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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1265, 21 October 1911, Page 9

On week days last year tho British Museum had 070,104 visitors, states a Blue Book, and 011 Sundays G5.73.1, tho latter being a higher Sunday total than in any year except 190 S. Mr. Thomas Scott, 0110 of Scotland's bigge.st limber merchants, was killed l'econtly by being tin-own out; of his carriage at Freuchie, Firth of Forth. Of the many German municipalities which have long threatened to low a tax 011 oats, Munich is first to earrv the threat into effect. Tho revenue of Bavaria's capital will bo augmented, by five marks annually upon each cat within the walls of the city. In future p-w P'lfs must wear a foliar with a metal check and. number, similar to thoso worn by dogs, or she will fall a prey lo speciallyorganised cat-catchers. The new measure, ■it is stated, is in defence of singing birds, and also iu tho interest of hygiene awl the' citizens' nocturnal repose,