THE WILD FAUNA OF THE EMPIRE 



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EXTEACTS FEOM BLUE BOOK 



1906. 



ISSUED NOVEMBER 



[The following are extracts from the Blue Book correspondence 

 relating to the preservation of wild animals in Africa. They 

 relate to those subjects of most immediate concern to the mem- 

 bers of the Society, but it must not be supposed that they by any 

 means exhaust the interest and importance of the volume as a 

 whole. — Editob.] 



Commissioner Sadler (East Africa Protectorate) to the Eabl 



of Elgin. 



(Received April G, 1906.) 



[Answered by No. 228.] 



' Commissioner's Office, Nairobi, March 12, 1900. 



' My Lord,— I regret the delay that has occurred in replying 

 to Mr. Lyttelton's despatch, of June 1st,* regarding the preserva- 

 tion of game in the East Africa Protectorate. 



' 2. I have now the honour to submit copy of a letter and 

 memorandum from the Deputy Commissioner giving cover to a 

 report by Mr. Percival on the preservation of game in East 

 Africa. 



' 3. The matter is receiving my attention, and I hope soon to 

 be in a position to add my views to those already expressed in the 

 papers now submitted. 



' I have, &c, 



M. Hayes Sadleu.' 



Enclosure 1 in No. 220. 



' Nairobi, February 10, 190G. 



' Sir, in forwarding a memorandum enclosing Mr. Peroival's 

 remarks on the preservation of game in this Protectorate—with 

 apologies for the delay— I have the honour to submit the following 

 remarks on the question of a Game Ranger's Department. 



' In my estimates for such I have included a Ranger at £600 

 a year. I have done so because there is a widespread feelim? in 

 t'l i is country that if the question is to bo taken up seriously with 



* No. 191. 



