MINUTES OF EVIDENCE, 



SELECT COMMITTEE ON THE OSTRICH 

 FEATHERS THEFT REPRESSION BILL. 



Friday, 12th July, 1907. 



PRESENT : 

 Mr. MiCHAU ( Chairman"; . 



Mr. P. D. de 



Yilliers. 

 Mr. Hurndall. 



Mr. I. J. van Zyl. 

 Mr Bellingan. 

 Mr. H. C. van Zyl. 



Mr. Mor-itz Jacob Aschiiian, examined. 



1. Chairman.] Arc you an ostrich farmer or a 

 buyer of ostrich feathers? At present I am a 



buyer in Oudtshoorn, but I was an ostrich farmer Jul y 12 > 1907 

 for many years. 



2. Do you know the object of this Committee ? 

 Yes. 



3. Have you read the Ostrich Feather* Theft Re- 

 pression Bill which has been introduced into the 

 Legislative Council ? Yes. 



4. Do you approve of it as a whole, or do you 

 take exception to some of the clauses ? I take 

 exception to a good many of the clauses. 



5. Have you any objection to Clause Two- 

 ostrich feather buyers' licences ? No. I have 110 

 objection to that as far as the licence is concerned, 

 but. in order to suppress thieving, we should make 

 the Act of 1883 more stringent. 



6. Do you think the 50 proposed for surety not 

 high enough V On the contrary. I object to the 

 sureties altogether. 



7. But are you in favour ol f a licence fee ? Yes, 

 certainly. 



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