The examination shall be written, oral and clinical, and
comprises the following subjects:
1. Anatomy, especially of the head and neck.
2. General Physiology and Dental Histology.
3. Principles and Practice of Medicine and Surgery, as ap-
plied in Dentistry.
4. Operative Dentistry, Dental Pathology.
Therapeutics and Materia Medica.
5.
6. Prosthetic Dentistry, Metallurgy.
7. Chemistry and Anaesthetics and other branches usually re-
quired for a dental education.

FINAL EXAMINATIONS.
The Board of Examiners shall consist of practitioners, who
shall prepare a set of examination papers, which shall be sub-
mitted to the whole Board of Examiners, and a definite value
placed upon each question, the aggregate value of each paper to
be 100, 60 per cent, of correct answers to which shall pass the

student, provided no subject shall fall below 35.
An oral and clinical examination shall be held by each ex-
aminer and the replies and operations shall be rated by the same
standard as the written examination.
.The Board of Examiners shall meet and examine the papers
and operations, and if the student reaches the average of 60 per
cent, on the whole work and does not fall below 50 in any clinic,
he shall receive a certificate to practice dental surgery in Nova
Scotia.
REGISTRATION OF DIPLOMAS.
Any person in possession of a diploma from a college of den-
tistry recognized by the Board, and who has been a student of
dentistry for thirty-six months may be registered by the Regis-
trar without examination, provided that he must possess the
scholastic qualifications required in By-law No. 18, Sub-section
(d), otherwise the applicant must pass a matriculation examina-
tion as required in Sections 1 1, 12 and 14 of the Dental Act. All
students of dentistry who were not registered under Section 16 of
the Act of 1891, before October 1, 1892, are required to pass the
matriculation examination as set forth in By-law No. 18, Sub-
section (d).