REGISTER, EVIDENCE.—The registrar is required before May 1st annually to print and publish in the _Royal Gazette_ of the province, and such other manner as the council shall appoint, a correct register of the names and residences and medical titles, diplomas, and qualifications conferred by any college or body, with the dates thereof, of all persons appearing on the register on the 1st of January. The register is called the Medical Register; a copy for the time being purporting to be so printed and published, or a certificate signed by the president of the council, and attested by the registrar with the corporate seal of the council, is _prima facie_ evidence that the persons therein specified are registered and qualified; the absence of a name from such copy or the want of such certificate is _prima facie_ evidence that such person is not registered. If a name does not appear on the copy, a certified copy, under the hand of the registrar of the council, of the entry of a name on the register is evidence of registration (_ib._, s. 8). ENTRANCE UPON STUDY.—A person beginning or entering on the study of physic, surgery, or midwifery, for the purpose of qualifying to practise in the province, must have obtained from the council a certificate that he has satisfactorily passed a matriculation or preliminary examination in the subjects enumerated in the act, unless he has passed a matriculation examination for the medical course in arts and science at some college in Great Britain, Ireland, Canada, the United States of America, or the Continent of Europe (_ib._, s. 10). The act prescribes formalities for admission to such preliminary examination (_ib._, s. 10). QUALIFICATION.—Subject to the exceptions hereinafter, no person can lawfully practise physic, surgery, or midwifery unless he be registered, or unless he shall have received from the council a license to practise (_ib._, s. 11).