THE WILD FAUNA OF THE EMPIRE. 



73 



NO. 13. 



GAME CENSUS OF THE BRITISH CENTRAL 

 AFRICA PROTECTORATE. 



The Society of Arts have been favoured with per- 

 mission from the Secretary of State for Foreign 

 Affairs, to publish the following game census — 

 which is covered by the letter to Sir Clement Hill, 

 K.C.M.G., C.B., Superintendent of African Protec- 

 torates—from Sir Alfred Sharpe, K.C.M.G, C.B. 



Dear Sir Clement, — Before I left British 

 Central Africa for England on leave last year, I 

 requested all the collectors of the Protectorate to 

 fill in forms for the obtaining of something in the 

 way of a " Game Census." This has been done, 

 and I now forward it to you. While, of course, 

 many of the items entered are extremely uncertain, 

 the general proportions in which game of different 

 descriptions is present in various districts are fairly 

 reliable. I should put the number of elephants at 

 more like 1500 than 600. 



Yours sincerely, 



Alfred Sharpe. 



The Rbsidknoy, Zomba, 



British Central Africa, 

 January 25, 1904. 



