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THE WILD FAUNA OF THE EMPIRE. 



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Ca pture, or kill any bird or other wild animal ex- 

 Ce pt those which shall be specially exempted from 

 protection by the local authorities. 



By the term "reserves" are to be understood 

 efficiently large tracts of land which have all the 

 qualifications necessary as regards food, water, and, 

 possible, salt, for preserving birds or other wild 

 a nimals, and for affording them the necessary quiet 

 during the breeding time. 



6. Establishment of close seasons with a view 

 facilitate the rearing of young. 



*• Prohibition of the hunting of wild animals 

 y any persons except holders of licences issued 

 y the Local Government, such licences to be re- 

 oca ble in case of any breach of the provisions of 

 tfl e present Convention. 



8- Restriction of the use of nets and pitfalls for 

 taking animals. 



9- Prohibition of the use of dynamite or other 

 x plosives, and of poison, for the purpose of taking 

 s h in rivers, streams, brooks, lakes, ponds, or lagoons. 



10. Imposition of export duties on the hides 

 °- skins of giraffes, antelopes, zebras, rhinoceroses, 

 u hippopotami, on rhinoceros and antelope horns, 



aQ a: on hippopotamus tusks. 



11. Prohibition of hunting or killing young 

 pnants, and, in order to insure the efficacy of 

 18 measure, establishment of severe penalties 



gainst the hunters, and the confiscation in every 

 Se by the Local Governments, of all elephant 

 Us ks weighing less than 5 kilogrammes. 



Ihe confiscation shall not be enforced when it 



