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and the word " he " shall be inserted before the word " shall " in
the second line of the said section.
7. Registration under the said Act shall be effected by the
entry in the Dentists' Register of the name, qualification and
residence of any person entitled or claiming to be registered
In compliance with the first Act the Senate of the University,
although confessedly dissatisfied, by the imposition of their duty,
without any previous communication, appointed a Board of
Examiners at Dunedin, where alone there existed a school of
medicine in connection with the University of Otago, and for ten
years all examinations were consequently held at Dunedin.
But during that period great complaints were made by pupils
from the northern provinces on account of the expense to which
they were subjected by the long journey or journeys (for, of
course, pupils were not always successful) to so remote a spot,
and strenuous efforts were made to persuade the Senate, in the
exercise of its powers under the Act to appoint Boards in other
towns. But they, fearing that such a course would lead to the
issue of certificates, of value varying according to the varying
reputations for strictness or laxity of the local Boards, firmly
refused to do so.

An Act to Amend the Acts Relating to Dentists.
[21st September, 1891.]
Be it Enacted by the General Assembly of New Zeala?id in Parliament
asseinbled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

1. The short title of this Act is "The Dentist Acts Amend-
ment Act, 1891."
2. Whenever any person is refused registration as a colonial
dentist or as a foreign dentist under the circumstances mentioned
in section nine of "The Dentists Act, 1880," the Board of Ex-
aminers shall, on the request of such person, appoint a time and
place for his examination under the said Act, and the by-law s or
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regulations then in force thereunder, and such examination shall
take place within thirty days.
And if sjuch person shall duly pass such examination in dent-
istry he shall be entitled to a certificate and to be registered
under the said Act, and all the provisions of the said Act so far
as applicable shall extend and apply to the case herein provided
for accordingly.