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FIRST SCHEDULE.

Form A.

Qualified licence to Government officer, fee 10s.

(1) Name

of oflicer.

Licence is hereby granted to (1)

(2) Insert office.

(2)

to hunt any wild animal except elephants, rhinoceroses and hippopotami for one year from the date hereof: provided the said (1)

is during the year an officer

serving in the Colony or Protectorate.

Dated at

this

day of

. 19

This licence is not transferable.

Governor.

Date of Regulations. 19th March, 1903

9th April, 1907

30th August, 1909

141

SECOND SCHEDULE.

Nature of Regulations.

General Regulations. Sale of elephant's tusks. Licences to hunt elephants.

The Game Licence Regulations, 1913 (No. 11 of 1913), made by the Governor- in-Council on the 29th day of September, 1913, are hereby cancelled.

Made by the Governor-in-Council this ninth day of February, 1914.

F. A. MILLER,

Clerk of Executive Council.

B.

(1) Name

Full licence to Goverment officer, £5. Licence is hereby granted to (1)

(2)

of officer.

(2) Insert office.

to hunt any wild animal: provided

that this licence shall not authorize the killing or capturing of more than two of each of the following animals, viz., elephants, rhinoceroses or hippopotami, nor the hunt- ing of any cow elephant or elephant calf.

This licence shall be in force for the period of one year from the date hereof, provided that the said (1)

such period an officer serving in the Colony or Protectorate.

Dated at

this

day of

This licence is not transferable.

C.

Qualified general licence, fee £3.

Licence is hereby granted to

of

is during

19

Governor.

to hunt any wild animal except elephants, rhinoceroses and hippopotami for one year from the date hereof.

this Dated at

day of

This licence is not transferable.

D.

Full general licence, £25.

Licence is hereby granted to

19 .

1

Governor.

Enclosure 2 in No. 71.

From the HONOURABLE THE ACTING ATTORNEY-GENERAL to HIS EXCELLENCY THE

GOVERNOR.

Regulations made under Section 2 of the Wild Animals, Birds, and Fish Preservation Ordinance, 1901 (No.30 of 1901).

I have the honour to report on the above Regulations which were passed by Your Excellency in Council on the 9th instant, and which are not subject to any special power of disallowance by His Majesty.

2. These Regulations re-enact those which were made on the 29th September last, and which were forwarded to the Secretary of State under cover of Your Excellency's despatch, No. 556, of the 5th November, 1913.*

3. In paragraph 2 of his despatch, No. 508, of the 2nd December, 1913,† the Secretary of State expressed the opinion that the weight of the elephant's tusk referred to in Rule 12 should be 30 pounds instead of 25 pounds.

4. When making the necessary amendment to the Regulations it was at the same time deemed advisable to clearly define the position of military officers in the service of the Imperial authorities under these Regulations. The Regulations of 19th March, 1903, and also those of the 29th September, 1913, by which they were repealed, made provision for the granting of game licences on special terms to Government officers. Some years ago, Governor Sir L. Probyn decided that the term Government officer" should include a military officer in the service of the Imperial authorities, but as one of the conditions on the licence was that the licensee should be an " officer of the Colony," it would seem that the interpretation of the law was subjected to a somewhat severe strain. It was therefore decided that the matter should now be made clear by expressly including military officers within the definition of "Government officers."

5. As it is considered desirable that these Regulations should appear in a complete form, the Regulations of the 29th September, 1913, have been repealed and re-enacted with the two amendments to which I have referred.

6. The Regulations are legal and in

proper

form.

F. A. VAN DEr Meulen,

of

to hunt any wild animal: provided that this licence shall not authorize the killing or capturing of more than two of each of the following animals, viz., elephants, rhinoceroses or hippopotami, nor the hunting of any cow elephant or elephant calf.

This licence shall be in force for the period of one year from the date hereof. Dated at

this

day of

This licence is not transferable.

Governor

Crown Law Officers' Chambers,

Freetown, Sierra Leone. 13th February, 1914.

Acting Attorney-General.

•

No. 57.

† No. 61.

PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE

Reference :-

C.O. 885

22 PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE, LONDON

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