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28 MINUTES OF EVIDENCE TAKEN 18EFORE THE SELECT COMMITTEE 



Mr - 213. One Farmers' Association passed the folio w- 



ing resolution : "That every person possessing or 

 iui HI i9o- holding ostriches shall once during every six 

 '"months give all his neighbours notice that he 

 intends to collect his ostriches on a certain day. 

 and the neighbours to have the right on that day 

 to go to the farm and also to watch the collect- 

 ing." Are you in favour of that? No, it would 

 be impossible to carry that out. 



214. Another resolution was that 110 farmer 

 should be permitted to allow his ostriches to breed 

 indiscriminately on the veld and their chicks 

 allowed to grow up and remain wild V I am not 

 in favour of that because I allow mine to grow up 

 wild for the sake of not having their feathers 

 stolen. 



215. Here is another resolution : That no licens- 

 ed feather buyer shall buy feathers outside the 

 district in which he obtained his licence without 

 first getting permission from the Board in any 

 other district he wishes to enter for the purpose of 

 feather buying ? I am not in favour of that, but 

 he should get the sanction of the Divisional 

 Council. 



216. You think every buyer when he enters 

 another district in order to buy feathers should 

 first obtain the sanction of the Divisional Council V 



Yes, and I should like to make that a little more 

 stringent. Even if the Divisional Council sanc- 

 tions it there should be some further check on that 

 buyer, and that is that when he comes to the 

 district or leaves it his feathers should be examined 

 and checked with the counterfoils in possession of 

 the police. 



217. M r. BelUnyanJ] I understood you to say 

 that ostrich brands should be registered and that 

 there should also be a Government stamp on the 

 branding iron ? Yes. 



218. And if the birds are sold, what then? I 

 would have another small brand put on the bird 

 which should also be registered. I think it is very 



