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THE SOCIETY FOB THE PRESEBVATION OF 



' I think that the prohibition of sale at Aden would be of very 

 material assistance to the cause, and I have, therefore, informed 

 the Colonial Of&ce that I am addressing you on the matter. 



' The paragraph of the Eegulations affected is No. 6, which 

 runs as follows : — 



* " 6. No person shall within the Protectorate sell, or pur- 

 chase, or offer, or expose for sale any ostrich eggs or any 

 head, horns, skin, or flesh of any animal mentioned in any of 

 the schedules, unless the ostrich or animal has been kept in a 

 domesticated state; and no person shall knowingly store, pack, 

 convey, or export any part of any animal which he has reason 

 to believe has been killed or captured in contravention of these 

 Eegulations." 



* I have, &c., 



* E. J. E. SWAYNE, 



* Brigadier- General. 



' The Political Resident, Aden.' 



Enclosure in No. 217. 

 * Annual Eeturn of Game killed during the Year 1905. 



Lion . . . . 



Rhino . . . . 



Dero . . . . 



Dibatag 



Oryx Beisa . 



Strepsiceros (Kudu) 



Strepsiceros Imberbis 



Klipspringer (Alikout) 



Wild Pig (Wart-hog) 



Hartebeeste . 



Gerenook 



Leopard 



Hyaena . 



Aoul 



Dik-dik 



Total . 



H. E. S. Cordeaux, 



' Deputy Commissioner. 



