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licences brings at the very least five times as much money to he 

 spent in the country in railway freights, native porters, and the 

 hundred and one things needed for safari. The revenue has 

 improved year by year ; in 1903-4 it was £'3,650, 1904-5 £5,990, 

 and. for 1905-6 I expect over .£7,000, with a further increase the 

 year after ; this in licences alone. 



' Owing to the amount of settlement taking place in and 

 around the game districts, it is absolutely necessary that further- 

 steps should bo taken to preserve the game. I would propose 

 that two Assistant Game Rangers be allowed, each at a salary of 

 £200 ; that they should be allowed horse allowance of £36 each, 

 as horses are an absolute necessity, and expenses £100. In. 

 addition to this I think that £100 extra should be allowed to the 

 Chief Game Ranger : this to be spent on scouts or police, as the 

 £100 expenses will barely cover the travelling expenses alone and 

 leaves nothing for scouts. At present I am unable to keep more 

 than four natives in permanent employ as scouts. I would 

 propose to station the two Assistant Rangers, one in the Southern 

 Reserve at a point from which he could watch the boundary to 

 prevent poaching from German territory, and also keep an eye on 

 the road across the Seringati, where numbers of travellers to and 

 from German territory pass ; the other at Nakuru, in the Rift 

 Valley, from whence he could look after Likipia, Baringo, and Rift 

 Valley. Within a very short time all shooting in the Rift Valley 

 will be on private land, and when this happens sporting parties 

 must go further afield. I believe that south towards the German 

 frontier will become, with Likipia on the north, the favourite 

 shooting grounds. 



' My estimate for the protection of game would be : — 



Game Ranger's salary £400 



Expenses . 100 



Police or scouts ......... 100 



Horse allowance 36 



Two Assistant Bangers at £200 . ..... 400 



Two Assistant Rangers' horse allowance, each £30 . . 72 



Two Assistant Rangers' expenses, each £100 . . . 200 



£ 1 ,308 



' As I estimate the revenue for 190(3-7 at little short of £10,000, 

 this is still a very small proportion to be spent on preservation. 



' In making these suggestions I have not taken the Northern 

 Reserve into consideration at all, as it is impossible to do anything 

 to protect game until the country comes under the Administration 

 in a more direct way. At present the Closed Districts Ordinance 

 prevents stray prospectors and traders from going up there as 

 well as the Somali and other natives, who were accustomed to 

 trade or shoot ivory.' 



