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4. It would be desirable that arrangements should be made for the Commis- sion to meet at as early a date as possible, as Mr. Woosnam, the Game Warden of the East Africa Protectorate and a high authority on matters relating to big game, is on his way to this country on leave of absence for six or seven months, and his wide knowledge and experience would be of great value to the Commission.

34952

No. 53.

I am, &c.,

H. J. READ,

for the Under-Secretary of State.

FOREIGN OFFICE to COLONIAL OFFICE. (Received 8 October, 1913.)

The Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs presents his compliments to the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies and, by direction of the Secretary of State, transmits herewith copy of a despatch from Earl Granville (Berlin), dated October 1, respecting the African game regulations.

Reference to previous letter: Foreign Office, September 30.*

Foreign Office,

October 8, 1913.

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§ 3.

In particular cases the Governor is authorized to permit individual persons to capture or kill a definite number of one or more kinds of animals under conditions to be established for each case.

§ 4.

Infringements of the provisions of this Order are punished with imprisonment for a period not exceeding three months or with a fine not exceeding 5,000 marks, either separately or together.

In addition to the above penalty the hunting implements employed are to be confiscated.

In the case of natives the penalties apply which are admissible in accordance with the Imperial Chancellor's decree of April 22, 1896.

§ 5.

The Order comes into operation on September 1, 1913.

Lome,

July 26, 1913.

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The Governor, Duke of Mecklenburg.

No. 54.

PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE

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(No. 35. Africa.) SIR,

Enclosure in No. 53.

Berlin, October 1, 1913.

WITH reference to my despatch No. 34 Africa, of the 18th ultimo, I have the honour to transmit to you herewith translation of a decree issued by the Governor of Togoland providing for the establishment of reserves in the Colony, in which the hunting of all kinds of game is prohibited.

A further decree is published in the "Kolonial-Blatt" establishing two such game reservations in the districts of Sokode and Atakpame, and the districts of Kete-Kratschi and Sokode respectively.

I have also the honour to report that a notification has been issued by the Governor of German East Africa prohibiting the shooting of rhinoceros in the so- called Ngorongoro-Kessel.

The Right Honourable

Sir Edward Grey, Bart., K.G.,

&c.. &c..

&c.

I have, &c.,

GRANVILLE.

TRANSLATION of Order OF THE GOVERNOR OF TOGOLAND, RESPECTING THE ESTABLISH- MENT OF GAME reserves, OF JULY 26, 1913.

In virtue of § 15 of the Protectorate Law (Reichsgesetzblatt 1900, p. 813), and of § 5 of the Decree of the Imperial Chancellor of September 27, 1903 (Kolonial- Blatt, p. 509), the following order is issued:

§ 1.

The Governor is authorized, for the purpose of protecting game, to declare by means of a public announcement certain districts to be game reserves.

§ 2.

In the game reserves it is forbidden to hunt or capture animals in any manner whatsoever.

Under hunting and capturing (Jagd und Tierfang) is understood all action directed towards procuring all animals which in accordance with the custom of the country can be hunted.

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THE BRITISH SOUTH AFRICA COMPANY to COLONIAL OFFICE.

SIR,

(Received 11 October, 1913.)

[Answered by No. 56.]

2, London Wall Buildings, London, E.C.,

10th October, 1913.

I AM directed to forward, for the information of the Secretary of State, a copy of a report by Dr. Aylmer May, Principal Medical Officer for Northern Rhodesia, on the relationship between big game and the spread of sleeping sickness. Dr. May has an extensive and specialised knowledge of the disease, and my Directors think that his report may be of service to the Committee which has recently been appointed to investigate this subject. I am also to say that Dr. May and Mr. Lloyd, the entomologist attached to the recent Sleeping Sickness Commission in Northern Rhodesia, will be in London towards the end of the year, and will be prepared to give evidence before the Committee. (The Administrator is of opinion that the evidence of these two officers might be of considerable value, in view of the fact that they have made a close study of the subject on the spot.

SIR,

I am, &c.,

A. P. MILLAR,

Assistant Secretary.

Enclosure in No. 54.

Medical Department, Livingstone, Northern Rhodesia,

27th August, 1913. THE accompanying number of the British Medical Journal (August 2nd, 1913) is forwarded for His Honour's information. It contains an announcement that the Secretary of State for the Colonies has nominated a Committee to report on various aspects of the relationship between big game and the spread of sleeping sickness with a view to determining whether the destruction of the game, wholesale or partially, is necessary.

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A considerable amount of agitation for the destruction of game as a preventative to the spread of this disease now seems to exist in England, and it is probable that both this agitation and the appointment of this Committee is due, partly to the opinions recently expressed on this subject by Sir David Bruce, the Director of the Nyasaland Sleeping Sickness Commission, and partly to some papers and discussions