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The two northern Beserves, Sugotaand Jubaland, are not worth 

 disoussing. They are not watched, and traders, &o., kill what 

 they want. Occasionally one who is careless is caught and con- 

 victed of trading in a closed district, or perhaps of kilhng elephants 

 seldom the latter. 



The three-mile-wide Reserve, north of the railway, was a very 

 good one, as it prevented to a certain extent shooting from 

 follies, &e. Unfortunately, it has been abolished. 



To preserve the game more money must be allowed, and it is 

 only reasonable for those interested in this question to ask that a 

 certain proportion of the revenue derived from the presence of 

 game in the country should be applied for the purposes of its 

 preservation. 



Personally, if a private person and a settler may offer any 

 suggestion for the benefit of the game without being accused of 

 doing so for his own interests, I should like to make the following 

 proposals : — 



f. Make the present Southern or Masailand Reserve a real 

 sanctuary ; this will probably mean more money and a post or 

 patrol on the German frontier. Perhaps the question of the 

 Wand'robo can Ik; dealt with. 



_ 2. Renew the Ordinance, making a Reserve along the north 

 Side of the railway line for a distance of a mile from the centre 

 01 the track. This would be from the coast to Nairobi, except on 

 Private land. 



3. If the Masai are moved into a reservation on Lykipia (as 

 1 hope they will be), this tract would make a good Game Reserve, 

 'ind the officer in charge of the Masai reservation could be held 

 ^sponsible for the protection of the game. Also make the adjacent 

 Baringo district (now heavily shot over) into part of the new 

 Masai Reserve, and do away with those called Sugota and Jubaland. 



By this means the new Masai Reserve could be well watched 

 without any fresh grant for the game-ranger, provided that the: 

 officer in charge of the Masai and the officer at Baringo were 

 made responsible for the protection of game in their districts. 



4. The Ordinance of December 1, 1904, which allowed female 

 and immature ivory to be again sold to Government, should be 

 repealed, and all female and immature male ivory should be con- 

 fiscated, or the possessor should be allowed to buy his own ivory 

 from the Crown at a price to be fixed by the game-ranger and 

 H.M. Commissioner. 



In my opinion it is not to the interest of the game that a 

 sportsman may within ten miles of the line shoot as many of 

 'whatever species he can find, as one travelling over a large tract 

 lar from supplies, where he may have to shoot up to his limit for 

 meat. I think that the issue of two forms of licences would meet 

 ™e case : — 



1. A ;£30 licence, enabling the holder to shoot half the 

 "limbers at present allowed by the X'50 licence, within a certain 

 distance from the line — say fifty miles or less. 



