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internationale le Gouvernement de Sa Majesté Britannique prendrait l'initiative
que de convoquer dans le but d'arriver à la conclusion d'une convention inter- nationale interdisant l'importation dans les pays contractants de plumes et de peaux d'oiseaux vivant en liberté à l'état sauvage.
Nous serons fort obligés à la Légation de vouloir bien, lorsque le moment sera venu, nous adresser encore une invitation spéciale, en nous indiquant le jour de l'ouverture de la conférence et le lieu de sa réunion.
Monsieur R. H. Clive,
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Veuillez agréer, &c.,
AU NOM DU CONSEIL FEDERAL Suisse,
MULLER.
LE CHANCELIER DE LA CONFEDERATION, SCHATZMANN.
Chargé d'Affaires de Grande-Bretagne,
à Berne.
No. 25.
HIS MAJESTY'S MINISTER AT LISBON to THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
(No. 80. Commercial.)
Lisbon, November 28th, 1913.
SIR,
IN compliance with the instructions contained in your commercial circular of the 1st ultimo,* His Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires addressed a note to Senhor Macicira, expressing the hope that the Portuguese Government would be able to be represented at the proposed International Conference for the preservation of plum-
birds.
age
I have now received a reply from the Portuguese Government to the effect that they will be pleased to be represented at such a conference.
The Right Honourable
Sir Edward Grey, Bart., K.G.,
&c.,
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SIR,
&c.,
&c.
I have, &c.,
LANCELOT D. CARNEGIE.
No. 26.
UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA.
THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL to THE SECRETARY OF STATE. (Received 23rd December, 1913.)
(Confidential (3).)
Governor-General's Office, Pretoria, 4th December, 1913. I HAVE the honour to transmit to you herewith, with reference to my despatch, Confidential (3), of the 23rd October,† the minute noted in the margin, which I have received from my Ministers on the subject of uniformity of legislation throughout the British Empire as regards the prohibition of the export of the plumage or skius of non-edible birds.
No. 1135, 4 December.
2. I take the opportunity to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch, No 476, of the 7th November.‡ relative to the conference which His Majesty's Governmen:
† No. 23.
‡ No. 22.
Enclosure 1 in No. 16.
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hope to convene to draw up a Convention with regard to the preservation of wild plumage birds.
This has duly been referred to my Ministers,
(Minute 1135.)
I have, &c.,
GLADSTONE,
Governor-General.
Enclosure in No. 26.
Prime Minister's Office, Pretoria,
4th December, 1913. With further reference to His Excellency the Governor-General's minute of 23rd August last (Confidential, No. 54/332), transmitting despatch from the Right Honourable the Secretary of State for the Colonies on the subject of uniformity of legislation throughout the British Empire as regards the prohibition of the export of the plumage or skins of non-edible birds, Ministers have the honour to state that the Provincial Secretary of the Cape of Good Hope now replies that the Adminis- trator is in full sympathy with the object which His Majesty's Government has in view in providing measures for regulating and controlling the destruction of plumage or skins of birds not ordinarily treated or regarded as edible, and the use of the skins and plumage of such birds, and that the legislation now in existence in the Cape Province does not directly deal with the particular point now in question, viz., prohi- bition of export of plumage or skins, but is directed to the following matters in connection with the protection of bird life :-
I. Wild Ostriches: Act No. 33 of 1889, as amended by Act No. 30 of 1890.
Act No. 33 of 1889 provides for a licence of £20 to be taken out before any person can kill, catch, hunt, or shoot at wild ostriches upon unoccupied land belong- ing to the Crown, and take or remove any eggs found thereon being the eggs of
wild ostrich.
any
Act No. 30 of 1890 provides for a close season to be proclaimed during which it shall not be lawful to kill, wound, or shoot at any wild ostrich either with or with- out a licence under Act No. 33 of 1889.
II. Ostriches: Export Prohibition. Act No. 11 of 1907. This Act prohibits the export of any ostrich or ostrich egg to any place beyond the limits of the Cape Province, or to any country separated therefrom by sea, provided that this prohibition shall not apply to the export of any ostrich or ostrich egg to any neighbouring Colony or State which shall, by its own legislation, have similarly prohibited the exportation of ostriches and ostrich eggs subject to the aforesaid exemption to any neighbouring Colony or State under a penalty of imprisonment, with or without hard labour, for any term not less than twelve months and not more than two years.
III. Game Birds and eggs of Game Birds: "The Game Laws (1886-1908) Consoli-
dation and Amendment Act No. 11 of 1909."
This Act provides for the protection of the game birds known as the paauw, knorhaan, guinea fowl, pheasant, partridge, and dikkop, and such other birds as may from time to time be brought under the operation of the said Act, and also prohibits the taking and selling of the eggs of such birds under a penalty not exceeding £4 for first offence and not less than £8 for second offence.
IV.
Wild Birds and Wild Birds' Eggs (generally): "The Protection of Birds Act, No. 42 of 1899," amended by the "Protection of Wild Birds Act Amendment Ordinance 1911."
This Act provides for the protection of all wild birds, other than game birds, upon application from a local authority, such as a Divisional Council or Munici- pality, and provides a penalty of not exceeding £5 for a contravention of its provisions.
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