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taking au serieux, seems to invest with a meaning which they scarcely warrant. To say that Hamilton " clearly gave out to the public " that he was " duly qualified " by the name, style , etc., is to beg the whole question ; to ignore the fact th.at a medical practitioner is "duly qualified" or "recogiiised by law" only after and because lie has been "registered," and to assume as a fact that at the present moment thle use of sucli a title, etc., as Doctor in Medicine, etc., is a giving out to the public that lhe is " duly qualified," etc. For thlese reasons I say that Section 40 of the Medical Act, 1858, and(Dr. Bateman's proposed " amendment" thereof are equally insufficient. The eause of all the difficulty is the presence of the word " implying." There was in Hamilton's case nothing that "implied" that he was "registered," and the term " Anti-registered Surgeon" would sufficiently " im

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