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a fine was imposed, while in one case the defendant was 

 sentenced to imprisonment. The number of prosecutions for 

 offences of this character, which has steadily increased 

 during the past twenty years, showed a further rise in 1899 ; 

 in the five years 1879-83 the annual average number was 

 1,371, while in 1895-99 it was 3,104 per annum. In the three 

 Welsh counties of Brecon, Merioneth, and Radnor no 

 prosecutions took place. The greatest number of prosecu- 

 tions were recorded in London, viz., 1,215 ; i n Lancashire 

 they numbered 415 ; in the West Riding of Yorks, 190; in 

 Middlesex, 174; in Essex, 135 ; in Warwick, 134; in Stafford, 

 117 ; and in Glamorgan, 105. 



Among other cases it may be observed that there were 

 3,625 prosecutions for offences against the Diseases of 

 Animals Acts, in 2,870 of which fines were imposed. The 

 average for the five years 1894-98 was 2,846. Prosecutions 

 for offences relating to dogs are shown separately, and 

 amounted to 27,734, which was much below the number in 

 1898, when the cases relating to dogs numbered 43,210. 

 Fines were imposed in 24,983 cases. 



Local Authorities in Scotland [Technical Education), Returns 

 for 1899-1900. \H.C. 140]. Price bd. 



This return shows the extent to which, and the manner 

 in which, local authorities in Scotland have allocated and 

 applied funds to the purposes of technical education in the 

 year ended 15th day of May, 1900, under the following Acts : 

 Local Taxation (Customs and Excise) Act, 1890; Education 

 and Local Taxation Account (Scotland) Act, 1892 ; 

 Technical Schools (Scotland) Act, 1887 ; Technical 

 Instruction Amendment (Scotland) Act, 1892 ; and Public 

 Libraries Acts. 



The total amount of the residue grant paid to the county 

 councils, town councils of burghs, and commissioners of 

 police burghs in respect of the year 1898-99 was ^71,192, of 

 which £53,833 was allocated for purposes of technical 



