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PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE
Reference :-
C.O. 885
24 PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE, LONDON
ALLY WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE BE REPRODUCED PHOTOGRAPHIC- COPYRIGHT PHOTOGRAPH-NOT TO
No. 17. NYASALAND.
THE GOVERNOR to THE SECRETARY OF STATE.
- (Received 18th August, 1915.)
[Answered by No. 19.]
Government House, Zomba, Nyasaland, 12th July, 1915. WITH reference to Mr. Harcourt's despatch No. 282, of the 18th December last.* on the subject of the recommendations of the Interdepartmental Committee on Sleeping Sickness, and the proposals submitted in my despatch No. 204, of the 5th September, 1914,† I have the honour to report on the further measures which have been taken by this Government.
2.
The delay which has occurred in dealing with the matter I regret, but it has been unavoidable in view of stress of work arising out of the war and the native rising which occurred about the time of the receipt of the despatch in question. It has been necessary also, in view of other demands on the staff of the Protectorate arising from the same causes, to restrict operations for the present to the area specified in the accompanying Proclamation.
3. This area has been selected for various reasons:-(1) game is known to be plentiful in it; (2) it embraces the basins of the rivers Dwangwa, Lingadzi, and Bua, down which tsetse fly have been observed to be encroaching in increasing numbers; (3) it
Nyasaland, No. 21, of 21st January, 1911. Colonial Offico, No. 94, of 20th April, 1911. Nyasaland, No. 40, of 10th February, 1912. Colonial Office, No. 90, of 28ml March, 1912. Colonial Office, No. 108, of 12th April, 1912.
affords me an opportunity of obtaining, in co- operation with the resident staff, the services of Dr. Prentice, of the Free Church of Scot- land Mission at Kasungu, who has been at all times a strong advocate of the destruction of game, and whose influence with the natives will be of assistance in organizing this work and in recording the particulars required in respect of the animals they destroy. The area comprises 2,516 square miles, and includes within its boundaries a tract previously opened to the free destruction of wild which was dealt with in the correspondencet marginally noted.
game 4. The Proclamation has been carefully drafted by the Attorney-General, and meets, I think, in full the instructions which are contained in Mr. Harcourt's despatch* above quoted, and in his further despatch No. 278, of the 16th December.§ Natives will be free to hunt and kill game by their own methods, but will not be allowed to use firearms unless they hold a gun licence. The reasons against the use of poison are too obvious to need comment, and killing by means of pits is prohibited, for the safety of human beings and the protection of domestic cattle.
5. In the case of non-natives, with a view to controlling their operations, a per- mit is to be first obtained, and instructions have been issued to the resident staff which will, I trust, ensure that the experiment is given a fair trial and that the game implicated are not neglected for elephants and their ivory.
most
6. The arrangements for procuring the information respecting game killed particularized in Mr. Harcourt's despatch No. 278, of the 16th December, 1914,§ have been made as complete as possible in the conditions which prevail. It has not been possible, however, to attempt an estimate of the probable numbers of game in the area before commencing operations, nor have I available a staff sufficient for obtaining and recording with accuracy a standard of prevalence of fly, but, apart from Dr. Prentice's close observation in the past of the movement and increase of tsetse in the area in question, Dr. Davey, who is in charge of sleeping sickness opera- tions, has visited the ground, and I trust that the data procured will enable some comparison to be made of the prevalence and movement of the fly as the free hunting proceeds. An ample supply is available of glass slides and of the leaflet of instruc- tions for taking blood smears. I enclose a copy of a notice on the subject which was published in the Gazette of the 30th June.
No. 100 in Miscellaneous No. 287. + No. 92 in Miscellaneous No. 287. No. 19 in [Cd. 57751: 11136 11. not printed; and Nos. 17, 18. and 18A ja [07]. 6671.] No. 9 in Miscellaneous No. 287.,
Enclosure in No. 18.
38148
Return of Game killed iN THE PROTECTORATE DURIng the Year 1914-15.
Species.
Male.
Elephant
10
Giraffe
5
Female.
1 nil
Rhinoceros
43
7
Hippopotamus Buffalo
16
4
29
1
(No. 133.)
Eland
33
5
Zebra (Grevy's)
21
10
SIR,
Zebra (common)
147
22
Oryx (Callotis)
29
4
Oryx (Beisa)
23
4
Waterbuck Sable antelope Roan antelope
79
2
nil
nil
3
nil
Greater kudu
5
nil
Lesser kudu
20
3
Topi
20
3
Coke's hartebeeste
154
20
Neumann's hartebeeste
nil
nil
Jackson's hartebeeste
43
1
Thomas's kob
14
nil
Bongo
2
nil
Palla
122
5
Wildebeeste
45
2
Grant's gazelle
121
Duiker
20
6
Dik-dik
47
17
Oribi
42
7
Steinbuck
24
4
Suni
nil
nil
Klipspringer
14
nil
Reedbuck
44
18
Thomson's gazelle
85
5
Peter's gazelle
12
1
Bushbuck
88
25
?
Hunter's antelope
nil
nil
Situtunga
nil
nil
Colobus monkey
41
11
Marabout stork
17
nil
Egret
6
4
Lion
36
14
Leopard
22
8
Cheetah
5
nil
Waller's gazelle
2
nil
Chandler's buck
2
3
Crocodile
6
Gerenouk
18
1
Hyena
1
Jackal
20
1
Pig
1
1
Porcupine
nil
Wilddog
2
Wildcat
35
Warthog
28
15
PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE
Reference :-
C.O. 885
24 PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE, LONDON
ALLY WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE BE REPRODUCED PHOTOGRAPHIC-
COPYRIGHT PHOTOGRAPH-NOT TO
No. 17.
NYASALAND.
THE GOVERNOR to THE SECRETARY OF STATE.
To. 133.)
---(Received 18th August, 1915.)
[Answered by No. 19.]
Government House, Zomba, Nyasaland, 12th July, 1915. VITH reference to Mr. Harcourt's despatch No. 282, of the 18th December n the subject of the recommendations of the Interdepartmental Committee ping Sickness, and the proposals submitted in my despatch No. 204, of the teniber, 1914,† I have the honour to report on the further measures which en taken by this Government.
The delay which has occurred in dealing with the matter I regret, but it unavoidable in view of stress of work arising out of the war and the native which occurred about the time of the receipt of the despatch in question. een necessary also, in view of other demands on the staff of the Protectorate
from the same causes, to restrict operations for the present to the area 1 in the accompanying Proclamation.
This area has been selected for various reasons :-(1) game is known to be il in it; (2) it embraces the basins of the rivers Dwangwa, Lingadzi, and Bua, hich tsetse fly have been observed to be encroaching in increasing numbers; (3) it affords me an opportunity of obtaining, in co- operation with the resident staff, the services of Dr. Prentice, of the Free Church of Scot- land Mission at Kasungu, who has been at all times a strong advocate of the destruction of game, and whose influence with the natives will be of assistance in organizing this work
No. 21, of 21st January, 1911. Iffice, No. 94, of 20th April, 1911. , No. 40, of 10th February, 1912. Iffice, No. 90, of 28rd March, 1912. Iffice, No. 108, of 12in April, 1912.
of the animals they destroy.
and in recording the particulars required in The area comprises 2,516 square miles, and
9 within its boundaries a tract previously opened to the free destruction of me which was dealt with in the correspondence‡ marginally noted.
The Proclamation has been carefully drafted by the Attorney-General, and I think, in full the instructions which are contained in Mr. Harcourt's h* above quoted, and in his further despatch No. 278, of the 16th December.§ will be free to hunt and kill game by their own methods, but will not be to use firearms unless they hold a gun licence. The reasons against the use n are too obvious to need comment, and killing by means of pits is prohibited, safety of human beings and the protection of domestic cattle.
In the case of non-natives, with a view to controlling their operations, a per- > be first obtained, and instructions have been issued to the resident staff which rust, ensure that the experiment is given a fair trial and that the game most ted are not neglected for elephants and their ivory.
The arrangements for procuring the information respecting game killed larized in Mr. Harcourt's despatch No. 278, of the 16th December, 1914, § en made as complete as possible in the conditions which prevail. It has not ssible, however, to attempt an estimate of the probable numbers of game in a before commencing operations, nor have I available a staff sufficient for ng and recording with accuracy a standard of prevalence of fly, but, apart r. Prentice's close observation in the past of the movement and increase of the area in question, Dr. Davey, who is in charge of sleeping sickness opera- as visited the ground, and I trust that the data procured will enable some ison to be made of the prevalence and movement of the fly as the free hunting 18. An ample supply is available of glass slides and of the leaflet of instruc or taking blood smears. I enclose a copy of a notice on the subject which blished in the Gazette of the 30th June.
in Miscellaneous No. 287. + No. 92 in Miscellaneous No. 287.
‡ No. 19 in [Cd. 5775]:
not printed; and Nos. 17, 18, and 18x in [Cd. 6671.] No. 1 in Miscellaneous No. 287,.
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