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on exported ivory, which must be above 15 Ibs., exportation 

 of tusks under this weight being forbidden. 1 



V. Transvaal. 



The laws in the Transvaal are better denned, although 

 there is very little game. You can still find a few animals 

 on the confines of the colony, but they are daily being 

 driven farther afield by man's encroachment. 



No. 1. Small birds January 15 to August 15, 10s. a 



year. 



No. 2. Ostrich February 1 to July 15, 10 a year. 

 No. 3. Small antelopes February 1 to September 15, 



1 : 10s. a year. 

 No. 4. Large antelopes and zebra February 1 to 



September 15, 3 a year. 

 No. 5. Eland, buffalo, rhinoceros, and giraffe February 1 



to September 15, 10 a year. 



Elephant and hippopotamus hunting is forbidden ; a 

 regulation which for a very good reason will be observed. 

 Nos. 2 and 5 are licences which will not enrich those who 

 obtain them ; it is a long time since an ostrich, or a giraffe, 

 or a rhinoceros, was seen in the Transvaal. Rifles : entry 

 tax, 1 a barrel ; 5 per cent on ammunition. 



VI. British South Africa Cape Colony. 



The shooting of elephants, hippopotami, buffaloes, elands, 

 koodoos, hartebeest, oryx, reedbucks, zebras, gnus, or antelopes 

 of all kinds is forbidden. Special licences will be granted 

 by the Governor of the Colony upon naming the species, 

 number, and variety of animals you wish to shoot. In 

 certain parts of Cape Colony are a few herds of elephants 

 which the Government protects. (Licences range from 10 



1 This measure is excellent, because it compels sportsmen to spare 

 very young animals and females. 



