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" The Dentists Act, 1880, Amendment Act, 1881," is hereby
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amended as follows, to-wit: In line six of subsection one of sec-
tion three thereof, the words " within one year " are hereby
repealed.
Wherever the word "Senate" is used in "The Dentists
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Act, 1880," or "The Dentists Act, 1880, Amendment Act, 1881,"
the words "Governor in Council " shall be read and substituted in
lieu thereof; and it is further provided that the Governor in
Council shall appoint a Board of Examiners for each of the cities
of Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, and Dunedin, for the pur-
pose of conducting examinations and granting certificates under
the Dentists Acts and this Act.
By the Amendment Act of 1891 (54, 55 Vict,, No. 38) the
powers vested by the original Act in Senate of the University of
New Zealand were vested in the Governor in Council, and the
appointment, by the Government, of Boards of Examiners in
Wellington, Auckland, Christchurch and Dunedin was made com-
pulsory.
The number of dentists in New Zealand was, in 1892, as fol-
lows: Auckland, 24; Dunedin, 22; Wellington, 15; Christchurch,
8; Invercargill, 6; Nelson, 5; New Plymouth, 5; Wanganui, 5;
Napier, 4; Lawrence, 3; Oamaru, 2; Pahiatua, 2; Port Chalmers,
2; Timaru, 2, and twenty-nine dentists for twenty-nine more
cities and towns. Three dentists registered in New Zealand had
since left the colony. Of those one was a graduate from the
University of Maryland, United States, and two from Namur,
Belgium. The whole number of registered dentists living in New
Zealand thus being, in 1892, 134.
The New Zealand Dental Association was formed in 1889.
We reprint the following from a New Zealand journal regarding
the formation of the society:
"At a conference of New Zealand dentists, held at Mr. Raw-
son's house in Wellington on July 1, and two succeeding days,
the following gentlemen were present: Messrs. Boot and Frank
Armstrong, representing Otago; Mr. Greenwood, Wanganui; Mr.
Purdie, Canterbury; Mr. Rawson, Wellington and Auckland.
Messrs. Hoby, Hall and Bulkley,of Wellington, were also present.
"Mr. Boot was voted to the chair and Mr. Frank Armstrong

appointed secretary pro tern. The following resolutions were car-
ried:
"'That it is desirable that an association be formed, to be