13 



TABLE VIII— Continued. 



The table shows that of the 519 townships in the Province, 227 town- 

 ships collected dog taxes in 1903 and 236 in 1904. The townships that 

 did not collect dog- taxes numbered 292 in 1903 and 283 in 1904. The 

 townships that did not collect dog- taxes must have passed a by-law in 

 accordance with section 2 of the Act for the Protection of Sheep and to 

 Impose a Tax on Dogs. It will be noticed that 186 townships paid for 

 damages done to sheep by dogs in 1903, and in 1904 those paying dam- 

 ages numbered 174. This would indicate that 41 townships in 1903 and 

 62 townships in 1904 collected taxes and did not pay for damages to 

 sheep by dogs. 



The returns made to the Department by towns and villages do not 

 give particulars, in many cases, regarding the dog taxes. So far as the 

 returns have been received, they show that both in 1903 and 1904 the 

 number of towns and villages that collected a dog tax numbered 171, 

 against 84 which did not collect taxes on dogs. The total of these taxes 

 collected in 1903 was $21,747, anc ^ m I 9°4 $ I 5>334- Only two of these 

 towns and villages report the payment of money for damages done to 

 sheep by dogs. 



