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by coming to the Kadir Cup as he used to when he 

 was ruler of the United Provinces gave an enormous 

 impetus to the movement among our native friends 

 for helping the sport. 



Apart from any such free grants for the preserva- 

 tion of land, a well-thought-out system of lease of 

 ground by the Tent Club, and sub-lease by it of the 

 grass cutting, thatching, and grazing rights, will 

 enable preservation to be carried out on an astonish- 

 ingly cheap scale. A little thought will show that 

 this is reasonable. The ground certainly is not 

 cultivated, but otherwise all its products are used ; 

 only the cycle of the various operations is so 

 arranged as not to interfere with sport. The grass 

 is cut on sub-lease for eating and thatching, and the 

 cattle similarly graze there, but only after the 

 country has been hunted. 



These remarks on artificial preservation apply 

 to light soil alone. It is impossible to insist on 

 rich soil lying fallow. The financial aspect then 

 becomes too big. 



In the Kadir country we found it necessary to 

 rent an island some 5000 acres in extent ; this was 

 partly to preserve pig, and partly to put an effective 

 barrier to petty cultivators from the south who 

 were working up north. It has been a complete 

 success, and the cost has been comparatively 

 small. 



Unless dealing with Rajahs, Raises, or really 

 big Zamindars, the trouble lies in the multiplicity 

 of owners of any given piece of ground. Govern- 

 ment really owns the land and leases it out ; but 

 owing to a system of sub-leases, and death succession 

 arrangements too complicated to describe, the land 

 becomes subdivided among a host of small people, 



