4() MIXITKX OF EVIDENCE TAKKN I5EFORE THE SELKCT COMMITTEE 



Hon. Kalahari, and you would prevent men from selling 

 K.c Sa M P LA! their feathers. At the present moment you have 

 to take out a 10 licence to be able to shoot wild 



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ostriches. 



313. I have a farm and it is fenced in, and last 

 year I had '100 wild birds on it and now I have 

 found that the lot have been shot. I know who 

 did it, but cannot prove it. We must try to keep 

 a check on that sort of thing ? You have a check 

 now. The Trespass Act provides that you can 

 punish anyone shooting anything 1 within your 

 fences. I think the remedy would be if everyone 

 has to prove where he got the feathers which he 

 sells that is. any one who is not a registered 

 owner. I quite see the point, but a man may 

 prove that he got the feathers from birds in the 

 Kalahari, but according to this Bill he would have 

 to prove to the Magistrate that they were wild 

 ostrich feathers, and the Magistrate should ask 

 him where he shot the birds, and if he found the 

 birds were shot on private property he could keep 

 him until lie made further inquiries. 



314. Chairman.] It has been suggested that 

 every buyer should report himself to a Police 

 Officer, Justice of the Peace or Field-cornet before 

 leaving a district. If that is done, do not you 

 think it would be placing too many restrictions 011 

 the sale of feathery ? I should like to see a check 

 on the buyers by simply making them take out a 

 separate licence for each district. Supposing they 

 had a licence to go all over the country and they 

 reported in each district, .you mean- to say each 

 time the books would be examined and their 

 feathers checked V 



315. Yes, to find whether they correspond with 

 the registers ? If you only limit them to one dis- 

 trict for each licence, you avoid that difficulty. 



316. Then would you be in favour of making a 

 distinction between a general licence for the whole 

 district and a licence fora particular district only V 

 I am in favour of a separate licence for each dis- 



