To the Editor of the "Nortu-Cutna Datty News."
Sim,—Referring to your paragraph in to-day's issue of your esteemed paper, stating that some police officials are of opinion that there would be fewer unlicensed dogs if the various Courts in Shanghai were to impose heavier fines on persons brought up for this offence, I have to state that, in my humble opinion, there would be fewer unlicensed dogs in the Settlement if the fee was more reasonable, the original foe was 81, to-day it is 85.
While to the Taipan $5 is practically nothing, to the average individual, it is an item reckoned with in these days of H. C. L., particularly so, when one has more than one dog to keep.
The average individual loves a dog just as much as his Taipan, and in the majority of cases, dogs are kept og a protection against thieves and burglars, especially so in the outlying districts, where the policeman is generally conspicuous by his absence.
Tam, ete., Resipent or Ovriyine Disraicr.
Shanghai, July 30.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.