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protection of the giraffe which are only found in that part of 

 North-Eastern Bhodesia, but all animals in the Reserve are 

 protected. 



' No record of numbers of game killed is kept, and the Admini- 

 strator does not propose to institute such a record, which could be 

 of no value, as the small number killed by Europeans, even if 

 accurately reported, is nothing compared to the number killed by 

 natives. 



' The slaughter of game by natives is to a great extent controlled 

 by the existing laws regarding the importation and possession of 

 arms and ammunition ; but large numbers are killed with spears 

 and in traps, and in view of the enormous herds of game ravaging 

 native gardens, the Administrator does not propose at present to 

 enforce strictly the game law so far as natives are concerned, 

 except within the Mweru and Luangwa Eeserves. 



'The increasing number of natives killed by lions and the 

 spreading of the tsetse fly areas are undoubtedly connected with 

 the increase of game throughout the country, and the Administrator 

 is of opinion that the general protection of game in this country is 

 complete, and that it would be unwise to enforce any of the regula- 

 tions in a more stringent manner except as regards the elephant 

 and hippopotamus, which have recently received further protec- 

 tion by a rule limiting the number of elephant to be killed under 

 a special licence in any one year to three males, and by reserving 

 certain small rivers and pools as sanctuaries for the hippopotamus.' 



Game regulations were first put in force in Ehodcsia in 1899, 

 when Ordinance No. 6 of 1899 was published. This Ordinance 

 applied only to Southern Ehodesia. These regulations were 

 amended from time to time and also by a further Ordinance in 

 1903. 



