18 THE SOCIETY FOR THE PRESERVATION OP 



Wo respectfully recommend that the Governor should put into 

 force certain of the regulations contained in the Ordinance of 

 February 5, 1901, Section 2, especially (2), (3), (4), (5) and (9), 

 and should amend (10) by prohibiting the local sale or export of 

 the skins and horns of any game animal ; and (11) by ordering 

 the confiscation of all or any elephant tusk weighing less than 

 25 lbs. 



Southeen Nigeria. 



"We highly approve of the suggestions contained in para- 

 graphs 4, 5, and 7 of the able report of Mr. II. N. Thompson, the 

 Conservator of Forests. 



Page 1, paragraph 4. Wo are ol opinion that the hardship 

 attendant on the general prohibition of the local sale of hides and 

 horns, &c, of game animals would be of so temporary a character 

 that it may well be disregarded. If local sales are prohibited the 

 export trade must necessarily cease. 



We hear with regret of the great slaughter during each rainy 

 season of Buffon's Kob (Cobus Kob), and of the extensive export 

 trade carried on in the skins of this beautiful antelope (page 2). 



Paragraph 5. If the Reserves ' would not involve any consider- 

 able expenditure if placed in charge of the Forestry Department,' 

 we trust that such reserves may be established as the High Com- 

 missioner considers suitable without delay. We see no objection 

 to the preservation of game being transferred to that department. 



NOKTHEKN NlGEKIA. 



Wo welcome the proposals of Sir Frederick Lugard to create a 

 Reserve along the shore of Lake Chad. 



Reserves are mainly of use as the sanctuaries and breeding- 

 places'of wild animals, 'who are quick to learn whore they can live 

 in security. 



Small Reserves around towns cannot be compared m utility 

 with an area largo enough to allow a number of animals of different 

 species to live at all periods of the year undisturbed by man. A 

 well-selected district containing a certain amount of high ground, 

 and bounded by the shore of a great lake, should be an ideal game 



We trust that the necessary funds will soon be found available 

 for this purpose. 



Gamma. 



1 As to page 1, paragraph 'A, wo recommend that tin; local 

 sales' of all hides, horns, &c. of game animals should bo prohibited. 



2 We desire to call attention to the rapid decrease in the 

 export of ivory, which goes Ear to prove that the elephant is in 

 danger of extermination in this region. The table (page 1, para- 

 graph ')) shows that whereas 2,04G lbs. were exported in 1898, 

 only 875 lbs. were exported in 1902, and 1,071 in 1905. We are 



