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A dental students' society was formed in 1889, at Launce-
ston. President, A. Lucadou Wells; Hon. Treasurer and Secre-
tary, Louis B. Galvin.
No dental journal is published in the colony, but all matters
of interest in connection with the profession are published in
The Australasian Journal of Pharmacy, published in Melbourne,
which is also the organ of the Dental Association of Victoria.

VICTORIA.

(BRITISH COLONY.)

Area, 87,884 square miles. Population, 1,131,247.
Capital, Melbourne; population, 445,220.

Below is reprinted The Dentists Act of 1887, with regulations
under its provisions, approved by the Governor in Council.

An Act to Provide for the Registration of Dentists
Qualified to Practice in Victoria.
[17th December, 1887.]

Whereas, It is expedient that provision be made for the
registration of persons qualified to practice as dentists within the
colony of Victoria: Be it therefore Enacted by the Queen's Most
Excellent Majesty by and with the advice and consent of the
Legislative Council and the Legislative Assembly in this present
Parliament assembled and by the authority of the same as follows
(that is to say):
1. This Act may for all purposes be cited as "The Dentists
Act, 1887."
2. In the construction and for the purposes of this Act, the
following terms shall if not inconsistent with the context have
the respective meanings hereby assigned to them (that is to say):
" Ejental Board " shall mean the Dental Board appointed
under the provisions of this Act:
" Dentist" shall mean a person registered under this Act:
" Minister" shall mean the responsible Minister of the Crown
for the time being administering this Act:
" Register" shall mean the dentists' register for qualified