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recommended to go to Makindu. He went there, and successfully 

 stalked three separate herds of eland, and then found that there 

 was no warrantable bull amongst them, and as he had no time to 

 go further afield he left the country without one. Again, two 

 years ago, a well-known sportsman and naturalist, Mr. Abel 

 Chapman, paid £30 in extra fees, but only obtained two of 

 the beasts he had paid for, as he was not aware that he had to 

 go to particular districts to obtain the others, and was under the 

 impression that they might be found anywhere. 



' If, therefore, the issuing of special licences was left to the 

 Game Banger only such disappointments would be fewer, and yet 

 I do not think it would make any difference in the number issued 

 in future. The true sportsman would always be ready to take his 

 chance after being advised, on good authority, that the beast he 

 was anxious to obtain was to be found in a particular district. 



' F. -i. Jackson, 

 ' His Majesty's Deputy Commissioner. 

 ' Nairobi, February 13, 1906." 



Hnclosura 2 in No. 220. 



Notes on tile Game of Beitish East Apbica by A. Blaynky 

 Bebctval, Came Bangee. 



Notes on Speeches of the Deputation of the Society for Preserva- 

 tion of the Wild Fauna of the Empire received at the Colonial 

 Office, 2nd February, 1905. 



' Mr. EnwAED Buxton, 



' 1. Bevenue from licences alone for 1904-5 was £5,990. 



' Expenditure £354. 



1 2. The Boer colony. During the early part of 1904 and 

 again early in 1905 some parties did cross over into the reserve, 

 but I have not heard of any since then. Masai scouts have been 

 posted near the point where they usually cross the border, and 

 arrangements made giving the Assistant Collector at Taveta 

 permission to go north of the Tzavo, which is outside his district, 

 should he hear of any further parties. It would take me eight, or 

 even more, days to cross from Nairobi even if I could get news in 

 time. This is one of the parts where an Assistant Game Banger 

 is needed. Within the last two months this colony has entirely 

 broken up, and its members are either in British East Africa or on 

 their way here. 



' 3. " The reserve should cover the migrations of the animals." 



' The Southern Beservo does this in a most satisfactory way. 

 The Northern Beserve might, with advantage, be reduced in size, 

 but as the country comprising this reserve is hardly under 

 Government control, and is so little known, it would be 

 difficult to decide at present on which to keep as reserve, and 

 which to throw open. An alteration which might prove to be 



