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1904, addressed to the British Medical Association on the

subject of Medical Registration in Ceylon.

3.

It would be advisable, however,

before steps are taken to amend the Medical Registration

Ordinance 1884, to obtain the opinion of the General

Medical Council on the subject, and I have therefore to

request that Your Lordship will be good enough to refer

the matter to the Council and at the same time to ask them

to supply a list of the Foreign Countries and British

Dependencies which do not grant reciprocity of the nature

referred to, assuming that Hongkong registers such persons

only whose qualifications entitle them to registration by

the Council.

4.

I may point out that any legislat-

-ion on the subject in this Colony would not be retrospect-

-ive and that Chinese Practitioners are fully protected

by Section 3 of Ordinance No. 1 of 1884.

I have the honour to be,

My Lord,

Your Lordship's most obedient,

humble servant,

Mbathan

Governor, &c. .