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forbidden. As there are very few elephants, or none at all, 

 this law is not of great importance. You can, however, 

 obtain special permission from the authorities to shoot 

 elephants and rhinoceros under the following conditions, 

 which are calculated to make the bravest hunter start back 

 in astonishment: licence, 500 rupees; 1 for the first 

 elephant killed 250 rupees, for every subsequent one 200 

 rupees; for the first rhinoceros 250 rupees, and for every 

 subsequent animal 50 rupees ; deposit for introducing 

 foreign natives into the country, 10 rupees per man, You 

 are forbidden to take natives out of the country ; there is a 

 tax of 1 per cent on the value of your rifles, and a further 

 payment of 10 per cent on exported ivory. Such was the 

 information given to me at Ujiji, on Lake Tanganyika, in 

 July 1897, enough, in my opinion, to stop all sport. 



III. Portuguese East Africa. 



Licence of 100,000 reis (20) a year for elephant hunt- 

 ing. Tax on guns and ammunition fixed by the local 

 authorities, and 10 per cent on exported ivory. There are 

 hardly any elephants in the colony. 



IV. British Central Africa Nyassaland. 



Licence of 1 for shooting antelopes; 25 a year for 

 rhinoceros, elephant, and giraffe hunting. The two last- 

 named animals not inhabiting the colony, you pay 25 for 

 the chance of meeting one of the rare rhinoceros still to be 

 found there. Zebra hunting is prohibited. There are 

 certain preserved hunting regions. Shooting the last 

 remaining hippopotami and crocodiles is free. A tax of 

 10 per cent on value of rifles and ammunition. Gun 

 licence, 10 a year. Tax of 2s. 6d. for introducing fire- 

 arms and ammunition into the colony. You cannot intro- 

 duce large bore-rifles (8, 10, and 12 -bore) unless provided 

 with 25 licence to shoot elephants. Tax of 5 per cent 



1 The rupee may be valued at Is. 3d. 



