§ SIR GEORGE DOUGLASasked Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, Whether, with regard to the great increase of dogs, and the consequent worrying of sheep, disturbance, and other injury to farm stock in Scotland, he is prepared to recommend that quarterly notices of the number of dog licences issued by the officers of the Inland Revenue within their respective districts, and to whom granted, should be furnished to the chief constables of 670 counties and of burghs in Scotland, in order that the local authorities may have the information necessary to enable them to make out the Returns suggested by the Home Secretary, and otherwise assist in carrying out the Law; also, that all prosecutions for the evasion of the dog licence should be made through the police; and, whether he will consider the advisability of next year amending the statute 30 Victoria, cap. 5, by enacting, that the name and description of the dog for which a licence is taken out should be noted upon the licence, and that such licence should apply to the dog described, and to no other?
§ THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUERSir, with regard to the first three parts of the Question, we shall be quite prepared to issue the quarterly notices to which the hon. Gentleman refers, and I believe it will be convenient to do so. With regard to the other two parts, I am at present in communication with the Home Secretary, and we will consider the subject between this and next Session.