20 MINUTES OF EVIDENCE TAKEN BEFOEE THE SELECT COMMITTEE. 



^ Ir 132. Will you tell the Committee to which 



^MerwI-f' Clauses you ' object ? To the Clause which pro- 



M.L.A! vides that an owner of ostriches must give notice 



July i*. mo?, it* any of his birds are missing. That is impossible 



because often the ostriches are kept in very large 



camps and probably a month has elapsed before 



you know one is missing or is dead. It is also a 



nuisance to have to give notice if a bird has died. 



133. You are against the birds being registered ? 

 -Yes. 



134. Are you in favour that the owner of ostriches 

 should be registered as such ? Yes. 



135. I will go through the Bill from the begin- 

 ning. Are you in favour of buyers' licences being 

 taken out. and that they should be higher ? I 

 think they could be made a little higher, but not 

 too high, because then only a few people would be 

 able to take them out. 



136. Would you say 10? Not higher than 

 that. 



137. Are you in favour that buyers should pro- 

 vide sureties of 50 before they are issued licences ? 

 No, I do not see why they should have to 

 provide sureties. 



138. Do you think a man who has one licence 

 should be able to purchase ostrich feathers any- 

 where in the Colony on that licence or only in the 

 district in which the licence has been taken out ? 

 No, I think they should have the right to buy 

 anywhere in the Colony on the one licence. 



139. Are you in favour of the buyers being com- 

 pelled to give notice to magistrates, field-cornets 

 or police officers when they come into different 

 districts for the purpose of buying feathers than 

 that in which they have taken out their licences ? 



Yes, I am in favour of that. 



140. Would you be in favour of the buyer being 

 compelled to give a duplicate receipt, when he 

 buys feathers from any registered owner of 

 ostriches, to such registered owner ?. Yes, that 

 would help to suppress thieving.. 



