PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE
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Reference :-
C.O. 885
20 PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE, LONDON
ALLY WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE BE REPRODUCED PHOTOGRAPHIC-
COPYRIGHT PHOTOGRAPH—NOT TO
SIR,
(No. 2329.)
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Enclosure 5 in No. 67.
14th November, 1912. WITH reference to paragraph 2 of your letter of the 8th November, 1912, deal- ing with the Game Ordinance, 1912, I have the honour to state that the question of the minimum weight of the ivory of elephants allowed to be shot is an international one which the British Government is dealing with, with a view to a higher scale being accepted by European Powers in Africa. The actual weight fixed in the Ordinance, viz., 30 lbs., was decided by Mr. Jackson before proceeding on leave. Hence, in the circumstances, the Acting Governor regrets he has no power to vary this, but will forward an expression of your opinion when submitting the draft Ordinance to the Secretary of State.
2. Sections 16 and 21 of the draft are intended to meet the question raised in the third paragraph of your letter and appear sufficient for the purpose.
3.
With reference to the last paragraph, there are only two existing reserves in the Protectorate, and I am to state, for your information, that it is hoped to arrange for the boundaries of the Toro reserve to be substantially reduced.
I have, &c.,
E. B. JARVIS,
Acting Chief Secretary to the Government.
The Secretary,
The Uganda Chamber of Commerce,
Kampala
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APPENDIX.
SOUTH AFRICA.
PROCLAMATION.
BY HIS EXCELLENCY THE HIGH COMMISSIONER.
WHEREAS it is expedient to require persons who sell or export for sale game killed within the Bechuanaland Protectorate to obtain a licence for that purpose;
Now therefore under and by virtue of the powers in me vested I do hereby declare, proclaim, and make known as follows:-
1. For the purposes of this Proclamation "game" shall include all animals and birds named in the Schedule to this Proclamation or in such Schedule as amended under section nine.
2. No person shall sell, barter, hawk, offer, expose or export for sale any game killed within the Bechuanaland Protectorate without being in possession of a licence authorizing him to do so; provided, however, that the owner or occupier of any land within the Bechuanaland Protectorate may sell, barter, hawk, offer, expose, or export for sale game killed upon such land without being in possession of such a licence.
3. Every such licence shall be for a period not exceeding one year and shall expire on the 31st day of December in the year for which it is granted and the amount payable for every such licence shall be the sum of two pounde sterling; provided that for licences taken out after the 30th day of June in any year only one-half of such amount shall be payable.
4. Every such licence shall be issued subject to such conditions as to the quantity and description of game which may be sold, exported, or otherwise dealt with thereunder and the time of the year during which it may be sold, exported, or otherwise dealt with as may be endorsed on the licence prior to the issue thereof by the Resident Commissioner or any officer authorized by him to issue licences.
5. The issue or renewal of any licence may be refused by the Resident Commissioner or any officer authorized by him to issue licences without any reason being given for such refusal.
6. Every person who shall, in contravention of section two of this Proclamation, or in contravention of any condition endorsed on his licence, sell, barter, hawk, offer, expose, or export for sale any game killed within the Bechuanaland Protectorate, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding ten pounds or in default of payment, to imprisonment with or without hard labour for a period not exceeding three months.
7. Nothing in this Proclamation contained shall apply to any member of a native tribe who shall sell, barter, hawk, offer, expose, or export for sale game killed by him within the territory lawfully hunted by such tribe.
8. In any prosecution for an offence against this Proclamation—
(a) any game proved to have been exported from the Bechuanaland Protectorate shall be
deemed to have been exported for sale unless and until the contrary is proved;
(6) any game proved to have been sold, bartered, hawked, offered, or exposed for sale within or exported for sale from the Bechuanaland Protectorate shall be deemed to have been killed within the Bechuanaland Protectorate unless and until the contrary is proved.
9. The High Commissioner may from time to time by notice in the Gazette amend the Schedule to this Proclamation and add to or withdraw therefrom the name of any bird or animal,
10. This Proclamation shall have force and effect from the first day of January 1912.
GOD SAVE THE KING.
Given under my Hand and Seal at Johannesburg this Eighteenth day of December One thousand Nine hundred and Éleven.
By Command of His Excellency the High Commissioner,
Rhebuck.
Klipspringer.
Duiker.
Steinbuck.
Hare,
Wild goose. Wild duck.
Snipe,
Pauw.
SCHEDULE.
GLADSTONE,
High Commissioner.
C. H. RODWELL,
Imperial Secretary.
Black korhaan.
Vaal korhaan.
Bush korhaan.
Dikkop. Guinea-fowl.
Pheasant. Partridge.
Grouse. Plover.
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