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No. 57.

SIERRA LEONE.

THE ACTING GOVERNOR to THE SECRETARY OF STATE.

(No. 556.)

(Received 17th November, 1913.)

[Answered by No. 61.]

Government House, Sierra Leone,

5th November, 1913.

Wгr reference to Mr. Haddon Smith's despatch, No. 504, of the 22nd. September, 1909,* I have the honour to transmit herewith copies of Regulations made by the Governor-in-Council under Section 2 of the " Wild Animals, Birds and Fish Preservation Ordinance, 1901, to provide for the issuing of licences for the hunting and killing of wild animals, including elephants.

2. These regulations consolidate and amplify the former regulations, which are now repealed. They were drafted after consultation with Colonel Warren, the District Commissioner, Karene District, and the draft was submitted to the General Officer Commanding the Troops (Major-General J. A. Ferrier, C.B., D.S.O.) before they were considered and passed in Executive Council.

3. I also enclose a copy of the Acting Attorney-General's report.

I have, &c.,

Enclosure 1 in No. 57.

A. C. HOLLIS,

Regulation No. 11 of 1913.

Acting Governor.

REGULATIONS MADE BY THE GOVERNOR-IN-COUNCIL UNDER SECTION 2 OF THE WILD ANIMALS, BIRDS AND FISH PRESERVATION Ordinance, 1901 (No. 30 or 1901).

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Gazetted 1st November, 1913.

These regulations may be cited as the Game Licence Regulations, 1913, and shall apply to the Colony and Protectorate.

2. In these regulations:-

Non-native means any person not born in or domiciled in the Colony or the Protectorate, as the case may be.

Hunt includes killing or capturing by any methods, and all attempts to kill or capture.

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"Wild Animal means any of the animals mentioned in Schedules I to IV of the said Ordinance, except francolin, guinea fowl and other game birds.

Licences.

3. No non-native shall hunt any wild animal within the Colony or Protectorate without having a licence from the Governor in one of the forms in the first schedule hereto, or as provided by Regulation 8 hereof.

4. Any non-native hunting any wild animal without a licence, or contrary to the terms of his licence, shall be guilty of an offence.

5. The Governor before issuing a licence may in his discretion require the applicant to

(1) sign an agreement containing the following conditions:-

(a) Native rights are to be observed in the killing of all wild animals, viz., the forequarter of the animal killed shall be given to the chief or headman of the town at which the licensee is residing. If in camp, away from a town, this condition does not apply.

* No. 33 in [Cd. 5136], June, 1910.

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(b) During the residence of any hunting expedition in the district, every licensee shall apply to the chief or headman of a town for the necessary accommodation for himself and his followers, if such accommodation is required, cach house being paid for at the rate of Is. per day.

All such payments are to be made to the owner of the house.

(2) Deposit £100 or any less amount as security for his compliance with the

terms of the licence.

If the licensee shall contravene any of the above conditions, he shall be guilty of an offence.

6. It shall be lawful for the Governor, before issuing a licence, to modify such licence in any one or more of the following ways:-

(1) By prohibiting the killing or capturing of more than one of the wild

animals permitted by a licence to be hunted;

(2) By prohibiting the hunting of any wild animal mentioned in any licence; (3) By adding to the list of wild animals in any licence prohibited to be

hunted the names of any other wild animals.

7. Every licensee before he begins hunting shall register his licence in the office of the District Commissoner in whose district he intends to shoot.

8. If a licence is lost or destroyed, the licensee may, on payment of a fee not exceeding one-fifth of the original, obtain a fresh licence for the remainder of the term for which his former licence was available.

Licences to hunt elephants.

9. Licences to hunt elephants shall be issued only upon the following condi- tions:-

(1) The applicant therefor shall produce a certificate signed, in the case of a military officer, by his commanding officer, and, in the case of other persons, by the Colonial Secretary or a District Commissioner, that he is in possession of a rifle which will fire a charge of not less than 70 grains of cordite or other explosive of equivalent force, and a bullet of not less than 480 grains in weight, and that he is in possession of a licence to carry the said rifle.

(2) The applicant shall sign an agreement containing the following condi-

tions:-

(a) The licensee shall under no circumstances, in the first instance,

fire at any elephant with any weapon which shall fire a

lesser charge of explosive or a lighter bullet than those hereinbefore described.

(b) The licensee will not employ any person to hunt elephants on

his behalf.

(c) The licensee shall report the killing of every elephant by him to the District Commissioner of the district in which such elephant is killed, within thirty days from the date of the killing of such elephant, and the licensee shall at the same time furnish to the District Commissioner the name of the chiefdom in which such elephant is killed.

(d) The licensee shall give a present of £2 for each elephant killed by him to the Paramount Chief of the chiefdom in which such elephant is killed.

10. To provide for the payments mentioned in sub-section 2 (d) of Regulation 9, every licensee may, on his arrival in any district, be required by the District Com- missioner of such district to deposit the sum of £4 by way of security for the proper carrying out of the last-mentioned condition: and the District Commissioner is hereby authorized to pay to the Paramount Chief of the chiefdom in which the elephants are killed, from the amount of £4 deposited with him as aforesaid, a sum not exceeding £2 for each elephant killed. If the licensee does not kill any elephants the amount of £4 deposited by him will be returned to him, or if he kills only one elephant, £2 of the amount deposited by him will be returned to him.

11. If any licensee shall refuse to make such deposit of £4, when required so to do, or if he contravene any of the conditions mentioned in Regulation 9, he shall be guilty of an offence.