The committee appointed by the Wel lington City Council to consider the ques tion of unregistered dogs and how to deal with them', reported last week that it was necessary to adopt some means of ridding tho streets of the great number of dogs which are at present at large, and that they thought this could bo undertaken in somewhat the same manner as it was done in Auckland." The principle was that all collarless dogs be captured and taken to a prepared for them at some con-J veh]eht place'; that they be kept for seven days, during' which time they might be claimed by the owners, who would be en titled to receive them on payment of the" cost of keep, and the license fee. If un claimed by the end of seven days, they would be offered for sale at an upset price of 10s per dog. All unsold dogs were to be drowned in a cage specially prepared for the purpose, and the bodies carted away to the nightsoil dep6t and there buried. The committee recommended that suit, able apparatus be provided in tho neighs bourhood of the Corporation yards, the cost of same boing estimated at J63Q; that G,eorge Crocker-, who now attends to the morgue, be appointed to look after and feed the dogs, and keep the place clean, being paid 10s per week for the work; that he he empowered to capture all collarless dogs, and take them to the cage, and be paid Is for each dog so captured j that the amount to be charged for keep of the dogs be 6d per day ; that these proceedings be started on the Ist March, by which date all dogs with owners should be registered. This report was adopted.
