1 6 BIG GAME SHOOTING 



In German East Africa a sportsman's license 

 costs 500 rupees ; certain animals and districts are 

 protected. 100 rupees are charged for the first 

 elephant shot, and 250 rupees for every subsequent 

 elephant bagged. For rhinoceros 50 and 150 rupees 

 are similarly charged. 



In Somaliland the game license is 500 rupees ; in 

 British Central Africa, ^25, the bag being also very 

 carefully restricted. If native shooting were pro- 

 hibited at the same time, white hunters would have 

 less cause for complaint ; but it is the fact that game 

 continues to be daily and hourly shot by the black 

 man in many parts of Africa without mercy and 

 without discrimination. No policing, in so vast a 

 country, can prevent it. 



In Portuguese East Africa the license for shooting 

 big game is 20. 



In the Congo Free State the license to carry a 

 gun and shoot game, other than elephants, costs 20 

 francs. For elephant hunting the license is 500 

 francs. In French Congoland there appear to be no 

 regulations concerning hunting; but in the Con- 

 ventional Basin arms pay an entrance tax of 10 per 

 cent. In the Non-Conventional Basin arms pay 20 

 francs each, but cartridges are forbidden. 



In South Africa, hunting parties, shooting in the 

 Bechuanaland Protectorate (Khama's country, etc.), 

 are required to pay a license of ^75, in addition to 

 a fee of ^25 to the chiefs in whose country they may 

 be shooting. In Rhodesia the game license costs 25, 

 and many animals are protected as " royal " game. 



