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with these regulations, for the purpose of regulating the proceed-
ings in the general conduct of the business of the Board.
Approved by the Governor in Council, the 4th January, 1890.
G. Wilson Brown,
Clerk of the Executive Council.
The first meeting for the purpose of forming a Dental Asso-
ciation of Victoria was held at the Coffee Palace, Bourke Street,
Melbourne, August 7, 1889. The association was formally in-
augurated and its first council elected by ballot October 1, 1889.
The official name is the Dental Association of Victoria.
There is also in existence the Odontological Society of Vic-
toria, with twenty-six members (November, 1892); a Students'
Society, with a few members, and a small dental hospital under
the management of the Dental Association.
Usually students attend private lectures after passing an ap-
prenticeship previous to the examination of the Dental Board.
Many, after their term of pupilage, seek a diploma in England
or America, but the only American colleges that are officially
recognized by the Dental Board of Victoria are the Michigan
College of Dental Surgery, and the Harvard University Dental
Department, except by special application to the Dental Board
of Victoria.
The number of dentists in Victoria is as follows: Melbourne
(including South, North, East and West), 114; Fitzroy, 37; Carl-
ton, 29; Ballarat, 20; Sandhurst, 19; St. Kilda, 19; Prahran, 17;
Geelong, 12; Albert Park, 10; Richmond, 10; South Yarra, 10;
Warrnambool, 9; Collingwood, 8; Hawthorn, 8; Brighton, 7;
Castlemaine, 6; Maryborough, 6; Windsor, 6; Gippsland, Kyne-
ton and Port Melbourne, each 5; Beechworth, Brunswick, Echuca
Essendon, Stawell and Williamstown, each 4; Clifton Hill, Co-
burg, Colac, Dandenong, Hamilton, Launceston, Malvern, Port
Fairy, St. Arnaud and Toorak, each 3; Alexandra, Ararat, Ar-
mandale, Ascot Vale, Benalla, Burnley, Camberwell, Charlton,
Creswick, Dunolly, Elsternwick, Footscray, Hawksburn, Hors-
sham, Hotham, Inglewood, Kilmore, Maldon, Mooney Ponds,
Nhill, Numurkah, Romsey, Sale, Shepparton, South Preston and
Wangaratta, each 2; and sixty smaller towns have each 1 dentist.
Registered in Victoria, but now practicing in Tasmania, 6; in
New South Wales, 5; in Queensland, 1; in South Australia, 1.
The number of dentists practicing in Victoria is therefore (in
1892), 528.