40 MlXrTES OF EVIDEXCE TAKEX JSK1OKK TIIE|ELE( T COMMITTEE 



Hon - ostriches, and to help him I wanted the ostrich 



K.C.^M P LA. farmer to have a certificate that h 

 but as there is so much misundors 



Aug. 8. 1907. 



is an owner ; 

 mding. let us 

 rs and merely 

 sell feathers 



d to register 

 k-se, if you put 



knock out all reference to nuiub 

 provide that any owner who wishes 

 to a feather buyer should be requi 

 himself as an owner of birds. Of c-o 

 registration in. you must do something about wild 

 ostriches. I put in a clause that it ajperson wants 

 to sell the feathers of wild ostriches, he must go to 

 the magistrate. Then you would have to put in 

 the Bill a clause that after a certain! date a man 

 would not be able to sell ostrich feathers without 

 registration. I think that covers thb alteration^ 

 that are wanted. 



280. You are giving, more or le>s. me opinions 

 of different meetings and the sugge^tiqns you have 

 received ? Yes. 



281. As to registration, any amount of complaints 

 have been made, but you are in favour of having 

 owners registered as owners ? Yes. if you want to< 

 do away with buying from kafirs. 



282. AVould you be in favour of no buyer bein<> 

 allowed to buy from anybody except registered 

 owners ? Yes. 



283. Even the children of registered owners must 

 get permission from the owners ? Tou must not 

 make it too difficult. Children I lock upon as the 

 agents of the owner. I think you need not bother 

 about white children ; they will not steal. It is the 

 ' volk." 



284. AVith reference to licences, would you be in 

 favour of a Board issuing them. 01 would you 

 prefer that the Civil Commissioner slould do sa? 



The idea of the Board is to try and ind out who 

 is the honest man and who the dishcncKt. It is 

 for them to distinguish between wii e people. 

 They cannot distinguish between a Y411- dressed 

 man and a badly dressed man, as po;sibly. the 

 well-dressed man is the greater scound el . * The 

 Board will lessen the number of bu ers. 

 thereby you lessen competition. 



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