'I'l MINUTES OF EVIDENCE TAKEN BEFOBE THE SELECT COMMITTEE 



MI. farm ? Yes, I would be in favour of the owner of 

 F Mer\v' e d the farm knowing about it before they were allowed 

 M.L.A.' to sell. 



. 151. 1 understood that you said that if anyone 

 took out a licence he should have the right to. buy 

 anywhere in the Colony. Do not you think it 

 advisable that such a buyer when going out of one 

 district and into another should give notice either 

 by letter or telegram to the magistrate of the 

 district where it is his intention to buy ? Yes. I 

 am in favour of that. 



152. Would you make it compulsory for an 

 owner of ostriches to register himself as such 

 owner? After the Act is in working order I 

 should say that he should register himself within 

 a certain time. I think it is advisable that it 

 should be made compulsory that they should be 

 registered. 



153. 31 r. Hiu'ndallJ] Whom do you think it 

 would be better should issue licences to feather 

 buyers the magistrate or the Divisional Council ? 



I think the Divisional Council. 



154. That body would have the right to say 

 Yes '' or " ^No '' ? Yes, I am in favour of that. 



155. What is your veld ? It is small bush veld. 

 15(5. I suppose your camps arc very large? Yes. 



one camp is very large. 



157. Are there more such large camps in your 

 district ? Yes. 



158. Do the people who own them also complain 

 that their birds are plucked by thieves ? Yes. 



159. Where do you think the feathers are stolen ? 

 The birds are tame and come to the road or the 



thieves go into the veld and pluck the birds. 



160. What do they do with the feathers which 

 they have stolen ? They sell them to travelling 

 buyers and " smousers." of whom there are many. 



161. Who are the biggest thieves ? It is difficult 

 to say. The thieves may be your own ' bywoners ' r 

 or servants, or the people who come to see them. 



162. Are you in favour of a farmer being allowed 



