Wilson, Joseph Foord , Surgeon Dentist, Spey Street, Invercargill. This practice was originally founded by Mr. Deck in the sixties, subsequently conducted by Mr. Thompson, and was carried on for about nine years prior to 1899 by Mr. R. J. B. Yule, who was succeeded in the ownership by Mr. Wilson, the present proprietor. Mr. Wilson's rooms are centrally situated on the ground floor of a large building, and contain a waiting room, an office, workrooms, and two surgeries, with a complete equipment of the best modern instruments and appliances. Mr. Wilson is assisted by a qualified lady dentist, Miss Amy Johnston, who was the second lady to page 833 qualify as a dentist in the colony. Mr. Wilson has established a colonial reputation for crown and bridge work, and work comes to him from all parts of New Zealand. He was born in 1864, and is the grandson of Dr. Wilson, who was the first medical man in practice in Nelson. After being four years in the Post and Telegraph Department, he resigned and went as a pupil to Mr. Herbert Rawson, a dentist of considerable standing now practising in Wellington, and in 1886 Mr. Wilson was successful in passing the dental examination. Shortly after he entered into a brief partnership with Mr. Walter E. Hall, and afterwards commenced the practice of his profession in Hokitika, where he remained until the death of his brother, also a dentist. Mr. Wilson has always one or two students under his charge.