THE WILD FAUNA OF THE KMI'IKK. 



61 



No. 10. 



EXTRACT FROM LORD CROMEES REPORT FOR 

 EGYPT AND THE SUDAN FOR THE YEAR 

 1902. 



PRESERVATION OF GAME. 



A very full and interesting Report on this im- 

 portant subject has been received from Mr. Butler. 

 I can here only attempt to give a very brief sum- 

 mary of its contents. 



A large tract of country, approximately 300 

 miles long by from 100 to 150 miles broad, has 

 been made into a game reserve. It is situated 

 between the Blue and White Niles, the Sobat river 

 and the Abyssinian frontier. In this tract only 

 officers and officials of the Sudan Government and 

 residents approved by the Governor-General are 

 allowed to shoot. Mr. Butler thinks, and I fully 

 agree with him, that, in addition to this reserve, a 

 complete sanctuary for game should be formed as 

 soon as sufficient knowledge has been obtained of 

 the distribution and migration of animals. 



Mr. Butler gives the following list of game 

 killed under licences during the past year : — ■ 



Elephant 







30 



Rhinoceros 







4 



Buffalo . 







84 



Jackson's hartebeest 







34 



Tora hartebeest 







8 



Tiang (Damaliscus) . 







83 



Watorbucl? 







7<S 



Mrs. Gray's waterbuek 







16 



White-eared cob 







107 



Uganda cob . 











