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Hamburg. Population, 624,199. Zahnarzte, 39; Zahnkunstler.
102.
Elsass-Lothringen. Population, 1,603,987. Zahnarzte, 19;
Zahntechniker, 48.

GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND.

(kingdom.)

Area, 121,481 square miles. Population, 37,740,283.
Capital, London; population 4,211,056.
The dental law of the United Kingdom dates from 1878, and
reads as follows:

An Act to Amend the Law Relating to Dental Practi-
tioners.
[22nd July, 1878.J
Whereas, it is expedient that provision be made for the regis-
tration of persons specially qualified to practice as dentists in
the United Kingdom, and that the law relating to persons prac-
ticing as dentists be otherwise amended:

Be it therefore Enacted by the Queen s most Excellent Majesty, by and
with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal,
a?id Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the
authority of the same, as follows:

1. This Act may for all purposes be cited as the Dentists
Act, 1878.
2. In this Act "General Council" means the General Council
of Medical Education and Registration of the United Kingdom,
established under the Medical Act, 1858: and "Branch Council"
means a branch of the said Council as constituted by the same
Act:

"General registrar" means the person appointed to be the reg-
istrar by the General Council, and "local registrar" means the
registrar appointed by a branch Council under the Medical Act,
1858.
"British possession" means any part of Her Majesty's domin-
ion exclusive of the United Kingdom.