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These regulations reserve power to the Administrator to vary 

 the Schedules, to notify any tract of land as a Game Ecservo, and 

 any season as a close season in respect of any animal in 

 Schedules L, II., or III. They also contain the following impor- 

 tant sections : — 



' 11. Immature Elephants. — If any person is found in possession 

 of any elephant-tusks weighing less than 11 lbs. or of any ivory 

 being in the opinion of the Court part of an elephant's tusk which 

 would have weighed less than 11 lbs., he shall be guilty of an 

 offence against these Eegulations, and the tusk or ivory shall he 

 forfeited, unless he proves that the tusk was not obtained in breach 

 °l' these Eegulations.' 



'15. Traps. — No person shall make or use any pitfall, snare, 

 trap, or engine for the purpose of killing or capturing any of the 

 animals mentioned in Schedules I., II., or III.' 



' 26. Natives Not to be Given Guns to Kill Game. — No person 

 shall employ a native to hunt, kill, or capture any game. A licence- 

 holder, however, when hunting animals may employ natives to 

 assist him, but such natives shall not use firearms.' 



' 27. Natives Dependent on Flesh of Wild Animals for Food. — 

 When the members of any native tribe or the native inhabitants of 

 any village appear to be dependent on the flesh of wild animals for 

 their subsistence, the Magistrate of the District may, with the 

 approval of the Administrator, by order in writing, authorise the 

 tribesmen or inhabitants, as the case maybe, to kill animals within 

 such area and subject to such conditions as may be prescribed by 

 the order.' 



