380 CAME AND GAME PRESERVATION IN ZULULAND. 



Zululand, it would appear that insufficient consideration was 

 CTiven at the time to the effect which such Reserves might have 

 upon the economic conditions of the country. This I think 

 will be sufficiently evident if we glance for a moment at the 

 areas in question. 



One Reserve, " Umdhletshe. No. i," included |X)rtions of 

 the present Shooting Areas Nos. 6 and 10. together with a large 

 portion of Native Reserve No. 12, now apportioned to the 

 Mdhletshe and Mandhlagazi tribes. This Reserve was abolished 

 in 1897, under Government Notice No. 192. 



Another Reserve, known as the " Hluhluwe Valley. No. 

 2," included, in addition to the area now styled the Hluhluwe 

 Reserve, that portion of Native Reserve No. 3 and of Crown 

 Lands which now forms the southern portion of Special Shoot- 

 ing Area No. 7. 



The " St. Lucia Reserve. No. 3,'" included the present 

 Dukuduku Reserve, together with a tract of country about 

 equal in area to the latter. 



" Umfolozi Reserve, No. 4," had identicallx- the same 

 boundaries as the present Umfolozi Reserve. 



Subsequently a fifth Reserve was added and notified under 

 Government Notice No. 93 of 1905 in the Natal GovcriDucnt 

 Gazette, and was known as " Reserve No. 5." 



This included practically all that portion of the Hlabisa 

 Division, which did not fall within the boundaries of the 

 Mdhletshe and Hluhluwe Valley Reserves, with the exception 

 of the extreme south-eastern area, thus including considerable 

 portions of main transport roads. 



This latter Reserve was abolished at the same time and 

 under the same Government Notice as No. i Reserve. 



i Government Notice No. 2)^2 of 1907 ])r(nided for the ex- 

 tension of Umfolozi Game Reserve No. 4, with its southern 

 boundary along the line of the Imvamanzi Stream and the 

 Sangoyana Range. 



The areas thus included in (jame Reserves as above de- 

 scribed were at least four times as large as those now set apart 

 for the purpose, in view of which it is no{ difficult to under- 

 stand why ])r()vision was made for a limited amount of shooting 

 therein, although this concession deprived them of one of the 

 most essential characteristics of Game Reserves, namely, tliat 

 their occupants shall be free from disturbance. 



It may be assumed that these Reserves were originally set 

 aside upon the suggestion of the Resident Commissioner, and 

 the action was, at any rate as far as the Natal Parliament is 

 concerned, fully endorsed, no complaint against these Reserves 

 being made at the time. 



Between the years 1907 and 1911. the southern boundarv of 

 the Hluhluwe Reserve {i.e., the area originally styled "Hluh- 

 luwe X'ailey Reserve No. 2") was defined as starting from the 

 highest point of the Zankomfi to that of the Mtolo, and thence 

 to the Maxatshwa. thus necessitating a slight alteration of the 



