Whitehaven ........ 193 Wigan ............. 91 Willenhall ........ 11 Willesden Junction 107 Wilnecote ......... 16-1/2 Wincanton ......... 130 Winchester ........ 127 Windermere ........ 156 Windsor ........... 113 Winson Green ...... 2-1/2 Wirksworth ........ 56 Witton ............ 3-1/2 Woburn Sands ...... 70 Wokingham ......... 100 Wolverhampton ..... 12 Wolverton ......... 60 Worcester ......... 27-1/2 Worthington ....... 50 Wrexham ........... 72 Wylde Green....... 6 Yarmouth .......... 201 Yeovil ............ 152 York .............. 130-1/2 ~Dogs.~--A 5s. duty on dogs came into force April 5, 1867; raised to 7s. 6d. in June, 1878; This was not the first tax of the kind, for a local note of the time says that in 1796 "the fields and waters near the town were covered with the dead carcases of dogs destroyed by their owners to avoid payment of the tax." The amount paid per year at present for "dog licenses" in Birmingham is about £1,800. The using of dogs as beasts of burden (common enough now abroad) was put a stop to in London at the end of Oct. 1840, though it was not until 1854 that the prohibition became general. Prior to the passing of the Act in that year, dogs were utilised as draught animals to a very great extent in this neighbourhood by the rag-and-bone gatherers, pedlars, and little merchants, as many as 180 of the poor brutes once being counted in five hours as passing a certain spot on the Westbromwich Road. There have been one or two "homes" for stray dogs opened, but it is best in case of a loss of this kind to give early information at the nearest police station, as the art of dog stealing has latterly been much cultivated in this town, and it should be considered a duty to one's neighbour to aid in putting a stop thereto. ~Dog Shows.~--The first local Dog Show was held in 1860, but it was not until the opening in Curzon Hall, December 4, 1865, that the Show took rank as one of the "yearly institutions" of the town.--See "_Exhibitions_."