THE WILD FAUNA OF THE EMPIRE. 9 



to kill game indiscriminately for the purpose of 

 feeding their workmen, that strict game regulations 

 had been in force in Southern Khodesia for some 

 time, and that they were then in process of revision 

 to suit the requirements of Northern Rhodesia, and 

 would be put in force without delay. 



In the course of a long conversation the ques- 

 tion of constituting sanctuaries for game was fully 

 discussed, and the Directors decided to write to the 

 Native Commissioners asking for their views as 

 to the most suitable places for the purpose. 



A small elephant-reserve has already been es- 

 tablished around Lake Mweru. 



The thanks of the Society are due to Lord 

 Cromer for the attention that he gave to the views 

 of those who presented the memorial to him, and 

 to Lord Grey and the Directors of the British South 

 Africa Company for the efforts they have already 

 made to preserve the game in Rhodesia, and for the 

 kind consideration they are showing to the sugges- 

 tions of the Society. 



It is very gratifying to learn that Lord Milner, 

 notwithstanding the pressure of work since the de- 

 claration of peace, has found time to set apart a 

 considerable area in the Transvaal as a game 

 reserve, that an efficient game-warden has been 

 appointed to superintend the reserve and to look 

 after the carrying out of the regulations as to the 

 killing of game, and that money is not being spared 

 in paying for watchers. 



The Society has been formed for the purpose of 



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