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26. Section 27 of the Uganda Game Ordinance, 1906. 27. Section 28 of the Uganda Game Ordinance, 1906. 28. Section 29 of the Uganda Game Ordinance, 1906. 29. Section 30 of the Uganda Game Ordinance, 1906. 30. Section 31 of the Uganda Game Ordinance, 1906. 31. Section 32 of the Uganda Game Ordinance, 1906. 32. Section 33 of the Uganda Game Ordinance, 1906. 33. Section 34 of the Uganda Game Ordinance, 1906.

34 This section has been inserted in accordance with the report of the Com-

mittee.

35. This section has been inserted in accordance with the report of the Com-

mittee.

36.

Section 38 of the Uganda Game Ordinance, 1906.

37. Section 39 of the Uganda Game Ordinance, 1906, with an amendment in

the third paragraph.

38. Section 40 of the Uganda Game Ordinance, 1906.

39. This section has been taken from Section 38 of the Nyasaland Game

Ordinance, 1911.

40. A power has not been given to the Governor to make rules.

41. Repeal.

First Schedule.-First Schedule of the Uganda Game Ordinance, 1906,

amended.

Second Schedule.-Second Schedule of the Uganda Game Ordinance, 1906,

amended.

Third Schedule.-Third Schedule of the Uganda Game Ordinance, 1906,

amended.

Fourth Schedule.-New schedule required for new fortnightly licence, ----- Fifth Schedule. Game reserves; the Bunyoro reserve is the same as provided

in the Proclamation of the 10th December, 1910.

The Toro game reserve, as provided in the Proclamation of 12th August, 1909, has been considerably reduced.

Sixth Schedule. Seventh Schedule of the Uganda Game Ordinance, 1906.

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a resident's, a visitor's, and a fortnightly. The fee payable for a visitor's licence is five times that for a resident's, but they carry with them identical rights; and the animals of which the licences give the right to kill a limited number are set out in the Third Schedule. It will be observed that the fees for these licences are very much lower than the fees for certain licences under the 1906 Ordinance. Against this, it should be pointed out that the elephant has been removed from the list of animals in the Third Schedule, and special provision, similar to that existing in the East Africa Protectorate, has been made in Section 22 to enable holders of a resident's or visitor's licence to obtain a special licence to kill one or two elephants at an additional fee of Rs. 150 each.

The fortnightly licence is intended to meet the needs of public officers on local leave and others who may not wish to take out the more expensive licences. Such fortnightly licence entitles the holder to kill only a limited number of the antelopes and gazelles set out in the Fourth Schedule.

The bird licence has been abolished altogether.

7. Section 21 is a new section introduced to facilitate the destruction of animals which are injuring orops.

8. Provision has been made in Sections 34 and 35 for the issue by a Provincial Commissioner of licences to patives which shall give the same rights as a resident's licence, and for which the same fee shall be payable..

9. Section 39 gives the Governor power to suspend the operation of the Ordi- nance wherever he thinks fit.

10. In Section 40 a general power to make rules is given.

11. The schedules have been revised and numerous alterations made partly to suit the new licences, and partly in accordance with up-to-date information.

12. The Fifth Schedule sets out the game reserves. No alteration has been made in the Bunyoro reserve, but the Toro reserve has been very much reduced. It formerly consisted of two portions, a northern and southern; the southern portion has been abolished and the northern portion made very much smaller, the intention being merely to provide a small reserve to protect the species of Lake Albert (thin tusked) elephant which is found in that locality.

Entebbe,

26th November, 1912.

DONALD KINGDON,

Attorney-General.

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Enclosure 3 in No. 67.

REPORT ON A Draft ORDINANCE INTITULED : THE GAME ORDINANCE, 1912.”

1. The object of this draft Ordinance is to consolidate the existing game laws and to bring them up to date with present requirements.

2. It repeals the Game Ordinance, 1906, and the amending Ordinance of 1910; and, though the greater part of the 1906 Ordinance is re-enacted, a number of important alterations have been made.

3. A comparative table accompanies this report, and shows clearly which sections are taken from the 1906 Ordinance and which are new; it is intended, in this report, to deal only with the substantial alterations which have been made.

4. The first important alteration occurs in Section 7, which deals with the possession, sale, and export of ivory. Facts show that the number of elephants in the Protectorate is exaggerated, that large tuskers are few, and that the great majority of bulls are immature or breeding bulls. If, therefore, elephants are to be preserved, it is essential that these immature bulls should only be shot in moderation, and to ensure this it is necessary to raise the minimum weight of tusks to £30. Accordingly, the £11 minimum provided in Section 7 of the 1908 Ordinance has been raised to £30 in the present draft; whilst, in view of the increase, it is no longer necessary to retain the special provision in regard to the tusks of female elephants.

There is a saving in favour of ivory lawfully obtained before the new clause comes into effect.

5. In Section 8 of this draft, provisions have been adopted from the East Africa Game Ordinance, 1909, which place upon persons, accused of the unlawful possession, sale or export of ivory, the onus of proving that such ivory was lawfully obtained.

6. In place of the various licences set out in Section 12 of the 1908 Ordinance, Section 13 of the present draft provides for the issue of three kinds of licences, viz.,

SIR,

Enclosure 4 in No. 67.

The Uganda Chamber of Commerce, Kampala,

8th November, 1912.

AT a meeting of this Chamber held here yesterday the draft of "The Game Ordinance, 1912," was discussed.

2.

I am instructed to state that the Chamber are of opinion that with regard to Clause No. 22 of the Ordinance, the minimum weight of 30 lbs. per tusk is too high. The effect of raising the limit to 30 lbs. per tusk will, to a very great extent, do away with the shooting of elephants at all, as the tendency will naturally be for the holders of licences to leave the elephant alone rather than run the risk of shooting those with tusks under the above limit. It is a well-known fact that in some districts elephants with tusks over 30 lbs. each are rarely met with. This Chamber are, therefore, of opinion that if this Ordinance be passed elephants will increase considerably in numbers, to the great detriment of planters and settlers.

3.

We already know of three instances where elephants recently passed through cultivated estates in Uganda with disastrous effects. We consider that in such cases elephants should be looked on as vermin and destroyed accordingly, irrespective of the weight of the tusks.

4.

If Government wish to preserve elephants, the Chamber think that special areas should be set aside for this purpose, remote from cultivated land.

I have, &c.,

J. A. GREGOR,

Secretary.

The Chief Secetary,

Entebbe.