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BAHAMAS.

(BRITISH COLONY.)
Area, 5,450 square miles. Population, 48,000.
Capital, Nassau; population, 5,000.

There are no laws in the colony governing the practice of
dentistry.
Two dentists, graduates of the University of Pennsylvania, at
Philadelphia, practice in Nassau.

BARBADOS.

(BRITISH COLONY.)
Area, 166 square miles. Population, 180,000.
Capital, Bridgetown; population, 25,000.
From a dentist practicing in Barbados, we have been for-
warded a letter, containing the following:
"As far as I know the laws of Barbados make no mention of
dentistry. About five or six years ago an English Act was pub-
lished in our Official Gazette, but I do not see how it could affect
a self-governing colony. There are usually five dentists in Bar-
bados, of whom one is graduated at Harvard, two at the Penn-
sylvania University, and two at Pennsylvania College of Dental
Surgery. No instruction is given here on the subject of dentistry,
and there has, naturally enough, never been a dental school or
association in Barbados. I understand that there are several
dozen tooth-extractors throughout the town and country."

BERMUDA.

(BRITISH COLONY.)
Area, 20 square miles. Population, 15,743.
Capital, Hamilton; population, 8,000.
There are no laws in Bermuda regulating the practice of den-
tistry, consequently no examinations are required. At present
(in the early part of 1893) there are in Bermuda five practicing
dentists.