GAME LAWS FOR LADAKH, &c. 



7. His Highness the Maharaja may, by order in 

 writing, relax any or all of the foregoing rules in favour 

 of any person. 



AMAR SINGH, RAJA, 



Vice- President of the Jammu and Kashmir 

 Countersigned State Council, 



A. C. TALBOT, 



Resident in Kashmir. 



GAME LAWS FOR LADAKH, SKARDU AND BALTISTAN. 



It has been observed that the coolies and shikaris of 

 Kashmfr engaged by European visitors and taken up 

 to Skardu and Ladakh, often use violence to the people 

 and create trouble by non-payment for the supplies and 

 carriage obtained from the villagers. In the hope of 

 preventing complaints arising from this cause, the follow- 

 ing rules have been framed and passed by the State 

 Council : 



I. The local officers shall open a register of all shikarfs 

 residing in Ladakh who are known to be competent and 

 willing to accompany visitors in search of game. Many 

 excellent men are to be found among the Ladakhis, and 

 gentlemen desirous of shooting in Ladakh are advised, 

 if possible, to employ Ladakhi shikaris, in place of men 

 from Kashm{r. 



II. To facilitate the engagement of Ladakhi shikaris 

 copies of the register referred to in rule I. will be 

 supplied to, and circulated among, visitors in Sn'nagar 

 by Rai Sahib Amar Nath, who will be able to give the 

 necessary information as to where, and how, any shikari 

 selected for employment can be engaged. 



III. Officers who, nevertheless, wish to employ Kashmfri 

 shikarfs in Ladakh should, before starting, register, with 

 the Assistant Resident in Kashmir, Sn'nagar, the name 

 of their shikarf and of his chota shikari, stating also the 

 shikaris' fathers' names, residence and the district, and, 



