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of all licences issued to hunters, that is those who come to my 

 country for the purposes of hunting, and are not residents. 



' Also all those who are residents in my country, who hunt 

 game under schedule No. 3 Administrator's Licence. 



' Mr. Aitkens has read me the Law and explained it to me. 



* Your friend, 



' Lewanika. 

 ' R. T. Coryndon, Esq., Administrator, 

 ' North- Western Rhodesia.' 



No. 191. 



Mr. Lyttelton to Commissioners Sir D. Stewart {East Africa 

 Protectorate), Sadler (Uganda), and Swayne (Sovialiland). 



' Downing Street, June 1, 1905. 



* Sir, — I have the honour to transmit to you the accompanying 

 extracts ^ from speeches made by members of a deputation from 

 the Society for the Preservation of the Wild Fauna of the Empire 

 which I received on the 2nd of February last. You will observe 

 from these extracts that the objects of the Society in asking for 

 the interview were mainly to draw my attention to the necessity of 

 providing for the formation and effective working of game reserves 

 in Africa and for the proper control of the pursuit of game by 

 natives. 



* 2. In replying to the deputation, I stated that I did not think 

 that there was any chance at the present moment of obtaining any 

 contribution from the Imperial Exchequer in aid of the establish- 

 ment of game reserves, but that I would consider carefully the 

 question of such reserves in all the African Colonies and Protec- 

 torates. I agreed that the reserves should be brought, where 

 feasible, along navigable rivers or railways, as suggested by the 

 deputation, and that their size should be so restricted as to give 

 them a fair chance of being effective. 



* 3. I pointed out that the measures to be taken would neces- 

 sarily be dictated by the amount of the funds which were available 

 in the different Colonies or Protectorates and by the large amount 

 of settlement which has taken place among the railways and the 

 navigable rivers. 



* 4. I am aware that much has already been done to protect 



r East Africa \ 

 the game in the < Uganda > Protectorate, but, in view of 



' Somaliland ) 

 the representations of the deputation, I shall be glad to receive 

 any suggestions which you may offer for carrying out more fully 



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