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decrease. Many of the species will, however, not be destroyed, 

 but will migrate northwards. Such a large proportion of the most 

 eligible shooting country has now been applied for by stock farmers 

 that within a few years sportsmen will have to visit the remote 

 districts seven or eight days from the railway to obtain satisfactory 

 sport, or they will have to make terms with some of the larger 

 stock farmers, who will, it is hoped, take an interest in preserving 

 the game on their land. 



' 190. A statement giving returns of game shot and licences 

 issued during 1903 has already been published and laid before the 

 Houses of Parliament.' * 



* Sec ' No. 5, Africa (1904) ' [Cd. 1953]. 



