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PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE

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Enclosure in No. 65.

NYASALAND PROTECTORATE.

THE GAME ORDINANCE, 1911. PROCLAMATION.

"it is provided that the Whereas by Section 38 of " The Game Ordinance 1911 Governor in Council may suspend the operation of the said Ordinance or parts thereof in respect of portions of districts.

And whereas it has been made to appear to me expedient that the operation of the said Ordinance, with the exception that elephants (female or young) and all the birds mentioned in Schedule I to the Ordinance shall not be hunted killed or cap- tured, in so far as it relates to natives should be suspended in respect of the portion of the Dowa Sub-district of the Lilongwe District the boundaries of which are as described in a Notice No. 13 dated the 30th of December 1911 and published in the Gazette of that date:

Now therefore by virtue of the powers in me as Governor in Council vested as aforesaid I do hereby proclaim and declare that the operation of the said Ordinance subject to the exception as aforesaid in so far as it relates to natives shall be and is hereby suspended in respect of the portion of the Dowa Sub-District of the Lilongwe District hereinbefore described until further notice: Provided that if elephants be killed in pursuance of the provisions of this Proclamation the tusks thereof shall be deemed to be the property of the Government.

GOD SAVE THE KING.

Given under my hand and the Public Seal of the Protectorate at Zomba, Nyasa- land, this thirty-first day of October One thousand nine hundred and twelve. By Command of His Excellency the Governor,

F. B. PEARCE,

Deputy Governor.

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Game Ordinance, 1912,* as finally revised, together with the comparative table and legal report.

2. The enclosures to my despatch above referred to show how the conclusions were arrived at, with the exception of the alteration of the boundaries of the Toro game reserve, which have been reduced in accordance with arrangements made by Mr. Jackson, on consultation with the district officers, after his last tour in the Western Province.

3. I transmit also for your consideration a copy of a letter from the Chamber of Commerce dealing with the increase in the weight of ivory, together with a copy of my reply thereto. This question is also dealt with in the third paragraph of your despatch, No. 127, of The 7th April, 1911,† action in respect to which was deferred in order to allow of all outstanding questions being considered under a revised Game Ordinance, now submitted.

4. The opinion of the Committee regarding the question of the appointment of game rangers is contained in paragraph 19 of enclosure (a) to my despatch, No. 405, of the 7th October, 1912.

I have, &c.,

Section.

2.

H. R. WALLIS,

Acting Governor.

Zomba, Nyasaland,

24th October, 1912.

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(No. 837.) SIR,

No. 66.

EAST AFRICA PROTECTORATE.

THE SECRETARY OF STATE to THE GOVERNOR.

Downing Street, 6 December, 1912.

I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of Mr. Bowring's despatch, No. 772, of the 31st of October,* and to inform you that I approve of your substituting the amended description of the Northern Game Reserve for that contained in the second part of Schedule 5 of the Game Ordinance, 1909 (No. XIX. of 1909).

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I have, &c.,

L. HARCOURT.

SIR,

No. 67. UGANDA.

THE ACTING GOVERNOR to THE SECRETARY OF STATE. (Received 28 December, 1912.)

[Answered 20th January, 1913, by 41151 in Miscellaneous No. 287.]

Government House, Uganda, 29th November, 1912. WITH reference to my despatch, No. 405. of the 7th October, 1912,† I have the honour to transmit, for your consideration and approval, six copies of the draft

(No. 483.)

• No. 64.

† 34603: not printed.

Enclosure 2 in No. 67.

THE GAME ORDINANCE, 1912: COMPARATIVE Table.

1. Short title.

The Uganda Game Ordinance, 1906, Section 2 amended.

An addition has been made to the definition of " hunt, kill or capture," by

words taken from Section 6 of the Uganda Game Ordinance, 1910.

3. The Uganda Game Ordinance, 1906, Section 3.

4. The Uganda Game Ordinance, 1906, Section 4.

5.

The Uganda Game Ordinance, 1906, Section 5.

6.

The Uganda Game Ordinance, 1906, Section 6, those parts which relate

to ostriches being omitted, as ostriches are dealt with by the Ostrich Ordinance, 1909.

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7. The word male "has been deleted and the weight has been raised to

30 lbs.

8. This section has been taken from Section 12 (2) of the East Africa Game

Ordinance, 1909.

9. Section 8 of the Uganda Game Ordinance, 1906.

10. Section 9 of the Uganda Game Ordinance, 1906.

11.

12.

Section 10 of the Uganda Game Ordinance, 1906. Section 11 of the Uganda Game Ordinance, 1906.

13.

Section 12 of the Uganda Game Ordinance, 1906, amended.

The previous licences have been abolished and in place of them the

licences mentioned in this section have been established.

14. Section 13 of the Uganda Game Ordinance, 1906, amended. 15. Section 14 of the Uganda Game Ordinance, 1906, amended. 16. Section 21 of the Uganda Game Ordinance, 1906, amended. 17. Section 22 of the Uganda Game Ordinance, 1906, amended.

18. Section 23 of the Uganda Game Ordinance, 1906, amended.

The bird licence has been abolished.

19. Section 24 of the Uganda Game Ordinance, 1906.

20. Section 25 of the Uganda Game Ordinance, 1906.

This section has been taken from Section 24 of the East Africa Game

Ordinance, 1909.

Section 26 of the East Africa Game Ordinance, 1909.

This section has been inserted in accordance with the Secretary of State's

ruling.

21.

New Section.

22.

23.

24.

25.

Section 26 of the Uganda Game Ordinance, 1906.

• Not reprinted.

† No. 25 in [Cd. 5775].

34603 not printed.

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