GAME PROTEOTIOX IX INDIA. 3.'{ 



IIT. The Existixo Game Saxctuaries ix the CVuxtrv, 



A. British India. 



I take Britisli India first, and deal with Forest Areas only, 

 which are practically the only areas iu which Sanctuaries for 

 game have been foi'nied. 



1. The Xorlk-West Fronller Prorijicp-. 



The only Forest Division in the North- West Frontier Province 

 is that of Hazara, and the Deputy Conservator of Forests in 

 charge says that no Game Smictuaries have been formed in that 

 Division. 



2. Punjab. 



A number of Game )Sanctuaries have been formed in the 

 Punjab, most of the Divisions containing one or more, in which 

 the shooting of certain game is prohiliited. Throughout the 

 Punjab a close season is in force in all Reserved and Protected 

 Foi-ests for all game from March 15th to September 15th every 

 year. 



Rawalpindi. The Lalachitt, a Reserve, has an area of 9^3, 000 

 acres. HaJf of this is closed alternately as a Game Sanctuary for 

 a period of three years. The Barakao plantation of 200 acres is 

 entirely closed to all shooting throughout the year. 



Jhelam. In the Jhelara Division thei-e are six sanctuaries 

 entirely closed to shooting. These comprise the Reserves known 

 as Rakb Ara Jadid (12,172 acres), Rakb Samarkand (south, 9196 

 acres), Rakb Phadial (10,722 acres), Rakb Tilla (24,314 aci-es), 

 Rakb Nili (south, 17,114 acres), and Rnkb Ikzza (3742 acres). 



Chenab. Al)out 15,000 acres of the J^abbi Reserve and 525 

 acres of the Thatla Fagirullah Reserve are closed to all shootino-. 



Kangra. This is a Division with much scattered forest, an<l 

 a large number of small areas have been made into Game Sanc- 

 tuaries. A number of these have been closed for forestry reasons 

 rather than directly for the protection of game. However, the 

 results are the same, as they become de facto Game Sanctuaries. 

 The game to be protected varies from the hill sheep and o-oats 

 oorial, serow, gural, etc., to pheasants, kalig, chukor partridge, 

 kakar {Cervnlas muntjac), etc. The following is a list of these 

 sanctuary blocks, with their areas in acres : — 



Dharamtal (634), Khauni (698), Tatal (1228), Chatril (1228), 

 Mehdhar (367), Balnhi (312), Swarka (47), Bhali and Dolba 

 (1266), Sildah (266), Ballah (371), Talara Gurial (788), Kalak 

 (256), Mastgarh (240), Tilli (1013), Darang (558), Habrol (480), 

 (iumar (400), Khardwar (123), Lohara (2580), Punjab (3610), 

 Dharni (2822), Karnpur (3321), Bindraban (2946), Bohan (250),' 

 Phakhloh (55), Chagrin and Bhernal (285), Tather (60), Chowkid- 



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